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Man accused of shooting officer driving on freeway
Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — Sheriffs deputies found a cache of high-powered guns and bomb-making materials in the home of a man arrested Thursday for shooting at an off-duty Milwaukee police officer's vehicle.

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke called the shooting on Interstate 94 an incident of road rage, but he said it's too soon to rule out a connection with shootings in Ohio or in nearby Brown Deer.

"I want to assure people in this county and traveling through that our freeways are safe," Clarke said.

Clarke said the suspect, a 28-year-old West Allis man, told investigators he shot at the car with a pellet gun because it cut him off. The suspect is a Wisconsin native with no criminal record in the state.

The shooting occurred Thursday at 11:40 p.m. east of the Stadium Interchange.

The assailant fired the shots after starting to tailgate the officer's sport utility vehicle, and shattered glass hit the officer in the face.

The injured officer was able to keep the car in sight as he called for assistance, and sheriff's department deputies and suburban Glendale police arrested the suspect on Milwaukee's west side after a brief chase.

Clarke said deputies found two 12-inch knives in the man's boots and a semiautomatic pistol with ammunition and a collapsible bat used by law enforcement officers in his truck.

Clarke said a search of the man's house turned up five additional guns, including a 20-gauge shotgun, and a large number of manuals on how to make high-caliber weapons.

The book titles included "The Anarchist Cookbook" and "How to Disappear in America."

The man also had fireworks and over-the-counter chemicals such as lye that Clarke said could be made into explosives.

"I've been in law enforcement for 26 years and I was in shock when I saw what we recovered," Clarke said.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is assisting with the investigation of the weapons, Clarke said.

Clarke said his department would complete ballistics tests to see if the suspect was linked to any other shootings.

On Wednesday, a man from Thiensville was shot as he traveled through suburban Brown Deer. The man was not driving on the freeway.

He was hit in the abdomen, but was able to drive home where his wife called an ambulance.

Meanwhile, authorities in Columbus, Ohio, are investigating a string of 12 shootings along Interstate 270 in recent days.

Four shootings were from the same gun, Franklin County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Steve Martin said. Although ballistics tests could not link the rest of the shootings, investigators believe all are connected.

_AP-CS-12-05-03 1919EST

[Sniper[MI]]

And I like the way the Urinal, I mean Journal linked this story to 2 others at the end.

ALSO, I have a cache of high powered weapons, including a 20 guage shotgun in my house too. And I bet all of you have a cache of high powered weapons too.

Even though this guy clearly appears to be a nutcase, the ultra lib Milwaqukee Journal could not resist taking a stab at all gun owners, especially those of us with them high powered 20 guages!

What would they say about one of us that owns a .50 cal, or NRA Joe and his fetish for that funny little Kalishnikov gun.....or dare I say it? That evil black little AR???