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Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
03-21-2013, 08:17 PM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/20/wrd-us-colorado-corrections-head-killed.html

Colorado Corrections chief killed answering door at home
Police hunt for gunman who shot Tom Clements at his home north of Colorado SpringsThe Associated PressPosted: Mar 20, 2013 9:04 AM ETLast Updated: Mar 20, 2013 6:29 PM ETRead 8comments8 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/20/wrd-us-colorado-corrections-head-killed.html#socialcomments)
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2013/03/20/hi-tom-clements-killed-colorado-8col.jpgTom Clements, the 58-year-old director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was shot to death Tuesday night when he answered his front door in Monument, north of Colorado Springs. (Colorado Department of Corrections/Associated Press)





Colorado's top state prison official was shot and killed when he answered the front door of his house, setting off a hunt for the shooter and raising questions about whether the attack had anything to do with his job.

Denied Saudi's requestWhile the motive of the killing wasn't immediately clear, similar attacks on officials have been on the rise in the U.S., said Glenn McGovern, an investigator with the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office in California who tracks such incidents worldwide. He said there have been as many in the past three years as the entire prior decade.
The attacks are often motivated by revenge, said McGovern, who has documented more than 133 attacks, including 41 homicides, against judges, prosecutors and other justice and police officials since 1950.
While Clements generally kept a low profile, his killing comes a week after he denied a request by a Saudi national to serve out the remainder of a Colorado prison sentence in Saudi Arabia. He cited al-Turki's refusal to undergo sex offender treatment.
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2013/03/20/ii-colorado-corrections-hun.jpgPolice on Wednesday searched the area around the home of Colorado Department of Corrections executive director Tom Clements, who was shot and killed Tuesday evening when he answered the front door of his house. (The Colorado Springs Gazette/Mark Reis/Associated Press)Homaidan al-Turki, a well-known member of Denver's Muslim community, was convicted in state court in 2006 of unlawful sexual contact by use of force, theft and extortion and sentenced to 28 years to life in prison. Prosecutors said he kept a housekeeper a virtual slave for four years and sexually assaulted her. A judge reduced the sentence to eight years to life.
Al-Turki insisted the case was politically motivated. He owned a company that some years ago sold CDs of sermons re

Robert A Whit
03-21-2013, 08:24 PM
So, maybe some Muslim was in on this?

I read today that some TX police chief says he may have had a gun battle with the killer. Don't know of any other developments.