Hannah Gansen - 6/7/07

ROB LOWE: CALLOUS MURDERER

Actor Rob Lowe hit a goldfinch, the state bird of Iowa, while playing golf
in what appears to be an attack on the Hawkeye State.
The 43-year-old actor was hitting an approach shot on the fourth hole when
his ball hit a goldfinch, dropping about 50 yards short of the green, The
Des Moines Register reported.

As the rest of the players in his group broke out in laughter and applause,
Lowe raised his arms in mock celebration.

"That's my birdie," he said after looking at the bird, which lay motionless
on the ground.

"That's unbelievable. Who comes here and kills the state bird? Only me."

Outrage has brokeout like wildfire across the state.

"I never knew what the state bird was," Iowa resident Bob Anderson said.
"Hell, I'm still not quite sure what a goldfinch looks like, probably kind
of golden. But you sure is hell don't just come on in a state and start
killing what's rightfully ours to kill..." trailing off momentarily to
collect himself. "That ain't right."

Lowe has been missing since the incident after being ran out of town by four
men in a Ford 1991 F-150. The four men have not yet been identified.