A 36-year-old man stormed into the Ramona Post Office, yelling at everyone to get out of his way. Carrying a shotgun, he climbed up onto the counter and told everyone to lie on the floor, Then he pulled the trigger (扳机) and fired a round into the ceiling. Plaster splattered (飞溅) onto the tloor and the customers.
The man ordered all the customers and employees to sit up and look at him. He said, “Repeat after me : I hate the post office!” Everyone repeated the words, He said, “Repeat after me: I hate the post office!” Everyone repeated the words, He fired a second round, but this time he aimed at the front plate glass window, Shattered (粉碎的) glass went everywhere.
Three minutes later, five poljce cars pulled up in front of the post office, lights flashing and sirens (警报器) roaring. Using a bullhorn (喇叭),a police officer told the man to walk out backwards with his hands up. The man fired another blast out of the shattered window. The police officer and his bullhorn were uninjured. However, one police car had three little pit marks in it.
The man yelled, “I’ m not coming out until the post office pays me for pain and suffering. A postal truck ran into my car two years ago, My back is killing me, I can’t work any more. My wife left me. I can’t take it any more.”
After a while, the man calmed down, He released all the people inside. At 7:00 p. m. , the man walked out backwards with his hands up. The police handcuffed (给……戴上手铐) him, put him in the back seat of the car, and drove him to the police station .