Quote:A gas company employee was shot in Lincoln County on Monday afternoon, Chief Sheriff’s Deputy J.J. Napier said Tuesday.

A man dressed in camouflage with his face painted black approached Mark Miller, an employee with HG Energy LLC, on Joe’s Creek near Sod, Napier said.

“At that time he played Mr. Miller a recording that said ‘Stop the drilling’ and then stuck a gun through the window of the passenger side of the truck,” Napier said.

Miller told police he grabbed the gun, which fired, shooting him in the hand, Napier said.

Miller then drove back to the HG Energy office in Yawkey, Napier said.

A person who answered the phone at HG Energy’s Parkersburg office said a spokesman for the company wasn’t available as of Tuesday morning.

HG Energy operates in 15 West Virginia counties, and owns and operates 1,300 oil and gas wells in West Virginia and Ohio, according to its website.

The incident was reported around 1:30 p.m. Monday.

Miller was in an unmarked work truck checking on a leaking oil well in the area, according to the West Virginia State Police, which is leading the investigation.

A State Police trooper said Miller was in a wildlife management area, not on private property.

Beth Little, a member of the West Virginia Sierra Club, said in a voicemail that the organization’s board members were shocked to learn of the incident.

“We think violence is deplorable,” Little said in her message.

No arrests had been made as of late Tuesday. State Police don’t have a specific suspect.

A scent was tracked four miles into the woods using a dog, but lost it at a set of four-wheeler tracks. A trooper with the State Police in the Hamlin detachment said police couldn’t determine if the scent was the suspect’s.

Napier said the suspect did not identify himself or say anything to Miller, and he didn’t know what kind of gun was used in the incident.

The State Police trooper said he believes the shooting was an isolated incident. This is the first incident of its kind the Sheriff’s Department has heard about, Napier said.

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/2015041.../150419682

At least Fox News is all over it!
http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/se...fn&start=0

why this would be news outside of that county is beyond me.

(04-20-2015 02:23 PM)fsquid Wrote:  why this would be news outside of that county is beyond me.

Agreed.

(04-20-2015 02:23 PM)fsquid Wrote:  why this would be news outside of that county is beyond me.

West Virginia gonna west Virginia

(04-20-2015 02:23 PM)fsquid Wrote:  why this would be news outside of that county is beyond me.

Imagine this scenario with me, if you will:

An anti-fracking environmentalists is approached after work by an employee of an energy corporation. The energy worker gives the environmentalist a message: stop your protest activities immediately. He then points a gun at the environmentalist. There is a struggle. The gun goes off, shooting the environmentalist in the hand, and the oil worker runs away.

I submit that this would be a major news story. The MSM would be all over it.

An environmentalist with a gun.

Go figure.

(04-20-2015 05:06 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 02:23 PM)fsquid Wrote:  why this would be news outside of that county is beyond me.

Imagine this scenario with me, if you will:

An anti-fracking environmentalists is approached after work by an employee of an energy corporation. The energy worker gives the environmentalist a message: stop your protest activities immediately. He then points a gun at the environmentalist. There is a struggle. The gun goes off, shooting the environmentalist in the hand, and the oil worker runs away.

I submit that this would be a major news story. The MSM would be all over it.

No doubt. It would be the lead story at the top of the hour on CNN and MSNBC for several days.

(04-20-2015 06:55 PM)Smaug Wrote:  An environmentalist with a gun.

Go figure.

Hopefully the bullet was lead-free.

Glad to see the oil company worker survived.

(04-20-2015 05:06 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 02:23 PM)fsquid Wrote:  why this would be news outside of that county is beyond me.

Imagine this scenario with me, if you will:

An anti-fracking environmentalists is approached after work by an employee of an energy corporation. The energy worker gives the environmentalist a message: stop your protest activities immediately. He then points a gun at the environmentalist. There is a struggle. The gun goes off, shooting the environmentalist in the hand, and the oil worker runs away.

I submit that this would be a major news story. The MSM would be all over it.

Nah. Its still West Virginia

What was Al Gore doing in West Virginia anyway ?

(04-20-2015 06:55 PM)Smaug Wrote:  An environmentalist with a gun.

Go figure.

I'd bet a frozen rib sammich that the environmentalist is also for extreme gun control..

I love how you all jump to the conclusion, with no facts really, that the guy is an anti-gun environmentalist.

It's just as plausible that Miller was drilling this guy's wife.

(04-21-2015 09:32 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I love how you all jump to the conclusion, with no facts really, that they guy is an anti-gun environmentalist.

It's just as plausible that Miller was drilling this guy's wife.

I was the one that said that.. Just an observation.. I mean there was a senator here in Missouri that was all for strict gun control measures, even the banning of hand guns.. She was arrested at a F the Police rally with a Glock.

(04-21-2015 09:41 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-21-2015 09:32 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I love how you all jump to the conclusion, with no facts really, that they guy is an anti-gun environmentalist.

It's just as plausible that Miller was drilling this guy's wife.

I was the one that said that.. Just an observation.. I mean there was a senator here in Missouri that was all for strict gun control measures, even the banning of hand guns.. She was arrested at a F the Police rally with a Glock.

POD!

sometimes the weirdos from both sides can't get out of their own way.....

(04-21-2015 09:41 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-21-2015 09:32 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I love how you all jump to the conclusion, with no facts really, that they guy is an anti-gun environmentalist.

It's just as plausible that Miller was drilling this guy's wife.

I was the one that said that.. Just an observation.. I mean there was a senator here in Missouri that was all for strict gun control measures, even the banning of hand guns.. She was arrested at a F the Police rally with a Glock.

I would never own a gun, but I support the second amendment and the right to bear arms. I do however favor strict controls on that right. Waiting periods, background checks, mandatory training, etc. Bottom line, you can still support rights even though want common sense limits on them.

(04-21-2015 10:54 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(04-21-2015 09:41 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-21-2015 09:32 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I love how you all jump to the conclusion, with no facts really, that they guy is an anti-gun environmentalist.

It's just as plausible that Miller was drilling this guy's wife.

I was the one that said that.. Just an observation.. I mean there was a senator here in Missouri that was all for strict gun control measures, even the banning of hand guns.. She was arrested at a F the Police rally with a Glock.

I would never own a gun, but I support the second amendment and the right to bear arms. I do however favor strict controls on that right. Waiting periods, background checks, mandatory training, etc. Bottom line, you can still support rights even though want common sense limits on them.

RWT.. I think what I understood was she was for the banning of hand guns in the state.. But was caught with one.. I'm wanting to say it was unregistered as well..

Again, I'm making an observation and throwing something against the wall to see what'll stick.. I've seen where political figures play the "Do as I say, not as I do" card a lot.. Case and point, this senator.

As someone born and raised in WV, I believe the end result of ERC's scenario would be a huge parade in the energy worker's honor.

(04-21-2015 09:41 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-21-2015 09:32 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I love how you all jump to the conclusion, with no facts really, that they guy is an anti-gun environmentalist.

It's just as plausible that Miller was drilling this guy's wife.

I was the one that said that.. Just an observation.. I mean there was a senator here in Missouri that was all for strict gun control measures, even the banning of hand guns.. She was arrested at a F the Police rally with a Glock.

Don't forget about this one

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/26...38152.html

Quote:California state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) -- one of the state's strongest advocates for gun control -- was arrested Wednesday on charges that include scheming to defraud citizens of honest services and conspiracy to illegally traffic firearms.

Presidential campaign is underway. No time to report it.