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Bill Gates Assassinated Warning March 2003 I wasn't too sure where to put this one as it isn't really "hacked history" but totally invented history. If you search on the people mentioned in the message you turn up multiple websites with information about the assassination of Bill Gates in 1999 by a Alek Hidell and a supposed police cover-up. The pages include book reviews of a biography of the supposed killer, a fake Amazon.com page describing the book, a Movie page, copies of the incident report and others. The book review http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/firstshot/ The Fake Amazon page http://www.amazon.com@209.61.162.98/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812930062/ The Movie www.nothingsostrange.com An organization looking for the truth www.citizensfortruth.org The police report www.garcettireport.org A memorial to Bill www.billgatesisdead.com If you check all these addresses, you find that they are all owned by GMD Studios in Florida. I talked with GMD Studios and found out that the movie is real. It is a Faux Documentary on the supposed assassination of Bill Gates. The documentary was apparently done to look at the reactions of society to such an event, much like what happened during the Kennedy Assassination. The websites are there to promote the movie. According to the studio, they have not promoted it as a hoax but apparently someone lifted the text from one of the web pages and sent it around, conveniently leaving out any mention that this is a spoof or that it is supposed to have happened in 1999. From staff and wire reports LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Microsoft Corp. Chairman William H. Gates III was killed today in Los Angeles during an appearance at a charity event held in MacArthur Park. Hit by two bullets believed to have been shot from the adjacent Park Plaza Hotel, Gates was rushed by ambulance to nearby St. Vincent Medical Center, where doctors declared him dead on arrival at 12:46 p.m. PST. Police said a fleeing suspect identified as Alek Hidell was shot in the basement of the hotel by an LAPD officer after allegedly wounding another officer. Hidell died at County-USC Medical Center at 2:55 p.m. PST from those wounds. Police identified the wounded officer, listed in critical condition at St. Vincent Medical Center, as Tom Baker, who was deployed by the LAPD's Rampart division as part of the security precautions for Mr. Gates' unpublicized appearance. The officer who who shot Hidell, Jacob Powell, was a recent recruit with six months experience on the LAPD, police said. Appearing before an audience of roughly 200 invited guests and journalists to present a $100 million donation to local arts organization Arts 4 L.A., Mr. Gates was walking to the center of the band shell in MacArthur Park with an oversized presentation check when two shots struck him in the shoulder and chest. A number of witnesses reported seeing a figure on the roof of the Park Plaza Hotel fire the second shot at Mr. Gates. Other eyewitnesses reported seeing a man flee the hotel and enter a nearby restaurant. "Our investigation is still ongoing," announced LAPD Captain Jesse Day at a press conference this afternoon, "but at present, all evidence points towards Alek Hidell as the sole perpetrator of this crime." Police continue to treat both the park and hotel as active crime scenes. Lone gunman suspected, killed on scene Suspect Alek Hidell was described by LAPD spokespeople as "probably a lone gunman," although they stressed that the crime is currently under investigation. LAPD spokesman David J. Kalish said that Officer Powell was forced to shoot Hidell when the alleged assassin tried to shoot the officer. "[Hidell] attacked one officer [Baker] on the fifth floor of the hotel, then tried to attack Officer Powell in the basement. Officer Powell was forced to fire to defend himself." Per standard procedure, Powell was assigned to non-patrol duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation. Kalish said the suspect made "no statements of any kind" after being shot by Powell, despite apparently being alive in the hotel basement for over 50 minutes before being loaded into an ambulance. Responding to questions raised by police critics about the delay in allowing medical personnel to reach Hidell, Kalish stated, "Until officers on the scene were confident the scene was secure, we couldn't further jeopardize anyone's safety." Kalish also stated that Rampart Capt. Day also "personally" made the "difficult decision" to have Hidell treated at a different--and more distant--hospital than the one where both Gates and Baker were sent. "At the time, we were unsure if there were any additional accomplices involved in this crime," Kalish explained. Police officer clings to life Officer Baker, rushed via helicopter to the same hospital that treated Mr. Gates, was listed in critical but stable condition on life support. Officer Baker's family arrived at St. Vincent at 1:40 p.m. Baker was described as suffering from "several gunshot wounds" by hospital spokesperson Marisa Contel.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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