- Title: AUSTRALIA: POLICE MARKSMAN KILLS GUNMAN HOLDING HOSTAGES IN ADELAIDE SIEGE.
- Date: 12th May 1976
- Summary: 1. GV Gun shop surrounded by police marksman 0.08 2. GV Gunshop front 0.16 3. GV & SV Marksman firing at shop front (2 shots) 0.26 4. SV Gunman smashes shop window 0.34 5. SV Marksmen by car 0.40 6. GV Police cars in street as police fire tear gas grenades into shop front 0.43 7. GV Gunman passes shotguns through door and climbs out, and walks down street with guns (2 shots) 1.33 8. GV & SV Gunman down street and turns across road, pointing gun at police; gunman falls to police shot (3 shots) 2.03 "The drama started shortly after 10.30 this morning when a man wearing a tan jumper and dark slacks walked into the Hambly-Clark gunshop at the eastern end of Rundle Street. He seized a shotgun from one of the racks, loaded the weapon with ammunition from his pocket, and then threatened the shop manager, 32-year-old Peter Norton of Camden Park. The gunman then fired shots in the direction of a showcase and one of the shop attendants phoned the police. Finally, it was the gunman who made the first move towards ending the siege. He passed his shotgun through the jagged frame of the front door and carefully climbed out. The gunman, still waving the two shotguns menacingly, ambled down Rundle Street while police marksmen moved in for the final drama." Initials CL/2347 CL/2358 TELERECORDING CHRIS GUNN. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- Country: Australia
- Reuters ID: LVAARP72ULQZQNYZF4A8MTT82AOC
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