Georgetown, Ind. – A 15-year-old boy used a World War II-era sniper rifle to fatally shoot a deputy and critically wound another outside his southern Indiana home, authorities said Tuesday.
The teen, Tyler Dumstorf, shot the deputies Monday evening and was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot early Tuesday inside the home outside Louisville, Ky., authorities said.
Dumstorf used an M1 Garand in the shooting, prosecutor Keith Henderson said. He said the boy’s father bought the gun some time ago and that he and his son shot it during target practice.
The deputies had gone to the home to investigate a call from his mother about a confrontation with the boy. As the officers were talking to his mother and an aunt in the driveway, the boy fired from an upstairs window, striking each deputy in the back.
Additional nation/world news briefs:
WASHINGTON
Bush intends to veto stem-cell research bill
Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, President Bush intends to veto a bill today that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem-cell research – work that supporters say holds promise for fighting disease.
At the same time, Bush will discuss at a White House event his efforts to encourage work that could make additional stem-cell lines available for research, presidential spokesman Tony Fratto said Tuesday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appealed to Bush on Tuesday not to veto the bill, which was sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. He said the measure acknowledges the ethical issues at stake and offers even stronger research guidelines than exist under the president’s current policy.
WASHINGTON
Budget head Portman quits; Nussle is named
White House budget director Rob Portman announced his resignation Tuesday, and President Bush named former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle as his successor.
“I’m here to say goodbye to a good friend,” Bush said in a ceremony in the Roosevelt Room. “There’s no finer man in public service than Rob Portman. Fortunately, we’ve found a good man to succeed him.”
Nussle ran for governor of Iowa last year and was defeated. He has been serving in Iowa as an adviser in former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
WASHINGTON
A table for fun, please: Clinton reaches out
Hillary Rodham Clinton took a whack at humor Tuesday, casting herself in the role of mob boss Tony Soprano in a clever online spoof of the HBO series’ now-infamous final scene at a restaurant.
The parody – which also stars Bill Clinton and one of the more memorable members of the “Sopranos” cast – was posted at to announce the end of her “choose my campaign song” contest. The winner by popular acclaim was French- Canadian Celine Dion’s “You and I (Were Meant to Fly).”
Beset by polls showing that voters think she’s calculating and aloof, Clinton has been trying to display a more relaxed side. The song contest – with self-deprecating jokes and clips from people calling her crazy – has been a key part of the campaign to humanize her.
SEOUL, South Korea
North Korea fires missile toward water
North Korea fired a short-range missile toward waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, a South Korean intelligence official said Tuesday, amid signs of progress in ending North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program.
The North fired the short-range missile about 3:30 p.m. (12:30 a.m. MDT), the South Korean official said on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the issue.
