FOX NEWS: Police Probe Shot Fired at Home of CNN's Lou Dobbs
Posted on Thursday, October 29 @ 15:29:34 EDT
Topic: Lou Dobbs CNN Anchor
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 A gunshot was fired at the New Jersey home of CNN's Lou Dobbs after a series of threatening phone calls earlier this month, the host told listeners on his nationally syndicated radio show.
Dobbs, a fervent proponent of U.S. border enforcement, told listeners of "The Lou Dobbs
Show" on Monday that the incident is part of an ongoing assault against
anyone who opposes amnesty or leniency toward illegal immigrants.
"They've created an atmosphere and they've been unrelenting in their propaganda," Dobbs
said in reference to pro-immigration groups like the League of United
Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the National Council of La Raza and
America's Voice. "Three weeks ago this morning, a shot was fired at my
house where I live. My wife was standing out and that followed weeks
and weeks of threatening phone calls."
Dobbs
continued, "But this shot was fired with my wife not, I don't know, 15
feet away, and we had threatening phone calls that I decided not to
report because I get threatening phone calls."
Reached early Thursday at her home, Dobbs'
wife, Debi Lee Segura, told Foxnews.com that she was outside the house
when the shot was fired in her direction. She declined to elaborate,
referring calls to Dobbs, who could not be immediately reached for comment.
A spokeswoman for CNN declined to comment Thursday.
New Jersey State Police Sgt. Steve Jones said troopers were called to the Dobbs' estate in rural Wantage, N.J., at about 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 5. The investigators who responded to the call were told that Dobbs and his wife were outside their home when they heard a gunshot, and a bullet struck their attic.
"It struck the siding and then fell to the ground," Jones said.
A search of the vicinity was unsuccessful; the bullet was taken for analysis.
"It's a shot fired that struck the house," Jones continued. "We're not
sure what the intended target was. It's still under investigation."
No injuries were reported.
William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC), said it's very likely Dobbs' outspokenness on illegal immigration led to the shooting.
"That shot, that attack on the Dobbs
family is an attack on every American that values First Amendment
rights," Gheen told Foxnews.com. "The chances are greatest that it was
political, because pro-amnesty groups have tried to dehumanize Lou Dobbs and lie about him."
Dobbs, who
claimed the "national liberal media" has in part created a hostile
environment regarding immigration, said enduring such incidents has
become a "way of life" for him.
"It's become a way of life — the anger, the hate, the vitriol — but
it's taken a different tone where they've threatened my wife," he said
Monday. "They've now fired a shot at my house while my wife was
standing next to the car.
"It's become something else. And if anybody thinks we're not
engaged in a battle for the soul of this country right now, you're
sorely mistaken."
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