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California Marine unit loses M110 sniper rifle
A sniper rifle went missing on March 8 at a Marine base in California.
Battalion Landing Team 1/5, the ground combat element of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reported an M110 semi-automatic sniper system unaccounted for âfollowing a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle movementâ at Camp Pendleton, California, Marine spokesman Capt. Brian Tuthill told Marine Corps Times in an emailed statement Thursday.
The unit immediately began searching the rifle along the truckâs route and elsewhere on the base, according to Tuthill. More Marines from the battalion â 1st Battalion, 5th Marines â helped out with the search in the next two days.
But the rifle still is missing, Tuthill said.
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âThe incident is under investigation by NCIS and no further information is available at this time,â Tuthill said in the statement.
Some Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit already have deployed aboard the amphibious transport dock Somerset and, on March 8, wrapped up an exercise in Thailand. A shortage of ready-to-go amphibious ships, however, means the rest of the unit will deploy from California sometime in March, Defense News previously reported.
This isnât the first time a weapon has gone missing from a Marine unit.
Between 2010 and 2019, 204 Marine firearms were lost or stolen, and only 14 were later recovered, a 2021 Associated Press investigation found.
In January 2023, the North Carolina-based 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, lost one M18 service pistol and two pistol magazines â a little more than three years after two rifles went missing from the same unit.
Irene Loewenson is a staff reporter for Marine Corps Times. She joined Military Times as an editorial fellow in August 2022. She is a graduate of Williams College, where she was the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper.
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A California town is for sale. Asking price: $6.6 million
In California, a state where single family houses often run for millions of dollars, what amounts to basically an entire city has gone on the market with a price tag of just $6.6 million.
Top Gun Commercial Real Estate has listed a 16-acre property in Campo, Calif., a town that’s about 2 miles from the Mexican border and an hour or so east of San Diego. Included in that listing are 28 buildings that make up the bulk of the town’s properties. Most were built in the 1940s.
Those properties are occupied, too. About 100 residents rent from a single owner who is looking to sell. The Border Patrol also rents a commercial building in the town.
The seller (and townspeople) hope whoever buys Campo does so with revitalization in mind.
“Investors can choose to build to maximize the density of the existing land without altering the town’s current structures, or alternatively, consider a complete redevelopment to modernize and elevate Campo’s profile,” the listing reads. “Campo’s appeal is not limited to its potential for physical transformation but is enhanced by its strategic location. The proximity to San Diego opens a myriad of recreational, cultural, and economic opportunities, making it an attractive proposition for long-term investors looking to make a significant impact.”
Included in the sale are 28 residential properties, which rent for anywhere from $250 per month to $1,600, as well as a church, metal shop, post office, lumber yard and the border patrol building. All totaled, more than 62,000 square feet of property is part of the sale—with monthly rents totaling $44,253 worth of recurring income for the new buyer.
Heck, the town will pay for itself in just 149 months!
Campo was originally established in World War II to house soldiers in case of an invasion, which (of course) never happened.
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California UPS driver shot, killed while in truck on break; suspect arrested
Police have taken a suspect into custody after a UPS driver was shot and killed inside his truck in Irvine, California, on Thursday afternoon.
The shooting took place at around 3 p.m. near Chrysler and Bendix in the city, according to Irvine police on Facebook.
Sgt. Karie Davies told FOX 11 LA the UPS driver was on break and eating inside his truck when the suspect, who has not been identified, pulled up in a pickup truck and started shooting. Police believe the shooter was wearing a face mask.
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Officers are working to determine if the driver and the suspect knew each other and if there was a potential motive behind the shooting, Davies said.
“We don’t know exactly what the relationship is between these two gentlemen, if any,” Davies said. “This definitely seemed targeted, meaning it wasn’t a robbery, didn’t appear to be a robbery.”
A few hours later, at around 6 p.m., authorities located the truck of the suspected shooter near Santiago Canyon Road and the Toll Road. The suspect barricaded himself inside his vehicle, but was eventually forced out of it after a chemical agent and a police dog were deployed, Davies said.
“He did not peacefully give up. He was lured out of the vehicle, or forced out of the vehicle by our SWAT team, but he is alive,” Davies said.
Community members told FOX 11 the UPS driver was known in the area and typically ate his lunch in the same spot.
“I mean he’s a friendly gentleman, he never really displayed any sort of attitude, any sort of negativity or anything like that. Just kind of like your normal delivery guy,” Kevin Sanchez told the outlet, adding that the slain driver had delivered their packages for years.
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UPS issued a statement on the driver’s death and said the company will be assisting authorities in any way possible to “understand what happened.”
“Our hearts are heavy tonight with the news of the loss of one of our drivers in Irvine, CA. We are assisting authorities however we can to understand what happened. As a result of the ongoing investigation to find those responsible, we are deferring any additional questions to authorities. The safety and well-being of our employees is our top priority, and we are providing support and counseling services to our employees affected by this tragedy,” UPS said.
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Irvine police said the deadly shooting remains under investigation and urged anyone with information to call 949-724-7200.
“Thank you to the community for your concern as we investigated the tragic homicide that occurred today. Our hearts are with the victim and his loved ones,” the department wrote on Facebook.
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