West Virginia Sheriff Who Fought Drug Trade Shot By Courthouse

A recently elected West Virginia sheriff was shot in the head while eating his lunch outside a county courthouse Wednesday, the Charleston Gazette reports.

Police arrested Tennis Melvin Maynard, 37, in connection with the shooting of Mingo County, W.Va. Sheriff Eugene Crum, who was reportedly dedicated to fighting the drug trade.

"Apparently somebody just drove up and shot him. That's what they told me. Shot him dead," county commissioner Harry Keith White told the Charleston Daily Mail. "That's from our county commissioner in the courthouse, who was crying when he called me."

Crum had previously been a magistrate — an elected position that is basically a state judge with limited powers. In that role, Crum set up a drug task force and did a "terrific job cleaning up drugs in the county," White told the Charleston Gazette.

He gave up his magistrate position to become sheriff in January.

"He wanted to clean up Mingo County," another magistrate, Kim Aaron, told the Gazette. "I respected that guy immensely."  

After Crum was shot Wednesday, the suspect was also shot and then taken into police custody, according to wsaz.com. The Mingo County Courthouse was locked down after the shooting — which comes after the brazen assassinations of two prosecutors in Texas.

Newsbreaker posted a tweet with Crum's picture:

BREAKING: WYMT TV: Mingo Co. Sheriff Eugene Crum shot outside county courthouse in W. Virginiabit.ly/16obFcb twitter.com/NewsBreaker/st…

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Covered at Reason 24/7: UN Arms Treaty Passes

The United Nations General
Assembly voted today to approve an arms treaty that seeks to
regulate the global arms trade. The U.S. voted for the treaty,
while Russia and China abstained. Last week Iran, Syria, and North
Korea blocked the treaty. Countries bound by the treaty will have
to publicly report arms sales every year. 

From The New
York Times:

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly voted
overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve the first-ever treaty to
regulate the enormous global trade in conventional weapons, for the
first time linking sales to the human-rights records of the
buyers.

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Jaw-Dropping Photos From One World Trade Center's Unopened Observation Deck

One World Trade Center's observation deck won't be open for another two years, but today the media got a chance to preview the incredible views of New York offered from the 1,250 feet high room.

The observation deck will be called the One World Observatory, and will be on the 100th floor of the building. It will offer a 360-degree view of the city.

One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere when it is completed, standing at 1776 feet.

You can see the entire city from the vantage point.

It will give a view of the city's waterways ...

... its highways ...

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