Wed, Sep 02, 2009
She Told Authorities It Was "Flying Too Close To Her Home"
A woman in Fulton, Missouri faces felony charges after she
allegedly walked out near the grass runway at Elton Hensley
Memorial Airport in Fulton about 1930 on Saturday and took a shot
with a .22 caliber pistol at a T-Bird LSA that was landing at the
airport.
The plane apparently had flown over the home of 69-year-old Judy
Davis several times on Saturday, and that made her mad.
Fortunately, the shot allegedly fired by Davis missed the
airplane. No one actually saw her fire the shot, but they heard it,
and Davis was detained by other pilots while police were called.
The FBI was contacted, but they left the case in the hands of the
local authorities.
Police
Chief Steve Myers told Fox 2 News in St. Louis airport employees
said that Davis brandished a pistol when she came into the airport,
saying she was going to "shut this plane down". Travis St. John,
the airport manager, said the plane had been engaged in flight
training most of the day, and that it likely was loud. Still, he
said, that didn't justify firing a pistol on airport grounds [no
kidding. ed]. "It was just somebody who was irate and did an
irrational response to something they should have just called or
gotten us to stop flying over her house," said St. John.
The T-Bird landed safely, its occupants unaware that they had
been under fire. Davis faces a charge of unlawful use of a weapon,
which could carry a four year prison term.
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