Gunman is holed up in Howell barn

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit News

Monday, August 10, 2009
Gunman is holed up in Howell barn
Valerie Olander / The Detroit News


Howell -- The Livingston County Sheriff Department is sending in an armored vehicle to rescue two adults and two children trapped inside a barn not far from where a barricaded gunman is holed up with an M-16 fully automatic weapon and other weapons, according to Sheriff Bob Bezotte.

"He has not threatened anyone yet," he said.

He is inside another barn on Burkhart Road, between Marr Road and Warner. The barn where others are located are within 40 yards, Bezotte said.

-snip-

The man, who Bezotte identified as Wesley Gilson, operates ProSoldier, a military training company contracted by the U.S. Army.

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Read more: http://www.detnews.com/article/20090810/METRO04/908100386/1361/Gunman-is-holed-up-in-Howell-barn

[izquierdista]

1. Gilligan!!

[YOY]

15. This calls for Bloodhound Gang Lyrics!

"Like that episode where Gilligan gets sick of being teased
And he breaks into the Professor's lab and makes some LSD
Peaks freaks and eats the Skipper's brains then beats Ginger with coconuts
As Mr. Howell and Lovey burn alive inside their grass hut
Oh he'll kill again that Gilligan they he should of let him be
And like a postal clerk I'll go beserk if you don't stop teasing me
See the trick is only pick on those that can't do you no harm
Like the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm"

[Joanne98]

2. Here's his linkedin

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/wesley-gilson/3/741/8b8

Current•President & CEO at ProSoldier
•Member at Army Historical Foundation
Past•President & CEO at SELEX Communications, Inc.
•Soldier at US Army
•President at ProLaris
Vice-President, Sales at Webridge Vice-President, Sales at Altitude Software Director, Advanced Technologies at Rockwell International Business Unit Manager at IBM-Siemens Networks see less...

4 more...
Education•Kennedy Western
•Purdue University
Recommended 5 people have recommended Wesley Connections 77 connections IndustryDefense & Space Websites•My Company

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Wesley Gilson’s Summary
More than a decade serving in the US Army around the world, and more than 20 years building and managing companies in Technology and Communications led Wesley Gilson to SELEX Communications, Inc.

Consultant to SELEX Communications, formerly known as Marconi, the company founded by the father of radio Guigliermo Marconi, is the manufacturer of the world's most successful warfighter to warfighter radio - the AN/PRC-343 Personal Role Radio. In addition, SELEX is a leading provider of Satellite, Naval and Land Military Communications and Electronic Warfare Equipment, as well as Civil Communications systems based on TETRA and Simulcast technologies.

Acting President & General Manager (North American Operating Company) 2004 - 2008

Wesley Gilson’s Specialties:
Sales; Marketing; General Business Management; Contract Negotiations; Business Law: USA, Canada, Benelux, Germany, China; Start Up and Turnaround situations.


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Wesley Gilson’s Experience
President & CEO
ProSoldier
(Defense & Space industry)

January 2009 — Present (8 months)

ProSoldier is dedicated to enhancing the professional warrior's ability to move, shoot and communicate.

Member
Army Historical Foundation
(Defense & Space industry)

2007 — Present (2 years)

Assisted with fund-raising and membership efforts.

President & CEO
SELEX Communications, Inc.
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

November 2004 — December 2008 (4 years 2 months)

Directs and manages all aspects of business in SELEX Communications, Inc.

Soldier
US Army
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

June 1979 — March 2005 (25 years 10 months)

Military Intelligence with 82nd Airborne Division, later cross-branch to Infantry. Four years as Analyst under S2/G2, followed by 8 years LRS. One year tour of Iraq 2004/2005.

President
ProLaris
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Defense & Space industry)

October 2002 — May 2004 (1 year 8 months)

Vice-President, Sales
Webridge
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; WEBR; Computer & Network Security industry)

April 2002 — October 2002 (7 months)

Vice-President, Sales
Altitude Software
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 10 months)

Director, Advanced Technologies
Rockwell International
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 1997 — July 1999 (2 years 1 month)

Business Unit Manager
IBM-Siemens Networks
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Telecommunications industry)

July 1984 — July 1997 (13 years 1 month)


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Wesley Gilson’s Education
Kennedy Western
Marketing 2005 — 2007


Purdue University
Management 1981 — 1984


Activities and Societies:President, Student Senate
President, College Republicans

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Additional Information
Wesley Gilson’s Websites:
My Company
Wesley Gilson’s Groups:
Purdue Alumni
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

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Wesley Gilson’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
•career opportunities
•consulting offers
•new ventures
•job inquiries
•expertise requests
•business deals
•reference requests
•getting back in touch

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/wesley-gilson/3/741/8b8

[awoke_in_2003]

47. "•getting back in touch "

Sounds like he is failing that one.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Trying to understand...

The Livingston County Sheriff Department is sending in an armored vehicle to rescue two adults and two children trapped inside a barn not far from where a barricaded gunman is holed up with an M-16 fully automatic weapon and other weapons, according to Sheriff Bob Bezotte.


Are they in the same barn?

If not, :wtf:

[BreweryYardRat]

40. Being 120 feet away from some loon with a rifle, with no other cover around...

...that qualifies as "trapped" in my book.

[kegler14]

4. A Freeper no doubt. Better start scrubbing those posts Rim Job.

[newtothegame]

23. Hahaha. Dude we scrub posts too...

Remember the "Bombs causing tsunamis" debacle? You better, cause you'll never find any proof that conversation ever took place on this site.

[Robb]

41. Yes.

...But DU deletes jackassery as it is posted. FR deletes posts months later when specific posters are outed as felons.

There is a difference, dude. :eyes:

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

49. Or maybe just a Veteran with PTSD going through a divorce without adequate mental health care.

[MadMaddie]

52. That was my first thought

Sadly he lost his life but at least no innocent folks lost theirs.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

54. Agreed on both counts. No winners. Just another lost to the war in Iraq.

[EFerrari]

55. That's what I thought of first, too.

Somehow, we need to take much better care of these kids. :(

[derby378]

5. Well, well, well...

Who would you rather trust with an automatic rifle? This joker, or me?

:hide:

Edited to add: I respect our men and women in uniform. My father-in-law is a survivor of the Bataan Death March. But there needs to be an improved process for weeding out the bad eggs.

[Joanne98]

6. They got him

A gunman who was barricaded in a barn on Burkhart Road in Howell has been shot and apprehended by police around 2:20 p.m. Emergency personel are treating the suspect now.


The five people who were held up in a nearby barn are safe — two of them were toddlers.


The suspect, Wesley Gilson, is the President and CEO of ProSoldier in Howell according to Livingston County Sherrif Bob Bezotte.


Gilson was held up in a 4,000-square-foot barn on Burkhart Road between Marr and Warner roads, the sheriff said. Five people, two adults and three children, were in the line of fire between the gunman and police, in a nearby 10-foot by 10-foot barn.


Police believed one of the five people in the side barn was Gilson’s wife.


Bezotte said Gilson is going through a divorce and is under heavy medication.


The sheriff said police first arrived at the scene for a potential overdose. Gilson was taking muscle relaxers and OxyContin, Bezotte said.


Bezotte said police were on scene when Gilson ordered everyone off the property and brandished the handgun. He then went to get his M-16, according to the sheriff.


To download a copy of gunman Wesley Gilson's resume, click here
Gilson has just returned from Iraq and is a contractor of the U.S. Army and Bezotte said he is very proficient with weapons.


ProSoldier is a local company dedicated to enhancing professional warrior’s ability to move, shoot and communicate.


For more information check back with LivingstonDaily.com
http://www.livingstondaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090810/NEWS01/90810011

[jpak]

10. But...but...but...does his health insurance cover gun shot wounds??

:evilgrin:

[peace13]

13. Is the Armageddon here already Wesley?

You could have at least warned us! I do hope that you have sense enough not to hurt anyone. Put down your guns and walk out like a man

[bluestateguy]

14. Are private citizens allowed to have M-16's?

I thought those were banned for civillians many decades ago.

[RaleighNCDUer]

25. They're legal if you have the necessary paperwork.

And he's not 'strictly' a civilian, anyway - he owns a corporation that does military training. I reckon that means he HAS the paperwork.

[slackmaster]

34. There are a few transferrable ones, but they'll set you back a whole lot of money

If you live in a state that allows people to own automatic weapons.

[RaleighNCDUer]

24. 10' x 10'? That's not a barn. That's a shed.

The 4000sq ft building he was in - THAT was a barn.

I HATE sloppy writing.

[Pharlo]

39. 10' x 10' isn't a 'barn',

hell, it's not even a decent garage. It's a 'shed'. That's like calling an aircraft carrier a 'boat'.

Sorry - dupe.

[Robb]

42. I have a 10x10 shed I painted red with white trim

...and we call it the barn. :D

[sabrina 1]

61. 'Professional Warrior'

ProSoldier is a local company dedicated to enhancing professional warrior’s ability to move, shoot and communicate.

They print that in a news story as if it were nothing. That is a story in itself. When did it become okay to train 'professional warriors' which really means 'mercenaries' other than the military?

And how many of these 'professional warriors' are there, paid for by our tax dollars without the knowledge of the general population. And now it looks like they are using their skills against anyone who pisses them off a little.

The acceptance of mercenaries is outrageous. When it was first discovered that 'civilian contractors' meant 'mercenaries' and that the 'money for the troops' was going to pay them, far more than the troops were being paid, there was at least some outrage. Now, have we just accepted this vile practice even after learning about the murders in Iraq?

Maybe it WILL take a tragedy right here before Americans rise up against these private armies of killers living among them. I hope not, but America rarely sees the murder of foreigners as a reason to get outraged over. Sadly, it has to affect them personally before anything is done and by then it's too late.

[caseymoz]

7. Stay calm, everyone, and remember that guns don't kill people. nt

[teranchala]

18. Which must explain why the army doesn't give them to soldiers.

...

[Pavulon]

43. Nothing more useless than an untrained man with a rifle. Hence basic (nt)

[caseymoz]

57. Nothing more dangerous to himself and his fellow soldiers, you mean.

:nopity:

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

48. Who did he kill or are you talking about the cop that killed him?

[Joanne98]

8. Here's a picture of him

http://www.armyhistory.org/FileUploads/c2dv2i4c%20final.pdf

[MineralMan]

26. Link is busted...

[Bozita]

27. worked for me about 20 minutes ago

[MineralMan]

31. Worked for me the second time. Never mind.

[bluestateguy]

9. Thank you Secretary Napolitano for warning us about these people

She never should have given an inch.

[CanonRay]

11. The barn thing didn't work too well for John Wilkes Booth

Somebody should tell the guy.

[Joanne98]

12. Here's his company's website.

http://www.selexcommsusa.com/

[MineralMan]

28. I don't think so. I think that's a dead end.

I did find a www.prosoldier.com, but it's password protected. Maybe the guy took it down before this action.

Right wing wacko, I'm sure.

[Bozita]

30. link worked for me about 15 minutes ago

[MineralMan]

32. The link works, but Gilson left the company in 2008, according to

his resume.

[Bozita]

16. BREAKING NEWS: Gunman killed in "suicide by cop" (with video and PDF)

BREAKING NEWS: Gunman killed in "suicide by cop" (with video and PDF)
BY JON GUNNELLS • DAILY PRESS & ARGUS • AUGUST 10, 2009
Read Comments(36) Recommend(1)Print this pageE-mail this articleShare

Updated At 3:20

A gunman was killed in what is being subscribed as suicide by cop at approximately 2:16 p.m. after the gunman approached a deputy and raised his gun

The gunman, U.S. Army veteran and President and CEO of ProSoldier, Wesley Gilson was barricaded in a 4,000-square-foot barn on Burkhart road between Marr and Warner Roads in Howell according to Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte.

Five people who were held up in a nearby 10-foot by10-foot barn and in the line of fire between the gunman and police are safe. The five people were Gilson’s wife, three children, ages infant to four and a police officer.

Bezotte said police first arrived at the scene for a potential overdoes. Gilson was going through a divorce and was taking muscle relaxers and OxyContin.

more...
http://www.livingstondaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090810/NEWS01/90810011

[Demeter]

21. How Convenient For the Mercenaries

They can bury their mistakes.

[Vidar]

58. Good riddance.

[Lagomorph]

17. Bezotte said the man is in process of a divorce.

I was a bit confused.

Successful businessman, has a coveted contract with the military, has the best soldier toys... a guy has got to work years to build up that level of trust will the government, mostly by proving he's not a whack job.

[Alcibiades]

33. And yet he turns out to be

a whack job. The procedures the government uses to see if you're a security risk are a bad joke, and have been for a long time. The problem is, much like the ineffective and invasive procedures at airports executed by the TSA, they make people feel safe, so they won't change them.

[dgibby]

36. Being a whack job didn't seem to hinder Erik Prince. nt

[PassingFair]

37. Are you kidding me?

NOT a whack job?

It would surprise me if he WASN'T a whack job.

[Lagomorph]

45. As in...

you have to promise to shoot only the people the gov't tells you to. You may not use RPGs to settle domestic disputes. You may not sell your war toys to the Taliban...

The gov't is touchy about those things.

[BobRossi]

19. Howell, the bastian of right wing inbreeding.

Hope this one does himself before he has the chance to hurt anyone.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

50. A link please?

[Scout]

59. Perhaps, like me, the poster has LIVED IN THE AREA for years....

some things don't really need a link.

:eyes:

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

60. So everyone in that area is the exact same?

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[Name removed]

63. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Psephos]

62. That stereotype needs a dirt nap

There are RW whacks in every county in America, and there are some in Howell, too. Yet some of the most progressive people I know live in or near Howell, and they're sick of the ignorance and geographical bigotry, trust me.

[fascisthunter]

20. "He has not threatened anyone yet"

WTF do you think being held up by a man with an M-16 is? That quote needs more context...

[Joanne98]

22. Cops always defend the right.

[fascisthunter]

29. you, know, I am seeing that more and more...

"Liberal eating the fingers of two hostages"... "bring back up immediately!"

[Hansel]

46. I know. Pretty stupid statement. Left me shaking my head.

If he wasn't threatening anyone, why in the hell were the police there? They probably know that guy and were trying to give him the benefit of the doubt they wouldn't give to anyone else.

[MadMaddie]

53. They were there because paramedics were called there for

an overdose, the gentleman in question was the supposed overdose, he pulled a gun on the paramedics and gave them 30 seconds to leave or he would shoot them. Yes, the police had to respond......if they didn't and the guy killed innocents then what?

[orwell]

35. The whole incident is sad...

...sounds like the guy is dead. The family is traumatized. He put police officers in danger.

Another day of random violence in the USA.

Thoughts to his family...

[DCKit]

38. Geez, WTF did Rush say today? n/t

[theothersnippywshrub]

44. Definitely a devoted shittohead. And freeper. n/t

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

51. Link?

[EFerrari]

56. He could also be a vet that lost his stuff.

And now he's dead. Can't we find out more before we insult this guy?