Ex-Marine Is Charged in Downing of Helicopter
From Times Wire Reports
Authorities in Albuquerque have charged a former Marine marksman with shooting down a sheriff’s helicopter, alleging that he bragged to investigators that it would be no problem for him to “make that shot.”
Jason Kerns, 29, was being held on a $1.8-million bond and faces charges including assault with intent to commit a violent felony upon an officer.
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