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The New Bedford teenager wanted in last week’s attack in a gay bar
\n gunned down a small-town police officer in Arkansas yesterday, led authorities
\n on a highway chase, fatally shot a female passenger in his car, and then
\n was shot by police, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Jacob D. Robida, 18, was in critical condition last night in a hospital
\n in Springfield, Mo. He was shot twice in the head, and Bristol District
\n Attorney Paul Walsh Jr. said he was not sure Robida would survive. Though
\n Robida is yet to be charged, killing a police officer is a capital offense
\n in Arkansas.<\/p>\n
”He had a death wish," Walsh said last night. ”He didn’t care about
\n who he hurt."<\/p>\n
In New Bedford, police who had searched Robida’s home, where he lived
\n with his parents, found homemade posters disparaging African-Americans
\n and Jews; neo-Nazi literature and skinhead paraphernalia; a makeshift
\n coffin; and an empty knife sheath. In the city, Robida, who had swastika
\n tattoos, had surrounded himself with other teenagers who cut a similarly
\n intimidating profile, residents said.<\/p>\n
He also cultivated friends online, using the nickname ”Jake from the Boston Globe<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New Bedford teenager wanted in last week’s attack in a gay bar gunned down a small-town police officer in Arkansas yesterday, led authorities on a highway chase, fatally shot a female passenger in his car, and then was shot … Continue reading
\n Jekyll<\/a>" on
\n the popular website myspace.com<\/a>. Those friends told reporters they were
\n startled when he was linked to the New Bedford attack, and said he had
\n never spoken ill of gays.<\/p>\n