Metallica Bassist Was Once Caught in a Manson Family Shootout

Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo not too long ago appeared on the Offspring’s Time to Calm down podcast and revealed an enchanting story from his previous. When he was 6 years outdated, he mentioned he and his household have been caught in the course of a shootout between the Manson Household and the native police.

It occurred within the Hawthorne space of Los Angeles, the place Trujillo’s grandmother lived.

“I’m staying at my grandma’s home,” Trujillo mentioned. “The gun store, the military surplus store across the nook on Hawthorne Boulevard, was robbed. And mainly, the Manson household had this grand scheme. You possibly can test it out on the web.”

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You possibly can watch the interview under.

Trujillo famous that the Manson Members of the family “have been gonna rob the gun retailer and get their ammo and every part, they usually have been gonna go to [Los Angeles International Airport], and the plan was to hijack a 747 and demand that Charlie will get despatched to them, they usually’re gonna take this aircraft to God is aware of the place.”

The Manson Household’s 1971 Shootout

Charles Manson had been arrested by the point members of his group had hatched the plan. He and 4 different members of the Household have been indicted in December 1969 for the murders of a number of folks within the space in some of the horrific instances of the twentieth century.

“Clearly, the plan didn’t work,” Trujillo concluded. “Cops present up. There’s a shootout. We’re listening to gunshots, the entire deal. Rapidly you get the [police helicopters], they usually’re flying round. They’re speaking by means of their sort of intercom, no matter they obtained going up there: ‘Everyone, take cowl.’ … And so my dad turns off all of the lights. We’re hiding within the bathe. And it was actually eerie.”

The 4 Manson followers concerned within the incident – Mary Brunner, Catherine (Gypsy) Share, Lawrence Bailey and Kenneth Como – have been convicted within the theft and shootout. Manson served life in jail, dying at age 83 in 2017.

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Trujillo, in the meantime, remains to be on the street with Metallica, whose tour resumes on Nov. 3 with the primary of two exhibits in St. Louis. Earlier this month the band performed a triumphant set on the inaugural Energy Journey pageant in Indio, California.