Thursday, May 08, 2014

After shooting two state troopers in the back seven times, polite murderer apologizes. How sweet. Gun control, anyone?

Sovereign citizen's teen son kills two 'Alaska State Troopers' reality TV stars in sofa dispute

By Travis Gettys
Monday, May 5, 2014 11:53 EDT
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A sovereign citizen shot and killed two Alaska state troopers last week during an argument over a $150 couch, authorities said.
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Nathanial Kangas is accused of killing Trooper Sgt. Patrick "Scott" Johnson and Trooper Gabriel Rich as they attempted to arrest the suspect's father.
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They each had appeared in the National Geographic reality show, "Alaska State Troopers."
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As the troopers tried to take Arvin Kangas into custody Thursday afternoon, his son went inside their house to retrieve an assault rifle, police said.
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The 19-year-old Nathaniel Kangas fired the weapon seven times at close range into the troopers' backs, said a police officer who was present during the arrest attempt.
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Police said the younger Kangas immediately dropped his weapon and apologized, saying he'd opened fire because the troopers were wrestling with his father.
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A friend of the Kangas family said the father and son were members, along with himself, of "The Athabascan Nation," which considers Alaska law enforcement to be a violation of Native Alaska sovereignty.
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