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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Giorgio, 26-year-old Albert J. Tibbs went on a destructive rampage, damaging 11 houses with his bare hands before being shot by police to stop him; he died from bullet wounds to his hand and hip, and the officer was suspended pending investigation.
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GIORGIO, (AP) The one-man gang who went on a rampage and damaged 11 houses with his bare hands died of bullet wounds inflicted when a policeman shot him to halt the mad spree. He was Albert J. Tibbs, a 26-year-old Negro.
The police report showed Tibbs was wounded in the right hand and right hip. The policeman who shot him was suspended from duty pending an investigation.
Tibbs shattered the afternoon quiet when he slipped through the window of his third-floor room to the rooftop to begin a reign of destruction.
Officers said Tibbs ripped, with his bare hands, big chunks out of chimneys on the 11 houses, kicked in nine skylights, uprooted a television aerial, fell through the roof of one house where he wrecked two bedrooms, tore out the plumbing and caused a minor flood, then did battle with a policeman.
"He must have the strength of a giant," murmured one spectator respectfully. Tibbs stands only 5 feet, 8 inches and weighs about 180 pounds. Police said he has powerfully-built arms.
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tibbs died of bullet wounds to the right hand and right hip; policeman suspended pending investigation.
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Albert J. Tibbs, a 26-year-old Negro, went on a rampage from his third-floor room rooftop, damaging 11 houses by ripping chimneys, kicking skylights, uprooting a television aerial, falling through a roof and wrecking bedrooms, tearing plumbing causing a flood, and battling a policeman who shot him.