KINGSTON – A longhorn cow being taken to market kicked its way out of a trailer at the ferry terminal Monday and made a short-lived break for freedom before it was killed.
No one was injured in the impromptu running of the bull – actually a cow, but described as a bull for much of the day because of its horns.
After bolting from the trailer, the 600-pound animal ran past the ferry toll both and up Highway 104, startling downtown shoppers and area residents as it sought safe haven.
Tranquilizer darts barely slowed her down and when she charged a deputy, she was stopped with a shotgun blast.
The wounded animal was later euthanized by a veterinarian.
Seattle
Mass murderer gets 13 life terms: A man convicted of murdering 13 people in the 1983 “Chinatown massacre,” the worst mass killing in city history, was sentenced Monday to 13 consecutive life terms without hope of parole. Kwan Fai “Willie” Mak, now 41, was sentenced by King County Superior Court Judge Laura Inveen. Mak was convicted of aggravated first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1983 after jurors found that he and two other men stormed into the Wah Mee gambling club, where 13 people were hog-tied and fatally shot. A 14th patron survived to testify against the robbers.
Smoking blamed in fatal fire: A man has died in a house fire that investigators blamed on improper disposal of smoking materials. The body of the man, identified by neighbors as Kenneth J. Peterson, 65, was found in the rubble of the burned house early Saturday morning, Fire Department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick said. Neighbors said Peterson worked for his father’s home-building company and for a window manufacturer before he retired and lived alone at the home.
Death of woman labeled homicide: The death of a woman whose body was found in an abandoned house frequented by drug dealers and transients was being investigated as a homicide, police said. There were signs of strangulation on the 42-year-old woman’s body, which was found Sunday morning by a man looking for a place to sleep in the home in the Hilltop neighborhood. “It’s kind of been a flophouse,” police officer Jim Mattheis said. “He just kind of felt around and found her laying where he normally slept.” Investigators believe the woman was killed in the home but had not determined a motive or made any arrests as of late Sunday, Mattheis said.
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