"[21], Investigators later found Heemeyer's handwritten list of targets. In total Marvin managed to destroy 13 buildings with his heavily modified Komatsu D355A bulldozer. Heemeyer had leased his business to a trash company and sold the property several months before the rampage. According to the police, it included the buildings he destroyed, the local Catholic church (which he did not damage), and the names of various people who had sided against him in past disputes.
Marvin decided to modify the bulldozer he bought to construct the rejected road to his shop, and thus birthed the “killdozer”. Dude tried to fight local corruption and lost the legal battle. "Once he tipped that lid shut, he knew he wasn't getting out," Daly said. edit: I thought this happened 14 years ago today, 6/6, but it actually happened on 6/4. The armor worked so well, not only could it withstand bullets, it could also withstand explosions. Heemeyer's brother turned the tapes over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who in turn sent them to the Grand County Sheriff's Department. His feud came to a head on June 4, 2004. It was later determined that Heemeyer had shot himself in the head with a .357-caliber handgun. Killdozer started it’s life out as a meager Komatsu D355A bulldozer, a fairly pedestrian construction machine. He was surprised that several men, who had visited the shed late the previous year, had not noticed the modified bulldozer "especially with the 2000-pound [900kg] lift fully exposed ... somehow their vision was clouded."[9]. Three external explosions and more than 200 rounds of ammunition fired at the bulldozer had no effect on it. In total, the fines totaled $2,500, to which Marvin paid and put “cowards” on the memo section. So he took matters into his own hands. [22] Notes found by investigators after the incident indicated that the primary motivation for the bulldozer rampage was his plan to stop the concrete plant from being built near his shop. Emilie Gonzalez, one of the Parkland student activists/media props, even suggested it was ok to ostracize the shooter because he was weird, and it was somebody else’s responsibility to help “fix” his antisocial tendencies (my generation always wants to pass the buck to somebody else). Others offered different views. The main problem with Marvin is that ultimately his actions did not solve the problem of corruption he faced, and nobody could claim he came out the victor. ", "Granby: 2004 bulldozer rampage subject of History Channel program", "Grudge spawns trail of destruction: Granby man kills himself after rampage in armor-plated bulldozer", "Armored dozer was bad to go: Reporters get peek inside Heemeyer's destructive machine", "Officials: Man who drove bulldozer is dead", "Dozer digs its own grave: Used by angry resident to attack Granby, machine to be dismantled as scrap", "Newly released audiotapes detail reasons for Granby bulldozer rampage", "Man Who Bulldozed Granby Says He Got Idea From God", "7NEWS Looks Inside Granby Work Shed Where 'Dozer Was Outfitted", "Santa Cruz deputy's alleged killer charged with assassinating federal cop in Oakland ambush; authorities link attacks to extremist group that believes civil war looming", «Если больше нет юродивых, кто скажет о беззаконии и лжи?», Discovery Channel – Destroyed in Seconds video, "Site detailing Marvin Heemeyer's dispute with City Hall", Granby Damage, includes several pictures of the incident, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marvin_Heemeyer&oldid=976803396, Articles with dead external links from March 2020, Articles with permanently dead external links, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from September 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 03:39. With all his ingenuity and creativity as a mechanic, fabricator, and welder it’s sad to see the system tear a fine man like Marvin down.