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   From: Jack@Jack.com   
      
   Another case of "Ive eaten too many donuts and I cant defend myself". If   
   a stupid sorry PIG cannot disarm a single knife wielding assailant, then   
   he should not be a soryy PIG in the first place.   
      
   I guess he must of sat self defense classes out at Dunkin Donuts.   
      
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   > By Bryan Virasami and Rocco Parascandola   
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   > November 7, 2003   
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   > A Staten Island police officer shot and killed a knife-wielding   
   > ex-convict yesterday during a struggle inside the home of the dead   
   > man's estranged girlfriend, police said.   
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   > Russell Wimbush, 43, who stood 6-foot-1 and weighed 300 pounds, rushed   
   > Officer Edward Barrett, knocked him atop a glass table that shattered   
   > and attacked him with a knife, police said.   
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   > As Wimbush's estranged girlfriend and her two teenage sons ran out of   
   > the apartment, Barrett grabbed his gun and fired, striking Wimbush   
   > once in the chest. Wimbush was taken to Staten Island University   
   > Hospital, North Site, where he died.   
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   > Based on a preliminary probe, Barrett acted within department   
   > guidelines, police sources said.   
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   > Barrett, a two-year veteran assigned to the Housing Bureau, was   
   > stabbed in the shoulder and suffered numerous facial cuts. He was   
   > treated at St. Vincent's Hospital and later released. The girlfriend   
   > and her two children were not hurt.   
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   > Police said the incident started at 7:40 a.m. when Barrett, assigned   
   > to a foot post at Grasmere's South Beach Houses, was sent to the   
   > Kramer Street apartment of the estranged girlfriend, whose name was   
   > not released.   
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   > Once Barrett was inside, the woman told him that Wimbush had been   
   > milling about her building, apparently in an attempt to reconcile with   
   > her.   
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   > While the two were talking, Wimbush showed up and started banging on   
   > the door.   
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   > "The officer opened the door," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.   
   > "This individual pushes past the officer and pushes into the room."   
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   > Wimbush then rushed Barrett, police said. During the struggle, Wimbush   
   > pulled out a 7 1/2-inch folding knife, which also included a 3   
   > 1/2-inch blade, and stabbed Barrett, police said. That's when Barrett   
   > fired.   
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   > Police said Wimbush served 3 years in prison for a 1992 robbery and 1   
   > year probation for a menacing conviction stemming from a 1979 rape. He   
   > also had convictions for assault, criminal trespass and disorderly   
   > conduct but did not serve time in prison.   
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   > Police and neighbors said the woman and Wimbush had a tense   
   > relationship, arguing often. There were no orders of protection in   
   > place, but some neighbors said police had responded at least once in   
   > the past to quell a violent argument between the two.   
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   > Neighbors said Wimbush and the woman knew each other about 7 years,   
   > and that in the past two years she had broken up with him more than   
   > once.   
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   > Jackie Greene, who has two children with Wimbush's oldest son,   
   > Richard, 21, said it matters little why Wimbush snapped.   
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   > "I don't know why he did it, but he's gone," she said. "He's gone.   
   > That's all I know. It's very upsetting because I have two young   
   > daughters with Richard. That's their grandfather."   
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