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The Case of Randy Halprin

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Spencer Campbell reports, "Notorious 'Texas Seven' Try to Save One of Their Own By Insulting Him ," in the alt-weekly Dallas Observer.The last time the Texas Seven were together, their crime spree claimed a life. Last week, members of the group came together to try to save one. Randy Halprin was one of the seven escaped convicts who robbed an Irving Oshman's SuperSports store on Christmas Eve 2000. Halprin carried a gun, had a codename and carried stolen rifles to the getaway car. Around 6:30 p.m., toward the end of the heist, Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins arrived on the scene after responding to a "suspicious activity" call. He was then shot 11 times before his lifeless body was dragged from his patrol car and run over by the fugitives as they fled in a Ford Explorer...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).