Cops Find 1,000 Firearms, 140,000 Rounds of Ammo After Brothers Fatally Shot in Standoff

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/mount-vernon/1000-firearms-seized-after-two-bothers-shot-in-standoff/


MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (WCMH) — Authorities seized more than 1,000 firearms after a standoff between two brothers and law enforcement lasted several hours Saturday, resulting in the brothers being killed by law enforcement.

The incident started late Friday night and ran into Saturday morning, ending with brothers Randy Wilhelm, 56, and Bradley Wilhelm, 53, being shot and killed after both men, allegedly armed, charged at law enforcement officers, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office said.

According to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, officers were acting under a search warrant for Randy Wilhelm and all firearms on the property.

After the shooting, the sheriff’s office asked Yost’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation to continue the search of the property. The BCI seized more than 1,000 firearms, mostly sporting shotguns and hunting rifles, and more than 140,000 rounds of ammunition.

According to the sheriff’s office, Randy Wilhelm was under indictment in Knox County for charges including intimidation, menacing by stalking, bribery, felonious assault, and domestic violence.

The BCI’s investigation remains ongoing.



Daily Beast blurb

More than 1,000 firearms and 140,000 rounds of ammunition were seized from the Mount Vernon compound of a man shot and killed in a standoff with deputies over the weekend, according to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Authorities said Randy Wilhelm, 56, a proficient marksman, had fired gunshots at a bail bondsman late Friday night after the man tried to apprehend Wilhelm, who had skipped a court date on a $100,000 bond over a separate indictment. When officers responded to the bondsman’s 911 call, a multi-agency standoff ensued with Randy and his 53-year-old brother, Bradley Wilhelm. A police helicopter called to assist was shot at, as were three armored police vehicles, according to deputies. Randy allegedly threatened to use a nearby bulk propane tank as a bomb if law enforcement attempted to arrest him. The standoff concluded around 9:20 a.m. the following morning, when the Wilhelm brothers charged at officers in a side-by-side utility task vehicle. Both men were then fatally shot.

[mikeysnot]

1. Two less assholes in the world

[Paladin]

10. Exactly. The world's a better place. (nt)

[TheBlackAdder]

23. That guy's problem? He had 998 fewer arms than he needed. 😜

[Dirty Socialist]

2. Welcome to Ohio

Our nutjobs are crazier than your nutjobs. O-H!

[luvs2sing]

7. Soooooo true..

[Disaffected]

3. What happens to the firearms (& ammo) in cases like this?

Destroyed (I hope), auctioned off, given to the poor, other??

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. If surviving relatives want them and none of the firearms are stolen or illegal,

then they can petition the court for the return of them after the investigation is completed.

[Disaffected]

8. Yeah, I guess they are treated as other property.

If a violent crime involving firearms is involved however, it seems to me they should be confiscated (although I suppose the gun lobby/nuts would have a shit fit if such were the policy).

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. Sorry, i should have added

they can petition the court, but the judge can refuse or release just a portion of them and order the rest destroyed or disposed of.

[Disaffected]

13. Good.

That sounds like a good option to have available.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. Personally, I think they should all be destroyed or sent to Ukraine along with the ammo

where they'll be put to good use against the Russian invaders.
Best option available IMO.

[Disaffected]

15. Agreed.

[NickB79]

17. Sporting weapons are usually auctioned off

Lots of money in it for the county and township.

These guys had over $1 million in guns and ammo.

[Enter stage left]

4. Play stupid games...

[gratuitous]

5. I hope Randy and Bradley enjoyed their fantasy

They were gonna show them cops, boy, and strike a blow for freedom. Unfortunately, it appears they didn't realize that they couldn't fire all the guns at once, and now they're dead and their weapons and ammo are in someone else's hands.

[sanatanadharma]

11. Randy and Bradley went the way of Butch and the Kid

Fantasy lands are filled with out of sync coo-coo clocks

[JanMichael]

9. I sense maga. I wish more of these numbskulls would try the same thing

I don't care how many guns you have but if they're 10 or 15 cops guns pointed at you you're not going to walk away if you pull up to them and start shooting.

I think this may have been a double suicide which is kind of weird for two brothers. Weird for sisters for that matter although that couple of sisters did a double euthanasia a couple months ago. At least those two were trying to hurt anybody else.

[werdna]

16. Really?! They charged a multi-agency force in one of THESE?

Suicide by cops, anyone?

[Nevilledog]

19. To be fair, they won't try it again.

[usonian]

18. The cult is self-destructive in many ways.

Some are very over, like this. Others are more subtle.

The hope is that enough of them get sick of the denial, the manipulation, betrayal and reduction to drones, and regain some sense of reality.

For their sake and the sake of others.

[mackdaddy]

20. How many Trump flags did they have on display?

Probably on all the porch railings and behind all the pickups....

[MagickMuffin]

21. You'll never take me alive copper

Your wish is my command!

[hvn_nbr_2]

22. When 999 explosive iron phallic symbols just aren't enough to feel your full manhood... nt

[ck4829]

24. "Enough bullets to kill 140,000 people"?

Link to tweet

[Takket]

25. 1000 guns???

Were these guys rich? Where do people get the money for that many guns???

[ck4829]

26. It's a sickness

It's like the Crumbleys, they had financial problems and the dad was a deadbeat, but they had no problem purchasing a gun for their son.

[uncle ray]

27. "Come and take them."

Okay.