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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 12:20 am |
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Chainsaw attack at Homeless Shelter
Colleen Hogan
By Colleen Hogan
Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 11:10 p.m.
NEW BLOOMFIELD, MO. -- A Callaway County Christian television station played backdrop today for a scene straight out of a horror movie.
A man with a chainsaw attacked four people at KNLJ Channel 25 Saturday, leaving two critically injured.
Police say twenty-eight year old Matthew Watkins is originally from the St. Louis area and authorities say he's been staying at the homeless shelter that sits grounds of the T.V. station for the past couple weeks.
His bond is set at six hundred thousand dollars.
The KNLJ Christian T.V. station in New Bloomfield had some breaking news of it's own Saturday afternoon.
A call from someone inside sent New Bloomfield police and the Callaway County sheriff to Old Highway 54.
When deputies arrived on the scene just after two o’clock p.m.Saturday they found the suspect wielding a chainsaw. Deputies then arrested the suspect at gunpoint.
"We've been told we have three to four victims that have received injury we believe from chainsaws. Right now two of them have been life-staffed out of here to the University of Missouri. Two others I've been told have been transported to other area hospitals." Said Calloway County Sheriff Dennis Crane.
Authorities say two of the victims sustained injuries from a chainsaw to the arm and abdomen, and two others sustained injuries from a knife to the neck.
The names of those victims are not being released at this time, but sheriff crane says as of right now, two of those victims have been treated and released from the hospital and the other two are still hospitalized at this hour but are expected to fully recover from their injuries.
Reverend Larry Rice owns the property where the TV station is and it is also the sight of an all-male homeless shelter.
A manager who runs another one of Larry Rice's homeless shelters in Jefferson City said that the men learn the trade of renewable energy while they stay at the KNLJ property.
She says those who stay at the homeless shelter are background checked before they are allowed to stay.
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Buddy Dornster
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 01:42 am |
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| KRCG didn't really get it all correct. KNLJ TV is no longer owned by Larry Rice, but the property is, and houses the uplink for his radio network. It was the radio people that were attacked. Fortunately, the TV folks keep the doors to their studios locked at all times.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 02:18 am |
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| When I worked for the Premier Radio Group, part of my job was to play the TRL Countdown on Sunday nights at Q-106.1. I used to get regular calls from a lady who worked at KNLJ. Although I never met her and never knew her name, I immediately thought of her when I heard about the attacks. I'm glad to hear the TV station keeps its doors locked, though I feel badly for everyone who was hurt.
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Wesley Wallace
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 01:35 pm |
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Wow! We were just there last week re-lamping that tower! I am glad to hear that everyone survived!
Wesley
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