Thread: CO: Gunfire breaks out at Basalt 7-11

Gunfire breaks out at Basalt 7-11

No when hit when shots fired Tuesday night; police seek suspects

Scott Condon
Vail, CO Colorado
June 27, 2007

BASALT — Five shots were fired at the counter of a 7-Eleven from outside the store at about 11:10 p.m., Tuesday, police said.

No one was hit but Basalt Police Chief Keith Ikeda said the clerk and the four or so customers — which included a family with a child — could have been killed or seriously injured.

Police want to question two Hispanic men who argued with a clerk at the convenience store at about 9:30 p.m., Ikeda said.

The men left the store, hung around outside for a short time, then departed.

The clerk the men argued with was off duty and had gone home by the time of the shooting.

Police have images of the two men from video surveillance cameras at the store, Ikeda said.

The clerk, Bruno Kirchenwitz, said the two men were angry about a hat he often wears to work. The baseball cap says, “U.S. Border Patrol.â€

I guess Mexicans don't value our 1st Amendment rights (Hats with messages on them). Too bad the clerk didn't exercise the 2nd.