Sad news. Meleanie Hain [shefearsnothing] was killed tonight

[unloved]

Oh man. I don't know what to say. I never met Meleanie. Wow, this is just so sad.

[Computer Steve]

Posted article on the York Daily Record:
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Pistol-packin' soccer mom shot dead in Lebanon

By JOHN LATIMER
For the Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 10/08/2009 12:27:14 AM EDT


A Lebanon woman who gained national notoriety last year as a champion of Second Amendment rights after she brought her loaded handgun to her 5-year-old daughter's soccer game was shot and killed Wednesday night in an apparent murder-suicide.
Meleanie Hain, 31, and her husband Scott Hain, 33, were pronounced dead by Lebanon County coroner Dr. Jeffrey Yocum shortly after 8:30 p.m. after a two-hour standoff with police outside of their home at the corner of Second Avenue and East Grant Street. The episode ended quietly when police entered the house after trying to make contact with anyone inside.

No cause of death was announced, and autopsies were to be scheduled for today, said Yocum.

Lebanon police Chief Daniel Wright was guarded with information as detectives began the preliminary stages of the investigation late Wednesday night. He acknowledged that the Hains were both found dead and had suffered gunshot wounds inside their 1 ½-story brick home in a quiet neighborhood in Lebanon's south side. He would not provide any additional details, other then to say that police do not feel any other people were involved.

District Attorney David Arnold, who was at the scene, refused to comment.

Several neighbors said they heard or saw the couple's children run from the house screaming, "Daddy shot Mommy!" shortly before the 911 Center was called at 6:20 p.m.

The children, 2- and 6-year-old girls and a 10-year-old boy, were in the care of a neighbor and were unhurt, said Wright.
The Lebanon County Emergency Services Unit was quickly called to the scene and the neighborhood cordoned off.

The front door of the house was open and light could be seen inside the living room. But all inside and around the house was quiet as members of the Lebanon police and tactical team, armed with rifles, took up positions.

Petra Bossler, who lives next to the Hain home on Grant Street, said she did not hear any commotion or gunfire from the Hain home. She learned something had happened only when police came to her door and asked to come inside so they could peer from her windows at the Hain house, which is just several feet away.

Debbie Mise, who lives on East Grant Street, three doors away from the Hains, said she heard a strange sound followed by the screams of the children, which she mistook for playing.

"I heard something heavy drop or fall, and then right away I heard the kids screaming, but I thought they were playing," she said. "It was loud. But it didn't sound like a pop."

Brian Witmer, who lives between Mise and Bossler said he saw Scott Hain mowing the lawn about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

"He was mowing his lawn, and the dog was outside. There was nothing out of the ordinary. He didn't seem strange at all," he said.

Mise said she had a feeling something bad would eventually happen at the Hain home.

"She just wasn't right," Mise said of Meleanie Hain. "You don't bring a gun to a kids' soccer game, and you don't wear a gun when you go shopping at Kohl's."

Meleanie Hain was dubbed the pistol-packin' soccer mom by the media in September 2008 after it was first reported in the Lebanon Daily News that she wore her holstered 9mm Glock pistol to her daughter's soccer match. She became a spokeswoman of sorts for open-carry advocates - who support the right to carry a gun in the open - after complaints caused county Sheriff Mike DeLeo to confiscate her concealed-weapon permit.

Hain appealed the action, and after a hearing DeLeo was ordered to return the permit.

Hain did not let the matter end there. She filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against DeLeo. That trial was awaiting scheduling in U.S. Middle District Court.

Meleanie Hain at last report operated a day care center in her home.

Her husband was a parole officer in Berks County and a former prison guard at the State Correctional Institute in Camp Hill. He also had worked part-time for Lebanon County Central Booking.

[JIDinPhilly]

I met her once at the dinner we had at Famous Dave's. She seemed like a really nice person. I feel terrible for her kids and I really hope there are grandparents or someone close to the kids that will take care and raise them right. This f'n sucks.

[Warpt762x39]

Mise said she had a feeling something bad would eventually happen at the Hain home.

"She just wasn't right," Mise said of Meleanie Hain. "You don't bring a gun to a kids' soccer game, and you don't wear a gun when you go shopping at Kohl's."

THIS pisses me off. Stupid fu**ing woman.

[lildobe]

I don't have anything useful to say - but my heart goes out to her children for they have suffered the worst loss imaginable.

May she rest in peace, and may her husband rot.

[Agent Smith]

THIS pisses me off. Stupid fu**ing woman.

That part pissed me off as well.

[Pa. Patriot]

Mise said she had a feeling something bad would eventually happen at the Hain home.
"She just wasn't right," Mise said of Meleanie Hain. "You don't bring a gun to a kids' soccer game, and you don't wear a gun when you go shopping at Kohl's." .

Uh.... she was murdered you fucking low life moron. That's her fault???
No, neighbor "Mise", the problem with the Hain home was the psychopath husband. Now that we have that straight you can go back to watching Oprah.

ARGGGGGGG! Oh my God... I have to go to bed. I'm not ready to deal with all the morons tomorrow.

[JayBell]

well, for those fighting the anti-gun stance, make sure to point out that the MURDERER here was a LAW ENFORCEMENT employee... remember everyones BS of "only cops should have guns".

this isn't "cop" bashing... its MURDERER bashing.

[MadamRaven]

I could tell things were getting worse with her family situation...

I wish she would've asked for more help and support.

i wish i would have asked her if she needed help.

Being awakened by the phone call of this news has left me stunned and nauseous

wow

i don't even know what else to say...

[knighthawk06699]

Sadly I must also retire for the evening. I do not want to but I must. I will not sleep but laying is better than sitting.