A Little Known Fact About the NY Christmas Day Firemen Killings

Those guns weren’t legal either:

Woman accused in slaying of two NY firemen
Dawn Nguyen allegedly bought guns for convicted felon William Spengler, who used them to ambush and kill two the firefighters.

WEBSTER, N.Y. — The neighbor of a convicted felon who ambushed firefighters on Christmas Eve, killing two, bought the guns for him and lied to the seller, knowing that he wasn’t allowed to have them, authorities said Friday.

William Spengler had picked out the semiautomatic rifle and shotgun used in the ambush and went to the sporting goods store with the neighbor when she bought them for him, U.S. Attorney William Hochul said.

The neighbor, Dawn Nguyen of Rochester, was arrested Friday. She faces a federal charge of knowingly making a false statement for signing a form indicating she would be the legal owner of the guns, Hochul said. She also was charged with a state count of filing a falsified business record, State Police Senior Investigator James Newell said.

You’ll also notice this crime slipped rapidly from the national conversation, apparently right after the information about the ILLEGAL purchases came out, a fact which was itself quickly buried. (I’ve been waiting since reading this on 28 December for some sort of national airing…)

I think Glenn Reynolds calls it “harshing the narrative”.

One Response to “A Little Known Fact About the NY Christmas Day Firemen Killings”

1. Michael Lonie says:

   January 9, 2013 at 8:35 pm

   “The neighbor, Dawn Nguyen of Rochester, was arrested Friday. She faces a federal charge of knowingly making a false statement for signing a form indicating she would be the legal owner of the guns, Hochul said. She also was charged with a state count of filing a falsified business record, State Police Senior Investigator James Newell said.”

   She ought to be facing a charge of accessory to first degree murder.