We Made the National News!

[legion]

I'm so proud...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,476646,00.html

NORMAL, Ill. — A man suspected of robbing four banks died several hours after being shot by police following a high-speed chase around Normal in central Illinois.

The man, identified by McLean County Coroner Beth Kimmerling as Robert Sylvester of Bloomington, robbed a Bloomington currency exchange at gunpoint on Monday and fled in his vehicle, authorities said.

Police began a pursuit around 3 p.m. on Interstate 55. Authorities said the chase reached speeds of more than 90 mph.

Witnesses said the 57-year-old Sylvester jumped out of the vehicle near the Peoria exit onto I-74 just north of Normal Community West High School. They say the man leaped over a concrete barrier and showed a gun.

That's when the suspect and officers from several jurisdictions exchanged gunfire and he was shot.

Police said Sylvester was taken to BroMenn Regional Medical Center where he died late Monday.

The extended version here:

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/01/06/news/doc49626c5bd87ef739768946.txt

[DARISC]

is that normal in illinois?

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by DARISC

is that normal in illinois?

They've got to have something to do.

[legion]

Originally Posted by DARISC

is that normal in illinois?

Clever...

There's only one Normal in the whole country.

[Jim Richards]

Oh, snap!

[legion]

Wow. The end of the chase, as captured by a Pantagraph photographer:

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/01/06/news/doc4962e2bc924d5009432588.txt

Edit, it looks like the photographer took several images a second, so this takes a while to scroll through and many of the images look identical.

[rattlsnak]

if you click fast enough, its like watching a movie. very cool. that guy was coming after the camera dude no question. with cigarette in his mouth and all! but no 'money shot'?



and of course, the baywatch scene at the end is hot.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Only 90 mph? Sheesh, some of those roads out there can easily handle 140 or 150...

[legion]

Did you see what he was driving!? I'm suprised it did 90...

[IROC]

Originally Posted by legion

Clever...

There's only one Normal in the whole country.

What about Normal, Alabama? I used to live real close to there.

[legion]

Originally Posted by IROC

What about Normal, Alabama? I used to live real close to there.

What do you know!?

People in Normal, Illinois are proud of saying that they are the only "Normal" in the whole country, so I picked it up from there. It looks like both Normals got their names the same way...

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by IROC

What about Normal, Alabama? I used to live real close to there.

that's abnormal.

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by legion

Edit, it looks like the photographer took several images a second, so this takes a while to scroll through and many of the images look identical.

Looks like a bunch of images were removed.

[legion]

Years ago, when my parents were in college, my dad kept an old Pantagraph headline in the weddings section:

"Normal Man Marries Oblong Girl"

[legion]

Originally Posted by widebody911

Looks like a bunch of images were removed.

That just happened. It was a second-by-second account before.

[svandamme]

pics should still be in your browser cache if you viewed them

common, post the real action shots !

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by legion

"Normal Man Marries Oblong Girl"

The oblong girls I've known all had some incongruent angle and were acutely obtuse.

[gtc]

Bad trigger discipline!

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by DARISC

is that normal in illinois?

it is only normal in Normal.

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Only 90 mph? Sheesh, some of those roads out there can easily handle 140 or 150...

Yeah but if you're caught doing 140 or 150, they'll throw you in jail and throw away the keys.


LOL

[legion]

Originally Posted by gtc

Bad trigger discipline!

I picked up on that too. Must mean he's never had formal firearms training. I did notice the cop with the AR-15 had his finger OFF the trigger in all shots.