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(The following appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on June 14, 2011.)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say Claiborne County resident Mark Anthony Bruce was irate when he learned a train struck and killed his deaf friend.

So he allegedly got drunk, grabbed an AK-47, walked to the tracks where his buddy died and opened fire on a Norfolk Southern Railroad train. No one was injured during the late-night June 2 shooting, but it did land Bruce, 47, behind bars.

Full story: Knoxville News Sentinel