Oddly enough

Oddly enough

Deputy fires ‘one in a billion’ shot into suspect’s gun barrel

AURORA, Colo.

Investigators say an off-duty Colorado deputy sheriff fired a bullet straight down the barrel of a suspect’s gun, a shot they called “one in a billion.”

The detail emerged in a letter from prosecutors announcing that Arapahoe County Deputy Jose Marquez was justified in shooting the attempted-robbery suspect, who survived. Marquez also was wounded in the January shooting and is still recovering.

The Aurora Sentinel newspaper in suburban Denver reports that Marquez was visiting his girlfriend’s apartment when two suspects approached him in the parking lot with their guns drawn.

The off-duty deputy told investigators that one suspect told him to “give it up.”

Marquez says the suspects fired first, and he shot back. One was wounded in the leg and arrested; the other got away.

Kuwait says ‘no’ to ‘Pokemon GO’ at ‘sensitive landmarks’

KUWAIT CITY

Kuwait is saying “no” to “Pokemon GO” in certain places.

The tiny oil-rich emirate’s Interior Ministry issued a statement Friday warning users of the smash mobile-phone application from taking pictures of any vital government, military or security location.

It also warned users not to pounce on Pikachus or chase Charmanders at mosques, shopping centers, malls and oil installations.

Lt. Gen. Sulaiman al-Fahad at the ministry said: “No excuses will be accepted by anyone claiming ignorance of the law.”

Though “Pokemon GO” hasn’t officially come to nations in the Persian Gulf, many have downloaded the app.

Naked couple arrested on stolen lawn mower

JOPLIN, Mo.

Authorities have arrested a couple accused of riding naked on a stolen lawn mower in Missouri.

Jasper County sheriff’s Det. Tim Williams said a 55-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman admitted they rode the lawn mower home naked after their clothing was stolen while they skinny-dipped in a creek northwest of Joplin.

The Joplin Globe reports that authorities arrested the pair recently on suspicion of stealing after finding them at a house with the riding mower parked in the front yard.

Williams says an investigation determined that the lawn mower didn’t belong to either of them.

Associated Press