lockdown at UCLA; 2 shot, condition unknown
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-shooting-20160601-snap-story.html
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link
According to the Daily Bruin, the shooter has been described as a Caucasian man who stands around 6-feet tall. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and black pants.
sounds about right
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
repeal the 2nd Amendment everybody
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
we have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country and still this shit happens
2 dead
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
This happened just a couple of blocks from my office today. It could have been a lot worse, as I usually see 30-40 people there trying to get spots in the shelter every afternoon.
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/06/two_wounded_in_shooting_near_d.html
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
UCLA incident was murder/suicide. One of the deceased was the shooter.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
so not a spree shooting, then.
― ejemplo (crüt), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
sorry for my mistake
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
a shooting splurt, then.
― akm, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
Memorial Day weekend in Chicago
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/crime/article/Dozens-shot-6-dead-following-Chicago-weekend-7953998.php
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
everyone knows chicago is crawling with violence, just ask glenn beck or anyone else. this is ucla, where whites go!
― akm, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:33 (eight years ago) link
The victim was a 39y/o professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering named William Klug, a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/william-klug/
He was killed by one of his PhD students whom he denied graduation honors.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
jesus
― akm, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
awful
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
yikes
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
jfc
=(
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:18 (eight years ago) link
there was one in suburban Houston over this past weekend that got almost no press coverage... conspiracy theorists are running wild because the guy was a veteran and houston police are being kinda tight-lipped about it:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/alleged-houston-shooter-veteran-stepmother-haunted-time-afghanistan/story?id=39499672
also notable because a local citizen hero whipped out his own sidearm and started plugging away at the shooter and got shot for his efforts, and then grilled by the police who didn't know if he was in league with the actual gunman or not.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:55 (eight years ago) link
jesus that sounds ugly
― goole, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:59 (eight years ago) link
^^The aunt of my friend's boss was one of the wounded, and until these last few years, that area was part of my commute 2-3 days a week.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah, for years I got my car inspected at the auto place where the guy got shot dead in his SUV.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 June 2016 01:23 (eight years ago) link
that sounded pretty grim... but it was unsettling to be watching the news and then recognize somewhere I'd been so many times!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 June 2016 01:35 (eight years ago) link
in Houston this weekend. Like they said. An Iraq war vet from California came to Texas to meet like minded people and shot up what he perceived to be Jews and whoever in the middle of a neighborhood on a Sunday before Memorial Day.
He shot around 200 bullets from an AR-15 or something similar killing one civilian, hitting two cops, multiple other citizens, police cars, helicopters, burned down a gas station. It went for a long time while people were trapped in their homes and shot at on the street. The whole thing happened on social media (and in real life) with no real information or coverage from the press or police.
The cops blew up his backpack and then left it there so the news crew could find it the next day. That's how we found out who it was that did it. Meanwhile the victim's cars and bodies were shown on the local news, once they interrupted the Tennis and Auto Races.
― Zachary Taylor, Thursday, 2 June 2016 04:02 (eight years ago) link
WHAT
― rmde bob (will), Thursday, 2 June 2016 04:08 (eight years ago) link
fucking hell
so why no coverage? is it just the vet angle that they dont want to touch?
smdh we are doomed
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 June 2016 04:12 (eight years ago) link
"Y'all are Christians":
http://m.chron.com/houston/article/Witness-says-Memorial-shooter-made-7953256.php?cmpid=twitter-tablet
― King Nagl (Eazy), Thursday, 2 June 2016 05:12 (eight years ago) link
i can't help it, i just keep thinking that poor fuckin kid, 25 years old, two tours
and holy christ almighty how terrifying for all those people
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 June 2016 05:54 (eight years ago) link
One reason there was little press coverage was likely because it was the Sunday morning before Memorial Day and there wasn't anyone working at any of the local news stations.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 June 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
with regard to the ucla shooting
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mainak-sarkar-ucla-20160602-snap-story.html
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 2 June 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
Florida Pulse gay club attacked in Orlando - multiple injuries
http://www.bbc.com/news/36510272
― nostormo, Sunday, 12 June 2016 09:14 (seven years ago) link
20 dead, 50+ injured, shooter killedhttp://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/index.html
― StanM, Sunday, 12 June 2016 11:44 (seven years ago) link
Just fucking horrible.
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Sunday, 12 June 2016 11:58 (seven years ago) link
I am feeling numb and angry. two shootings in my backyard over the weekend - this one was an act of domestic terrorism. and right now, no idea who's included in the 20 dead, praying none of my friends were among the 20.
everybody is freaking out this morning and I can't say I blame them.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 12:36 (seven years ago) link
i am also flipping out that so many are already rushing to blame Islamic extremism.
YOU CAN'T WILL A BOGEYMAN INTO EXISTENCE. how about maybe offer sympathy for the dead first, speculate later when there's actual hard evidence beyond you wanting to divert attention from our own country's rampantly increasing issues.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 13:13 (seven years ago) link
we also had a carjacking hostage situation across the street from me yesterday (cops everywhere) - only found out the reason after I got back. my friend couldn't even get into his apt.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 13:31 (seven years ago) link
I used to spend a lot of time Orlando most weekends (when I lived in Brevard), but I had to look Pulse up on the map. When the news report said it was on Orange, I didn't realize it was all the way down south of 408, so I don't know that part of town too well (or can't remember it, at least).
This is so fucking horrible.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 12 June 2016 13:34 (seven years ago) link
It's a gentrified neighborhood, according to a local interviewed by CNN.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 June 2016 13:40 (seven years ago) link
Orlando Sentinel best source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-updates-shooting-at-pulse-nightclub-20160612-htmlstory.html
it's a popular LGBT club - lots of people like to do karaoke there. I think I went maybe once, but among my theatre pals, it's popular. so far nobody I know has been reported as part of the 20. I asked my brother to check in - he used to dance there. I doubt he was there but....hoping him and his g/f check in soon. (update: his g/f did, so I am guessing he's fine...like I said, only remote possibility that he was there fortunately). FB has an app for friends to check in safe.
everybody is really on edge now. OPD has done a nice job handling both tragedies but I think even they're frazzled and fatigued.
we joke "lol FL" all the time but shit like this is not common. an occasional nightclub shooting like any city, yes. but stuff like this is alien to us in Cent Florida.
I feel like I should feel overwhelmed and emotional but I'm really just numb - this type of thing has become so commonplace to where it's almost expected now, and that's not ok.
the other clubs in the area, like Savoy, must also be freaking out too - copycat potential and all. the feeling of being safe in a public place, while it was never an absolute, is going to keep turning into a remnant of the past if we don't do something about guns.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
one of my best friends lives a mile away from the club. gunman IDed as Omar Mateen from Port St Lucie
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 13:45 (seven years ago) link
Even though I don't live there anymore, I still listen to The Philips Phile most days and I think Jack Bradshaw was supposed to be making an appearance there last night (probably over long before this happened). But literally the first time I ever heard about Pulse was on Friday afternoon and now this happens. I imagine the crew at Parliament House is pretty shook right now.
Sorry, this is all immaterial. I'm just trying to tap into my memories of Orlando, as few as they may be.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 12 June 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
oh yea, P House crew is shook - I suspect the shooter chose Pulse because of how compact it is and easy to do damage. Parliament House could have been chosen but it's so spread out they probably ruled it out. I think they swept P House to check for explosives after the situation diffused at Pulse.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:03 (seven years ago) link
say what you will about FB, but having a "safety check" app is a very appreciated thing to have.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:04 (seven years ago) link
Shooter's father gave statement to MSNBC staff writer: he says shooter was angered by the sight of two men kissing in downtown Miami
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
death toll now 50. christ.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
USAT on the club
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/12/pulse-more-than-just-another-gay-club/85785762/
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
the Imam just spoke.
huge blood drive going on at ONeBlood. I don't know my blood type and neither does my mother. but there's a line out the door of donors right now.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
and of course a reminder that gay men like me can't give blood unless you've been a celibate a year.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
there was communication between law enforcement and the shooter, but they aren't willing to release details yet (which is the right move - still too preliminary).
I must say Orlando PD has done a great job this weekend in both scenarios. SWAT probably saved more lives last night.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link
being called worst mass shooting in US history now.