Talk About a Life Ending in the Shitter

Friday night, a man who thought he was cheated out of a patent decided to go on a rampage. In the ensuing carnage, three people were shot dead before the gunman himself was killed.

In the Citibank Building in the West Loop area of downtown Chicago, 59 year old Joe Jackson took a guard hostage, then forced the guard to take him up to the 38th floor, where a law firm- Woods, Phillips, Clark & Mortimer is located. The firm specializes in patents.

Police stormed the floor, and shot and killed Jackson.

The patent Jackson thought he was cheated out of was of a toilet for a truck, probably a big rig (after all, those 18-wheeling guys and gals don't always amke it to the next rest stop- or for that matter, truck stop...).

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A shitter for a rig...sounds rather interesting. Just don't let the waste fall all over the cargo.

Joe Jackson apparently was pissed that someone else was awarded the patent to something he himself (apparently) invented. I don't know the full story behind the invention, but...when it comes to money, sometimes fights deteriorate into deadly force.