The only ones I want to die are cops

July 8, 2009 | Jim Vicevich | Comments Off on The only ones I want to die are cops |

It’s riveting video and great reporting by The Day in general and reporter Karen Florin in particular.

Richard Shankman kidnaps his ex-wife, attorney Nancy Tyler, and holds her hostage for 12 hours in the “bunker” basement of his South Windsor home. It is beyond bizarre.

Tyler said Shenkman had set up video viewing screens with live feed from every part of the property, and when he took her there after kidnapping her at gunpoint from a Hartford parking garage, he spent the day threatening to kill her, making demands of police and talking on the phone with relatives and acquaintances. As the day wore on, Tyler said Shenkman grew more agitated and his demands of police grew more impossible.

In the middle of all of this he calls Karen Florin at The Day around 1PM on Tuesday and here’s the conversation. The transcript and longer video can be found at The Day.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJFaRaz654A

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Jim is a veteran broadcaster and conservative/libertarian blogger with more than 25 years experience in TV and radio. Jim's was the long-term host of The Jim Vicevich Show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford from 2004 through 2019. Prior to radio, Jim worked as a business and financial reporter for NBC30 - the NBC owned TV station in Hartford - and as business editor at WFSB-TV in Hartford for 14 years while earning six Emmy nominations and three Telly Awards.

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