WBNS10TV.com is reporting that a man entered Mount Carmel East Hospital yesterday with a gun, murdered his wife in what may have been a “mercy killing”, then exited the hospital and returned to his residence, where police confronted him soon after.

From the story:

Police shot and killed a 76-year-old man who they said fatally shot his wife at a hospital earlier Tuesday.

Inge Brown, 78, was shot at Mount Carmel East Hospital around 10:45 a.m., police said. She had recently suffered a stroke, according to Detective Patrick Dorn.

About two hours later, officers from Columbus and Gahanna went to Harry Brown's home in Gahanna. Brown met them at the door of the townhouse and took out a gun, Columbus police said.

Two officers shot and killed Brown after warning him to drop the gun, police said.

The report says tt wasn't clear how many shots were fired at the hospital "or how the shooter was able to leave without being stopped". The shooting happened during visiting hours.

According to NBC4i.com, there are no metal detectors at Mount Carmel East, but a hospital spokeswoman told the news station there are security cameras inside and outside the hospital, and that the murder “did not disrupt the care of any patients”.

What the news media has again failed to report is that this shooting happened in spite of the many “no-guns” signs which pepper the entrances of Mt. Carmel Hospital. A former employee told OFCC after the shooting that the hospital has the signs posted “all over the place”, and observed that it “didn’t help a bit, did it?”

This hospital is one of many which posted signs after an anti-concealed carry campaign was waged by the Ohio Hospital Association early this year.

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Submitted by: Dave (last name redacted upon request, reprinted with permission)

I am a newsphotographer at a tv station in Youngstown, and also a CHL-holder.

For months, the reporter I work with on the weekends could not understand how upset the media access to CHL holders made me and how my name was published. That is, until this Sunday's issue of the Vindicator came out.

[My co-worker] is to be married to another reporter from a rival station that is also the owner of the Vindicator. In the society section of the paper, was he and his future wife's photo and his address(!), along with mentioning the fact that they are living together. He is scared that some criminal will now see this and know where he lives and rob him. Does this kind of sound familiar?

To say the least, he now gets the point. He is even planning on moving.

Is this the kind of abusive media you want with access to your records?

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Cleveland Metroparks officials have closed part of the North Chagrin Reservation after a pair of aggressive female coyotes bit a bicyclist and a pet dog over the weekend.

From the story:

Park officials said the wild animals are believed to be protecting their den -- and possibly a litter of coyote pups -- but park rangers shot and killed the older female Sunday and have taken the head to the Ohio Department of Health to be tested for rabies.

"It's just a precaution because we don't believe she was rabid, just that she was territorial," Cleveland Metroparks spokeswoman Jane Christyson said Tuesday. "But if it is rabies, we would be in a whole new situation."

According to the newspaper, the coyote attacks occurred in the A.B. Williams Memorial Woods area of the Chagrin Reservation, a 50-acre wedge off Ohio 91 in the southwest corner of the park known as the "Upper 40". Park officials told the newspaper the area will remain closed for several weeks until the cubs are able to leave the den and the remaining younger female becomes less protective.

Again, from the story:

Wildlife experts report on the Metroparks Web site, www.clemetparks.com/updates/notices/, that coyotes are generally afraid of people, but "there have been occasional reports of females showing less fear of people while protecting a den or pups," especially in April.

Christyson said park officials didn't know whether the female was still pregnant or whether other coyotes were in the area.

"We've known about the increasing coyote population in Ohio and the parks for years, but we've never had a report of one biting someone," she said.

"It's of special concern now, of course, because of the rabies scare."

Northeast Ohio has been under an increasingly tense rabies watch for several years, after years of relative quiet. Health officials using vaccine-filled bait had been able to stop the disease at the Ashtabula County border. Since summer 2004, however, 45 rabid raccoons and one rabid skunk have been confirmed in Lake, Geauga and eastern Cuyahoga counties.

Neither local nor state health officials have reported any rabid coyotes. Test results on the coyote killed at North Chagrin aren't expected for several weeks, officials said.

The Plain Dealer quotes a park police report as saying that the 61-year-old man bitten Saturday had "several distinct puncture wounds in a wide 'V' shape." Another hiker's dog was "nipped at" Sunday, and police reported that another hiker had to club a coyote on the head with a stick to drive it away.

Officials say about 50 coyotes are believed to live in the Cleveland Metroparks' 21,000-acre holdings, a handful in the 2,000-acre North Chagrin Reservation, a park that straddles Lake and Cuyahoga counties and includes the Squires Castle site.

Commentary by Dan White, OFCC Membership Coordinator:
Well, it looks like my concerns were justified. I have been pushing the “no-guns” Lorain Metroparks issue pretty hard over the last year because I don't like hiking the trails unarmed. My main concern has always been more for the 4 legged predators than the 2 legged variety.

Here we have a story of two people who were attacked, and even bitten, by a coyote in the Cleveland Metroparks. A dog was also attacked. When park rangers investigated, a coyote came out of the woods at them as well. They shot and killed it.

Unarmed human - attacked and bitten
Armed human - attacked and coyote dead

The next time they do a story on why people want to carry firearms in public parks, they should set cameras up next to the coyote dens instead of the jungle gym.

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You have spent thousands of dollars and countless hours selecting your handgun, ammunition and holster, obtaining your training and applying for your concealed carry license. How much have you invested in knowing what the law is and how to comply with it? Written by Ken Hanson, an attorney with trial experience with Ohio's concealed carry laws, in plain English, this book covers:

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Dear Mr. Osborne

While you're certainly entitled to your own opinion, you're not entitled to your own facts. Here are some real ones to consider.

Twenty-seven years after Florida passed their CCW law there are now well-over a million citizens legally carrying handguns in 35 plus states. My state of Indiana has allowed CCW for 70 years, and over 350,000 Hoosiers currently have CCW permits. In some counties about 10 percent of residents own a carry license. In my town almost 1 out of every 5 adults have a CCW.