NationStates Jolt Archive

*News Intro Plays*
Narrator: Broadcasting live from EBN’s World News Headquarters in Bellevue... Welcome to the Enataian Broadcasting Network’s Nightly News Report with Tom Medina and Ann Evans.

Medina: Good evening, I’m Tom Medina.

Evans: And I’m Ann Evans.

Medina: A shocking assassination attempt on President Webb tonight. The attempt came from an unknown sniper around 6:20 PM tonight in downtown Bellevue as the President was leaving his home. Mark Rowley has the story.

[Mark Rowley is shown, holding a mic and standing in front of the National Home]

Rowley: Thanks, Tom. I’m standing in front of the National Home in downtown Bellevue. We’re getting news that the President is inside and is getting medical attention tonight but he is being treated for injuries sustained while running for cover, not bullet wounds. The area is locked down right now and the lockdown is in effect for the surrounding twenty blocks in all directions, that’s the boundary Police have set up and anyone attempting to leave the lockdown area must go through a personal background check in addition to personal ID checks and nobody is allowed to leave with weapons of any sort right now, Tom.

Medina: What happened, Rowley?

Rowley: Well, apparently the President was leaving to go to a concert in New Redmond when he was fired upon. Now a critical point was that the President was walking at the time and despite four secret service agents walking ahead and behind him, that was not enough to defend the President this time. Luckilly, the President actually saw the sniper before he fired and was able to get out of the way in time. The President claims that he did not get a clear view of the sniper’s face but the security here tonight is very strong. The President is actually calling for reduced security, he feels that it’s not fair to lock down everyone within the lockdown radius. He actually will not press charges that would result in more than 15 years in prison for the sniper and is calling it a Politically-charged crime.

Evans: Rowley, what can you tell us about the motivation behind the shooting?

Rowley: Well that’s just the thing, Evans, because nobody has any idea at this point what motivated the sniper. Investigators are estimating that the person is an immigrant, that the suspect is not an experienced sniper, and that the suspect has not been here more than three years. The President will be giving a press conference tonight in just a few hours but for now the National House is on a complete and utter lockdown. In fact, we are as close as we can be, but as you can see, we’re still about a football field away right now.

Medina: Wow, that’s really something. We’ll get back to that right after the break.

Evans: And coming up at 11, could everything and anything in your home be possibly maybe slightly partially harmful to someone somewhere? We take a look in our nightly Health spot with Grace Conklin.

OOC: you said that the sniper was probably an immigrant, well if you don't have any plans with it maybe I can RP someone being the sniper.

((OOC: Fine by me. This is sort of an experiment to see what happens.))

The bullets just missed his target, he hadn't any time now to spare because he couldn't use the delay for if he actually killed him to get away. He ran to the side of the roof and threw his sniper rifle off the side. He then jumped onto the fire eascape then ran down it and into the alley. He took off the muzzle of the gun and broke the back he then ran to the closest apartment used a hanger to brake into an apartment. As soon as he got the door open he threw the pieces of the gun in there and closed the door again. He then ran out of the building onto the sidewalk. He waited until he was a car then the second one was going fairly fast and was close to him he jumped infront of it and the car hit him. He had to wait for an ambulance then pray he and the president would end up in the same hosital.

Medina: And now an update on the Presidential assassination attempt with Mark Rowley.

Rowley: Thanks, Tom. As you can see I'm standing in front of an apartment building in downtown Bellevue where, just moments ago, part of a Sniper rifle was found. Police say that it was actually thrown out of the building.
On a rather unrelated note, an unidentified man was found hit by a car about an hour ago right behind me. Paramedics are currently keeping him in one of the Medical rooms in the National House because of the Lockdown which is still in effect. Doctors say he broke several bones in his legs, thigh, and lower spine, and will require surgery, but it's understood that his wounds are not serious and he will be transferred to Overlake Hospital as soon as the Lockdown is lifted in about 72 hours. Ironically, Tom, he was actually run over by an Ambulence which got clearance from the Lockdown area perimeter guards, driving to the National House in order to give medical attention to the President, who is currently still receiving medical attention there in his home. The President, however, is reportedly doing fine after a couple of bandages and some rubbing alcohol, and he has promised to visit the injured man at some point tonight to give him his support.
Police still don't know the identity of the injured man but he does fit the description of what investigators believe to be the man who tried to shoot the President. As a result, Secret Service men will be watching the man's room. He was carrying no identification and there are no identifying marks or records of the man thus far. Now back to you, Tom.