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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

US man named Loony Toon sentenced to 20 years for shooting at police officers

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Loony Toon must pay restitution to Milwaukie’s municipal government for damaging a police cruiser and the owner of a car that he struck. Photograph: Michael Matthews/Police Images/Alamy

A man with the unusual name Loony Toon and a lengthy rap sheet has been given 20 years in prison after admitting that he shot at police officers in Oregon, according to authorities.

The 43-year-old whose name calls to mind the classic television cartoon franchise Looney Tunes – as well as a colloquial term some invoke when describing an eccentric or irrational person – fired a gun at three officers while speeding away from a 20 June 2025 traffic stop in the community of Milwaukie, local prosecutors said in a statement on Thursday.

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