California IN BRIEF : VISALIA : Possible Motive Told in Court Shooting
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A gunshot may have been fired at a Tulare County Superior Court judge because the jurist ordered a woman to use a long-lasting birth control device as a condition of probation. The bullet narrowly missed Superior Court Judge Howard V. Broadman, who quickly dropped to the floor behind his desk. The gunman, identified as Harry Raymond Bodine, said: “I’m guilty. I did it.” Then, according to attorney Ward Stringham, Bodine said: “Those drugs kill babies.”
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