27 So God created man in his own image, in the image
of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:27)
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.(Genesis 6:5-6)
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Hotel shooting suspect admits to crime spree
Man charged with attempted murder in two-hour standoff
with police at hotel.
Published:
September 15th, 2012 03:34 PM
Last Modified: September 15th, 2012 09:28 PM
The man accused of shooting a police
officer Thursday at a hotel near Merrill Field later admitted to stealing cars
and burglarizing homes to feed a heroin addiction, charges say.
It was those Hillside
break-ins police were investigating when Jason W. Barnum opened fire from a
bathroom at the Merrill Field Inn, police say. His weapon: A handgun stolen in
the recent burglaries and vehicle thefts, according the charges. One officer
was lightly injured in the gunfire and is expected to return to work Tuesday.
Two officers shot back, striking Barnum in the right
arm, said Lt. Anthony Henry.
Described by police as a "serial burglar," Barnum
spent most of the past decade in prison on burglary and forgery convictions.
The 37-year-old is now charged with attempted murder in the two-hour standoff
that emptied the hotel, froze traffic on Fifth Avenue and drew nearly every
on-duty police officer in the city.
Investigators arrested two others who were in the hotel
room with Barnum -- Stephanie Callis and Sam Williams Jr. -- on warrants.
District Court Judge Alex Swiderski set Barnum's bail for the more serious
charge at $500,000 at the Anchorage
jail Friday afternoon.
Standing at the court lectern, Barnum shifted his weight
from one foot to the other, glancing occasionally -- the white of one eye black
with tattoo ink -- at reporters and bail bondsmen sitting in the gallery.
More charges may follow. Police say they're still
piecing together what happened at the hotel and investigating Barnum's role in
the string of Anchorage
break-ins. Unlike many burglars, police believe Barnum wasn't waiting for
people to leave their homes. He was sneaking in while the owners were still
inside, Henry said.
HID IN THE BATHROOM
Investigating the Hillside burglaries and reports of
someone rifling through vehicles, police received a report of an abandoned Toyota pickup in a parking
lot near Merrill Field Inn.
Surveillance footage obtained from the hotel showed a
man hauling a tote from the stolen truck into room 209. The man later threw the
tote in a trash bin, the charges say.
Three police officers went to the room to investigate.
What happened next is confusing, the charges say. Three people were inside, and
all three knew police were at the door. Barnum hid in the bathroom with Callis,
prosecutors say.
The third person, Williams, told police that Callis was
sick. The woman began making "retching sounds" from behind the closed
door.
Barnum later told police he urged Callis to fake being
sick in hopes of discouraging police from coming in the bathroom.
Suspicious that Callis was hiding something or someone,
police demanded she come out anyway. Williams was already in handcuffs when the
door opened.
As Callis walked out, Barnum opened fire, the charges
say.
The police officers may not have known Barnum was there
until the gunfire began. He never said why he started shooting, Henry said.
Two officers were in the hotel room at the time, Henry
said. Another officer and a police supervisor waited just outside the door.
A bullet grazed the back of one of the officers, police
say.
"It kind of unzipped him, and the doctors stitched
him up," said Police Chief Mark Mew.
The wounded officer has not been publicly identified. He
was treated and released from a local hospital and plans to return to work next
week, Mew said.
The injured officer and another officer shot back,
striking Barnum. "I believe it fractured his upper arm," Henry said.
Callis and Williams were taken into police custody while
Barnum remained in the room until shortly after 1 p.m., when he surrendered,
slumped and bleeding.
Inside the hotel room police found a backpack containing
jewelry, jewelry boxes, mementos and other items.
'RISKY BEHAVIOR'
Since 2001, Barnum has spent roughly 8 1/2 years in
prison. He was most recently released Dec. 30, 2011, after serving more than a
year on a parole violation, according to the Department of Corrections. His
distinctive tattoos once aided police investigators when a bank teller took
note of the markings on his head and neck as Barnum tried to cash a stolen
check.
Among Barnum's convictions, according to court records:
• 1993 -- first-degree burglary
• 1994 -- burglary, larceny
• 1999 -- resisting arrest, drunken driving
• 2000 -- Second degree forgery, second-degree theft.
• 2004 -- first-degree burglary, fourth-degree assault
and resisting arrest
In 2000, Barnum cashed two checks stolen from an Anchorage home for $890, the
charges say. He was connected to another burglary that year when guns, jewelry,
checks and other items were stolen from two other homes, court records show.
In one 2004 case, Barnum was spotted walking out from
behind a garage wearing a white hard hat. When the homeowner confronted him,
Barnum mumbled that he was looking for a light pole, according to a police
complaint. The homeowner went inside to find his house ransacked.
A series of burglaries Wednesday night and Thursday
morning led police to Barnum's hotel, but he may be connected to other
break-ins that investigators don't know about, Henry said. The thefts have been
reported in the upper Hillside and Rabbit
Creek area, he said, with about seven known burglaries so far.
"When people do burglaries, they generally do
businesses at night because no one is there. They generally do residences
during the day because no one's there," Henry said. "When you go into
people's homes at night, that's very risky behavior."
Police said they don't know where Barnum had been living
since leaving prison. He and his companions had rented the hotel room for at
least one night and reserved it for one more when they were discovered by
police.
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