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FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) (Indicate page, name o! newspaper, city and state.)1Ad DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE (Mount Clpping in Space Below) ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Date: MARCH 5, 1985 Edtion: METRO PUBLIC AFFAIRS MATTERS Character:, 9A-168S 'or Classification: (80-2206 Shot hits Submutting Otfice: BUFFALO Indexing: justice's window No injuries, but wife showered by glass.. Unted Press ternatonal and Los AngelesTmes "It put'a hole in the window aboat the WASHINGTON --- Justice Harry A.. Size of an apple or orange, a source said. Blackroun, who has received numerous The bullet, a 9 mm cartridge that could have been fired by a pistol or rifle.was. Court's decision legalizing abortion, dis- embedded in a chair. tlustd yesterday that sornone fired a bul! Law enforcement sources who asked glass. used in handguns rather than rifles, could NeitherBlackmun, 76, nor his wife, .. Dorothy, were in: have been fired from'the other side of the. jured. Potomac River, raising the possibility that the shot was a random one that hit. In a statement re: leased by his office. Blackmun's window by accident. Blackmun confirmed Another Iocal law enforcement official. that a single shot was said: *It doesn't make sense to use a handgun if you're really trying to hit fired through a win: someone. Odds are you'd use a rifle be. dow in his home on. cause of the distance and its greater accu-- the third floor of a 12-story apartment. racy." building in Arlington,. Blackmun's life was threatened last Oc- Va. across the Poto tober by the Army of God, a radical anti. . mac River from. abortion group that has been linked to ..Washington. the bombing of abortion clinics. Last A source said week, Blackmun was threatened again in .Blackmun walked out Blackmun. a typwritten letter that had a New York pf the room just before one shot was postmark. The writer threatened to blow TA-1685 32 Jired, showering Mrs. Blackmun with the justice's brains out and said he would attend the justice's funeral "and- laugh: glass. 1 1 b6 b7C