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Super Bowl massacre averted

I wasn't sure if you all read about this, but since quite a few of you enjoyed the Super Bowl... WOW... I think that the final sentence in this article in uncalled for, but then again chances are it will happen....

PHOENIX — A distraught Tempe man was within sight of the Super Bowl on Sunday with an assault rifle, but a change of heart kept him from unloading 200 rounds of ammunition on the crowd, newly released court records show.

Kurt William Havelock, 35, turned himself in Sunday to Tempe police and the FBI at the urging of family and confessed his plan, which he hatched in retaliation for the Tempe City Council rejecting a liquor license application for a restaurant and bar he owns.

According to court records, Havelock is charged with mailing threatening communications in the mailing of eight copies of a “manifesto�? explaining the planned massacre.

“I will test the theory that bullets speak louder than words ... I will slay your children. I will shed the blood of the innocent,�? Havelock wrote. “No one destroys my dream. No one.�?

Magistrate Judge Edward V. Ross said in a hearing in U.S. District Court: “I haven’t read more chilling words, and I’ve been doing this a long time.�? Ross found Havelock was a danger to the public and ordered him held without bail.

Havelock on Sunday mailed copies of the manifesto intended for friends and media from a post office at 59th and Peoria avenues in Glendale, but authorities were able to intercept them.

In the letters he says his family has been attacked and the futures of his children have been destroyed.

In October, Havelock was before the Tempe City Council to get approval for a liquor license application for a restaurant called The Haunted Castle, a Halloween-theme bar where horror-theme bands and actors could gather to promote themselves, according to city records.

Liquor licenses are typically rubber-stamped by city councils, whose votes are only advisory.

The State Liquor Board makes the final decision.

Council members, however, got word from a blog written by Havelock that the business would be called Drunkenstein’s and questioned him about it.

Havelock said there would be a sign with that name but would be only one corner of the business at 6463 S. Rural Road.

The council voted 6-1 to deny the application, which is still pending before the liquor board.

“Alas, this all boils down to an econopolitical confrontation. I cannot outvote, outspend, outtax, or outincarcerate my enemies,�? Havelock wrote in the manifesto. “But for a brief moment I can outgun them.�?

According to court testimony by FBI Special Agent Philip Thorlin and Havelock’s father, Frank Havelock, he bought an AR-15 assault rifle on Jan. 29 from Scottsdale Gun Club.

Thorlin described the rifle as the U.S. military’s weapon of choice.

Havelock began Sunday by going back to the gun club for target practice, but there was a private function and he couldn’t get in. Besides the rifle, Havelock was carrying at the time six 30-round magazines and 20 loose rounds.

Thorlin said Havelock’s original destination was Desert Ridge Marketplace in northeast Phoenix. It’s unclear according to court documents why Havelock changed his mind about Desert Ridge and headed for Glendale instead.

He drove to different post offices in the West Valley to obtain the envelopes and postage for his copies of the manifesto and mailed them before he went to the parking lot of Jobing.com Arena, which can be seen from University of Phoenix Stadium, where a host of activities were happening before the 4:30 p.m. kickoff.

“He waited about a minute and decided he couldn’t do this,�? Thorlin said.

Havelock then called his fiancee and met his parents at his Tempe condominium.

“He was very upset, he was sobbing hysterically,�? Frank Havelock said. “He said, ‘I’ve done something terribly, terribly wrong.’?�?

Frank Havelock believed his son was talking about financial problems he was having with his restaurant, which the elder Havelock learned about for only the first time on Sunday, but then he confessed about the letters and the rifle.

Frank Havelock said he went to his son’s car and moved the weapon and ammo to his car and persuaded him to turn himself into Tempe police.

When authorities searched Havelock’s car, they found another typed letter to police with a handwritten note at the bottom that read: “do not resuscitate.�?

Havelock has no criminal history, and a mental health evaluation conducted at his arrest found “no mental defects�? that would warrant a commitment to a mental hospital, Thorlin said.

Frank Havelock said he’s never had any problems with his son.

Neighbors who live next door said Havelock lived with his fiancee and two small children and two large dogs. Martin Trump and Danny Q. Rivera said Havelock kept to himself and had a variety of cars, including a white hearse with a vanity plate that read “drtnap.�?

They were shocked to learn of Havelock’s plan to use an assault rifle on crowds at the Super Bowl.

“The Patriots versus the Giants — do you see the ironic parallel? How many dollars will you lose? And all because you took my right to work, to own a business, from me,�? Havelock wrote in his manifesto.

"Perhaps ( Web sites) will print up some cool t-shirts like I SURVIVED SUPER BOWL XLII."

By msaucey on Feb 8, 2008, 09:20 in Off Topic.

rocinante says on Feb 8, 2008, 09:22:

I'll take 2 shirts.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Not that the US president actually runs the US." Feb 5, 2008

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scotty says on Feb 8, 2008, 12:06:

did you get a look at that guy, did you see his photo? whackos everywhere!

did you see the inteview today with the brother of the guy that killed all those people at the city council meeting i cant remember where the meeting was i think St Louis? the brother justified the killings as a war. whackos !

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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huskie says on Feb 8, 2008, 18:25:

How about the woman who killed another 2 women in Baton Rouge? Whackos???? I should said so. What in Hell is going on. Those are a bunch of terrorists too!!! Imagine going to a mall, or walk to your car or go to a court house, or a school and all of the sudden you are death or badly injured and you would not know what hit you..... Wow scary!
Cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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goin_south says on Feb 8, 2008, 18:37:

huskie...
I''ve told you before:
THE WORLD........IS........ A GHETTOOOO!

“ I would rather be a conservative nut job rather than a liberal with no nuts and no job.”

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christobeldawg says on Feb 8, 2008, 20:33:

sorry but I had to:

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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CatGirl says on Feb 8, 2008, 20:35:

Saucy: Do you think this guy used to post here? jajajaja

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

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christobeldawg says on Feb 8, 2008, 20:41:

Gs I forgot that was Tug McGraw's son. remember the Phillies' pitcher?

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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christobeldawg says on Feb 8, 2008, 20:42:

what else can I comment on to get us off all that 20 questions stuff?

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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CatGirl says on Feb 8, 2008, 22:29:

Dawg: Yes...especially with ADD...less busy words=better. You did a great job and were a good sport when we slam dunked you the first arrived.

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

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huskie says on Feb 9, 2008, 05:17:

CBD: Beautiful video and lyrics!!!! Nice respite from all crazinest going on all over, destruction, hate, terrorists, the economy, Chavez, wars everywhere, global warming, eco destruction, ect, etc....and the list goes on and on....Listen to the man and do as he says live life like it is your last day, and let others do the same!!! Peace
CHEERS

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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