- OROFINO, Idaho (AP) - James
`Bo'' Gritz, a former Green Beret colonel and leader of the so-called Patriot
Movement, was hospitalized with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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- Gritz was taken to Clearwater Valley Hospital in Orofino
on Sunday afternoon, the Clearwater County Sheriff's Department said in
a news release Sunday night.
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- A hospital spokeswoman would not give a condition for
Gritz or even confirm he was a patient.
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- Sheriff's deputies were called to a scene about 5 p.m.
on State Highway 7 a half-mile south of Orofino, 80 miles west of Missoula,
Mont.
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- No details were released except that the incident involved
Gritz, who had an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, and that an
investigation was continuing.
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- Gritz is probably best known for his role as negotiator
in the FBI siege on the Randy Weaver family in Ruby Ridge in 1992. He also
briefly was a mediator in the Montana Freemen standoff in 1996.
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- Recently, he headed a team into the North Carolina forests,
hoping to persuade suspected abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph to give
himself up.
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- Gritz also is the developer of Almost Heaven, a `constitutional
covenant community'' near Kamiah in northern Idaho. He has a national following
via his short-wave radio talk show, `Freedom Calls.''
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- Gritz ran for president in 1992 and is a leader of the
so-called Patriot Movement, which rails against a purported United Nations-led
`New World Order'' and accuses the government of corruption and violence.
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- OROFINO, Idaho (CNN) -- James "Bo" Gritz, a
leader of the so-called Patriot Movement, has been hospitalized with what
authorities say is apparently a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
-
- The former Green Beret was taken to Clearwater Valley
Hospital in Orofino on Sunday afternoon, the Clearwater County Sheriff's
Department said in a news release.
-
- The hospital, however, would not give a condition for
Gritz or even confirm he was a patient.
-
- Sheriff's deputies were called to a scene about 5 p.m.
on State Highway 7, a half-mile south of Orofino, 80 miles west of Missoula,
Montana.
-
- Few details were released except that the incident involved
Gritz, who had what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and
that an investigation was continuing.
-
- Gritz is probably best known for his role as negotiator
in the FBI siege on the Randy Weaver family in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992.
He also briefly was a mediator in the Montana Freemen standoff in 1996.
-
-
- Recently, he led a team into the North Carolina forests,
hoping to persuade suspected women's clinic bomber Eric Rudolph to give
himself up.
-
-
- Gritz also is the developer of Almost Heaven, which he
calls a "constitutional covenant community" near Kamiah in northern
Idaho. He has a national following for his short-wave radio talk show,
"Freedom Calls."
-
-
- Gritz ran for president in 1992 and is a leader in the
so-called Patriot Movement, which rails against a purported United Nations-led
"New World Order" and accuses the government of corruption and
violence.
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