CRIME Gunman with hooks for hands killed in shootout with police

Police said the man threatened to kill his mother.
AKRON (AP) -- A police officer was shot in a confrontation with a gunman who did not have hands but used prosthetic metal hooks to fire at officers with a rifle, police said.
Robert McMullen Jr., 33, of Barberton, was shot by police and was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday night, according to a police news release.
McMullen's parents told police he had threatened to kill his mother, and was trying to attack her with his hooks. McMullen's father tried to fend off his son by hitting him with a board, then locked him outside the house after calling 911, police Lt. Sylvia Trundle said.
McMullen fired at two officers who responded to the disturbance call as they stepped out of their cruisers.
Wounded officer
Police identified the wounded officer as a 36-year-old male who had been on the force for nine years. He was struck in the torso just below his bulletproof vest.
The officer was in serious but stable condition early today at Akron City Hospital, Trundle said. The other officer was not hurt.
Both officers returned fire, and it was not known which one shot McMullen, Trundle said.
McMullen's parents told police their son lost his hands and arms up to his elbows in 1996. After being stopped for a traffic violation by West Virginia state troopers and leading authorities on a 5-mile chase, McMullen eventually got out of his car and detonated a grenade he was holding in his hands.