Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
Gun
The Associated Press
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.
A 77-year-old man killed his wife and then himself with a
commercial-grade nail gun, police said Tuesday.
Police said they don't yet know why James B. Tompkinson, a retired
teacher, would kill his 67-year-old wife, Susan.
A relative who went to their home Monday evening found them and called
911.
When police arrived, Susan Tompkinson was dead of head and chest
trauma and her husband was badly injured. He died Tuesday morning.
Police Lt. Thomas Dellane said there was no history of police calls to
the couple's home.
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
Very slightly related;
One of the grad students in my lab loaned me his finish nailer so i
could complete a job at home that required nailing trim boards between
my rafters where they connect to the main beam of my house. I tested
the nailer in my garage first and discovered that it will fire its
nails without the driver contact being made. It would stick a nail in
pine at least four feet from the gun. I immediately unhooked it and
returned it to the kid Just did not want to take a chance with an
errant firing, especially ten feet up.
Marc
(PS That "nailed this one down" comment was unexpected and very funny.)
On Aug 7, 6:21 pm, marc rosen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Very slightly related;
> One of the grad students in my lab loaned me his finish nailer so i
> could complete a job at home that required nailing trim boards between
> my rafters where they connect to the main beam of my house. I tested
> the nailer in my garage first and discovered that it will fire its
> nails without the driver contact being made. It would stick a nail in
> pine at least four feet from the gun. I immediately unhooked it and
> returned it to the kid Just did not want to take a chance with an
> errant firing, especially ten feet up.
> Marc
> (PS That "nailed this one down" comment was unexpected and very funny.)
Just treat every gun as if it had no safety. You'll be okay. Tom
On Aug 8, 12:17 am, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com>
wrote:
> Unquestionably Confused wrote:
> > I recall a local yute (think "My Cousin Vinny") who fried a few too many
> > brain cells (jerk never had all that many working to begin with) and
> > threatened suicide a couple three times. Parents turned all his
> > firearms over to the police but apparently forgot he was working as a
> > contractor.
>
> > They found him out in the garage, laying against the wall with a nice,
> > neat hole in his forehead and a rather large spike in his brain.
>
> I can hear him now: "I need this job like I need a hole in my head. I've got
> half a mind to quit!".
>
> --
He likely did it on 'Impulse' (Paslode joke)
On Aug 8, 1:25 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
> >On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:56:32 -0500, HL. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
you're saying that first he got hammered, then she got nailed -- ?
No, she got hammered, then he got nailed
"HL. Ward" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>
> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
> Gun
>
> The Associated Press
>
> STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.
>
> A 77-year-old man killed his wife and then himself with a
> commercial-grade nail gun, police said Tuesday.
>
> Police said they don't yet know why James B. Tompkinson, a retired
> teacher, would kill his 67-year-old wife, Susan.
>
> A relative who went to their home Monday evening found them and called
> 911.
>
> When police arrived, Susan Tompkinson was dead of head and chest
> trauma and her husband was badly injured. He died Tuesday morning.
>
> Police Lt. Thomas Dellane said there was no history of police calls to
> the couple's home.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
======>Oh, great! Now they're going to add assault nail guns to their list
of banned weapons!!
Leif
efgh wrote:
> "HL. Ward" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>>
>> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
>> Gun
>>
>> The Associated Press
>> http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
>
> The police didn't have to do very much to nail this one down.
You could tack this one up to depression.
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
I wonder if there will be a big spike in this type of murder/suicide.
Allen
"HL. Ward" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>
> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
> Gun
>
> The Associated Press
>
> STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.
>
> A 77-year-old man killed his wife and then himself with a
> commercial-grade nail gun, police said Tuesday.
>
> Police said they don't yet know why James B. Tompkinson, a retired
> teacher, would kill his 67-year-old wife, Susan.
>
> A relative who went to their home Monday evening found them and called
> 911.
>
> When police arrived, Susan Tompkinson was dead of head and chest
> trauma and her husband was badly injured. He died Tuesday morning.
>
> Police Lt. Thomas Dellane said there was no history of police calls to
> the couple's home.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
> "HL. Ward" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>>
>> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
>> Gun
>>
>> The Associated Press
>>
>> STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.
>>
>> A 77-year-old man killed his wife and then himself with a
>> commercial-grade nail gun, police said Tuesday.
>>
>> Police said they don't yet know why James B. Tompkinson, a retired
>> teacher, would kill his 67-year-old wife, Susan.
>>
>> A relative who went to their home Monday evening found them and called
>> 911.
>>
>> When police arrived, Susan Tompkinson was dead of head and chest
>> trauma and her husband was badly injured. He died Tuesday morning.
>>
>> Police Lt. Thomas Dellane said there was no history of police calls to
>> the couple's home.
>>
>> http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
>
Just till the glue sets up?
Womdering what nails would be the best for that application. Finish nails or wire nails? 4 inch
ringshank? Galvanised or stainless?
Now you'll need to get a license to buy a battery operated nail gun plus a
10 day waiting period.
"Leif Thorvaldson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "HL. Ward" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>>
>> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
>> Gun
>>
>> The Associated Press
>>
>> STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.
>>
>> A 77-year-old man killed his wife and then himself with a
>> commercial-grade nail gun, police said Tuesday.
>>
>> Police said they don't yet know why James B. Tompkinson, a retired
>> teacher, would kill his 67-year-old wife, Susan.
>>
>> A relative who went to their home Monday evening found them and called
>> 911.
>>
>> When police arrived, Susan Tompkinson was dead of head and chest
>> trauma and her husband was badly injured. He died Tuesday morning.
>>
>> Police Lt. Thomas Dellane said there was no history of police calls to
>> the couple's home.
>>
>> http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
>
> ======>Oh, great! Now they're going to add assault nail guns to their
> list of banned weapons!!
>
> Leif
>
"HL. Ward" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>
> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
> Gun
>
> The Associated Press
>
> STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.
>
> A 77-year-old man killed his wife and then himself with a
> commercial-grade nail gun, police said Tuesday.
>
> Police said they don't yet know why James B. Tompkinson, a retired
> teacher, would kill his 67-year-old wife, Susan.
>
> A relative who went to their home Monday evening found them and called
> 911.
>
> When police arrived, Susan Tompkinson was dead of head and chest
> trauma and her husband was badly injured. He died Tuesday morning.
>
> Police Lt. Thomas Dellane said there was no history of police calls to
> the couple's home.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
The police didn't have to do very much to nail this one down.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:56:32 -0500, HL. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Maybe he was out having a few adult beverages and one of his friends suggested
>that he go home and "nail the wife"???
>
So you're saying that first he got hammered, then she got nailed -- ?
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
"HL. Ward" <[email protected]> wrote
> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>
> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
> Gun
>
Just don't let Sarah Brady find out about this!!
She will trot out some kind of statistic that all crimes are related to nail
guns.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:25:12 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>>>On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:56:32 -0500, HL. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>Maybe he was out having a few adult beverages and one of his friends
> suggested
>>>that he go home and "nail the wife"???
>>>
>>So you're saying that first he got hammered, then she got nailed -- ?
>
>I think you got the point, Doug...
No, *she* did.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Unquestionably Confused wrote:
> I recall a local yute (think "My Cousin Vinny") who fried a few too many
> brain cells (jerk never had all that many working to begin with) and
> threatened suicide a couple three times. Parents turned all his
> firearms over to the police but apparently forgot he was working as a
> contractor.
>
> They found him out in the garage, laying against the wall with a nice,
> neat hole in his forehead and a rather large spike in his brain.
I can hear him now: "I need this job like I need a hole in my head. I've got
half a mind to quit!".
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
>>> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>>>
>>> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
>>> Gun
>> The police didn't have to do very much to nail this one down.
>
> You could tack this one up to depression.
Ouch! THAT's depressing<G>
I recall a local yute (think "My Cousin Vinny") who fried a few too many
brain cells (jerk never had all that many working to begin with) and
threatened suicide a couple three times. Parents turned all his
firearms over to the police but apparently forgot he was working as a
contractor.
They found him out in the garage, laying against the wall with a nice,
neat hole in his forehead and a rather large spike in his brain.
Laying next to the body was a commercial grade Hilti stud gun. Took a
max load driver cartridge, a big ass concrete nail and a lot of
willpower to hold that sucker against his head and fire away.
Talk about wanting to die in the worst way... Gotta be pretty close to
that goal.
Bet that it didn't have a warning label about using it for that purpose or
6 pages in the user manual.
"HL. Ward" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>
> Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
> Gun
>
> The Associated Press
>
> STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.
>
> A 77-year-old man killed his wife and then himself with a
> commercial-grade nail gun, police said Tuesday.
>
> Police said they don't yet know why James B. Tompkinson, a retired
> teacher, would kill his 67-year-old wife, Susan.
>
> A relative who went to their home Monday evening found them and called
> 911.
>
> When police arrived, Susan Tompkinson was dead of head and chest
> trauma and her husband was badly injured. He died Tuesday morning.
>
> Police Lt. Thomas Dellane said there was no history of police calls to
> the couple's home.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:25:12 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>>On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:56:32 -0500, HL. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>Maybe he was out having a few adult beverages and one of his friends suggested
>>that he go home and "nail the wife"???
>>
>So you're saying that first he got hammered, then she got nailed -- ?
I think you got the point, Doug...
mac
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On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:56:32 -0500, HL. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
Maybe he was out having a few adult beverages and one of his friends suggested
that he go home and "nail the wife"???
>Police: Man Used Nail Gun to Kill Wife
>
>Police: Man, 77, Killed Wife, Then Himself, With Commercial-Grade Nail
>Gun
>
>The Associated Press
>
>STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.
>
>A 77-year-old man killed his wife and then himself with a
>commercial-grade nail gun, police said Tuesday.
>
>Police said they don't yet know why James B. Tompkinson, a retired
>teacher, would kill his 67-year-old wife, Susan.
>
>A relative who went to their home Monday evening found them and called
>911.
>
>When police arrived, Susan Tompkinson was dead of head and chest
>trauma and her husband was badly injured. He died Tuesday morning.
>
>Police Lt. Thomas Dellane said there was no history of police calls to
>the couple's home.
>
>http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3456122
mac
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