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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
July 23, 2005
At first, John and Alisa Grippin thought someone had set off a pack of firecrackers on their front porch. What else could have caused that noise, the pop-pop-pop-pop-pop that shook their Bend-area home at 1:30 in the morning Friday?
Then Alisa ran to the window and saw the muzzle flash of a....