FBI agent shot by booby-trapped wheelchair in Oregon
[ad_1] Image copyright Surprise Police Department Image caption Gregory Rodvelt, pictured in this April 2017 police photo, is accused of assaulting a federal officer A man has been charged with assault after fortifying his Oregon home "like a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark". FBI agents found a circular hot tub linked up to a tripwire, a fortified front door and animal traps laid around the property, local media report. But they were not able to prevent a wheelchair, fitted with a fishing line and shotgun bullets, from firing on and hitting an agent in the leg. Gregory Rodvelt, 66, was reportedly trying to prevent his home being sold. Federal officers found the fortifications when they entered the property in Williams, Josephine County. ...