Marvin John Heemeyer was an American skilled welder and owner of an automobile muffler shop. On June 4, 2004, frustrated over a failed zoning dispute, Heemeyer plowed his homemade armored bulldozer into the town hall, a former mayor's home and other buildings in small-town Granby, Colorado. When the bulldozer's radiator and hydraulic system failed, he killed himself with a pistol.
Heemeyer used an armor-plated Komatsu D355A bulldozer to destroy 13 buildings in Granby, Colorado. Total damage was estimated at about $7 million.
Suggested edit: I believe he shot himself with a .357 pistol, and not a shotgun. There were no shotguns found. He had mounted a .50, a .308, and a .22 caliber long rifles inside his fortress.
Contributor: Jay Cooney (49953574) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: According to the Tread movie documentary, Marvin Heemeyer was cremated.
Contributor: Paul (48889809)
Marvin John Heemeyer was an American skilled welder and owner of an automobile muffler shop. On June 4, 2004, frustrated over a failed zoning dispute, Heemeyer plowed his homemade armored bulldozer into the town hall, a former mayor's home and other buildings in small-town Granby, Colorado. When the bulldozer's radiator and hydraulic system failed, he killed himself with a pistol.
Heemeyer used an armor-plated Komatsu D355A bulldozer to destroy 13 buildings in Granby, Colorado. Total damage was estimated at about $7 million.
Suggested edit: I believe he shot himself with a .357 pistol, and not a shotgun. There were no shotguns found. He had mounted a .50, a .308, and a .22 caliber long rifles inside his fortress.
Contributor: Jay Cooney (49953574) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: According to the Tread movie documentary, Marvin Heemeyer was cremated.
Contributor: Paul (48889809)
Bio by: Susan Poyneer Topinka Tousey
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