Chilling Details Bared in Andrews Gun Threat

Sick fan wants her to 'dance through hail of gunfire'

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 9, 2010 3:00 AM CDT

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Chilling Details Bared in Andrews Gun Threat — ESPN reporter Erin Andrews grimaces during a news conference about the sentencing of her stalker outside the US District Court downtown Los Angeles on Monday, March 15, 2010. Michael David Barrett, not seen, pleaded guilty in December to interstate stalking after prosecutors accused him of following... (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Things keep getting scarier for Erin Andrews: A sick fan apparently told the ESPN reporter that he'd like to see her "dance her way through a hail of gunfire" in one of her appearances on Dancing With the Stars. He adds: "Better yet, I would love to shoot her with a Barrett rifle with a range over a mile." The email, sent late last month and obtained by TMZ, is one of latest in a string of emails that have grown increasingly violent.

The Dancing With the Stars production team has cranked up security to protect Andrews, and the FBI is investigating. Just last week a stalker who secretly filmed Andrews naked was sentenced to more than 2 years in prison.
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