Star Pistol Serial Numbers

The gunman who was shot and killed Monday at New Hope City Hall after wounding two police officers had called court officials earlier in the day, then bought ammunition for the gun he fired that night, authorities said Wednesday. In laying out a timeline for the confrontation that left Raymond K. Kmetz, 68, dead, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek also sent out this message Wednesday: “If you fire on a police officer, they are trained to fire back.” Noting that Kmetz had been civilly committed twice for mental health problems, Stanek said, “He should not have had access to any type of weapon.”.

Just curious about the multiple numbers found on my newly acquired Star BM. The pistol came in the original Guardia Civil marked box with 2 separate identification numbers on it. Serial number 1 has 7 digits and is found on outside of box, right end, and on pistol vertically by mag. Release button.

Authorities do not know how Kmetz got the gun, which the sheriff described as a “pistol-grip shotgun” with the serial numbers “obliterated.” Stanek said Kmetz had called the Hennepin County court system on Monday because he “wanted some property back.” The sheriff did not identify the property in question, but earlier court-ordered psychological evaluations of Kmetz have said he believed individuals and government agencies were engaged in various conspiracies against him. After making that call, Kmetz left his Belle Plaine home, stopped at a store and bought ammunition, Stanek said. Over the past few years, Kmetz had clashed repeatedly with authorities, particularly in New Hope, often about his longtime and now former home on Nevada Avenue, according to documents and family members. He had addressed the New Hope City Council several times in recent years. In nearby Crystal, police had filed a restraining order against him in August after Kmetz’s family warned police that he had threatened to bring a shotgun to City Hall. The order raised concerns about his increasingly volatile behavior and obsession with city officials. Kmetz had undergone years of court-ordered mental health treatment and was released from the state hospital at St.

Peter in 2013 after being found incompetent to stand trial, according to court documents. A week before his release, the hospital notified the Hennepin County attorney’s office that Kmetz was no longer treatable. The county attorney’s office then dismissed several felony charges that had been filed against him in 2009, because his stay at the hospital was longer than a prison term he would have received if convicted. State statute requires that felonies be prosecuted within three years or be dismissed. Like most defendants found incompetent to stand trial, Kmetz was sent to the Competency Restoration Program at St. Peter, and also was treated at the regional treatment center in Anoka.