The body of a man believed to be the suspect in a shooting incident at Santa Monica College lies on the sidewalk in Santa Monica, Calfornia June 7, 2013. Police report the gunman killed at least six people before he was shot to death. REUTERS/Daniel Kraft
Yahoo News reports
A gunman killed at least six people in Santa Monica, California, on Friday before he was shot dead by police at a library of a community college, Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said.
Seabrooks said a second individual she described as a "person of interest" had been taken into custody in connection with the violence, which unfolded a few miles from where President Barack Obama was attending a political fundraiser.
Authorities also found two people dead at the scene of a nearby house fire, but police said it was not immediately clear whether the fire and the shooting incident were related.
Earlier, a spokeswoman for the California Highway Patrol had told Reuters that officers had received a report of a man armed with multiple weapons, including a shotgun, firing at passing cars and a bus at two locations near the college campus just west of Los Angeles.
Students at the campus library described a scene of pandemonium as the sounds of gunfire rang out, sending students scurrying for cover.
One student inside the library, Cyrus Jabari, 19, said he could see through a window a man dressed in black with a buzz-style haircut carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle.
Mike,
ReplyDeleteDon't know what you want ti discuss, they will be dribbling information out for days and weeks yet. They seem to like using the term ballistic vest like it provides some protection when it's just likely made from ballistic nylon.
No one seems real positive about weapons either. I do wonder if he had a rifle was it the California legal type. Perhaps there will be a new run on semi-auto rifles again.
It is a bit early, but I imagine Kurt thinks he was another violent gun control advocate.
Delete. . . imagine Kurt thinks he was another violent gun control advocate.
DeleteI seem to be featuring quite prominently in your thoughts these days. You really need a hobby.
Does it strike you as particularly fair that you can take these puerile potshots at me at will, but my responses have to be vetted through your increasingly irrational censorship?
Oh, and as to your comment, I once again have no idea what the hell you're talking about.
Kurt, believe it or not, I hold myself to the same standard as I do you guys.
DeleteI find it hard to believe that you have no idea what I'm referring to. You make frequent attempts to paint gun-control folks as the violent ones. It's a joke, in every sense of the word, but you keep doing it.
You hold yourself to the same standard that we're held to? I see, so we're now free to make personal attacks on you?
DeleteCalifornia--when will that state learn that gun control doesn't work?
ReplyDeleteMike,
ReplyDeleteYou might want to fix the title to this post since they've corrected the number dead down to five.