rolling disgruntled shootings thread 2010

NYT "No motive has been established for the gunman who wounded two officers outside the Pentagon Metro station."

Sure, right, no motive whatsoever. Dude just...snapped, one day. It was probably the liberal media that drove him to it, but we won't know that for sure til we hear from Glenn Beck on the subject.

http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2010/03/05/1267846742_2367/300h.jpg

70 year old dude blows away cop for some reason

^ sorry of that's sort of out-of-step with the idea of the thread. and canadian. but dude's age sort of shocked me.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/09/ohio.state.shooting/

1 killed, 2 hurt in shooting at Ohio State

and this from yesterday

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iHh7EZFvxa9bJWPFhLnxvbdyDlCQD9EAPLG01

Gunman, 2 others wounded in Dallas shootout

DALLAS — A gunman apparently angry over business dealings wounded a father and son at their financial services company inside an office building Monday, then shot himself as police closed in, authorities said.

which ilxor is most likely to irl rampage?

― ice cr?m, Friday, March 5, 2010 2:49 AM (4 weeks ago)

captain lorax

― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Friday, March 5, 2010 3:19 AM (4 weeks ago)

btw, go fuck yourself

btw, go fuck yourself

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i'd like 2 buy an 'a' and an 'i'

I imagine J0rdan S.'s response is something like "I was mostly joking"

>.<

Everyone, here is your chance to Suggest Ban the guy

i was mostly joking

You should do standup at Virginia Tech

loooool

capt lorax u r a wonderful moebius strip

Thank you and goodnight

Police are hunting Derrick Bird, 52, following an incident in Duke Street, Whitehaven, and other places across West Cumbria.

A Cumbria Police spokesman said: "We can confirm that a number of people have been injured after shots were fired in the Whitehaven, Seascale and Egremont areas this morning.

"There are a number of fatalities and police are working to identify the individuals and inform relatives. Ambulance crews are in attendance across the area."

Bird, of Rowrah near Frizington, is believed to be driving a dark grey/silver Citreon Picasso, registration ND55 ZFC.

Anyone who sees him or his vehicle should call 999 and should not approach him.

My first thought on reading this was "Who the hell drives a Citreon in America?"

Always sad to see this thread revived though.

Ten dead apparently.

11 'shootings', not necessarily killed.

'several killed' isn't sounding good. his body has been recovered.

Glenda Pears, who runs L&G Taxis, said both Mr Bird and the Duke Street victim were self-employed drivers - and friends.

She said Mr Bird had been a taxi driver for 23 years and was divorced with two sons, and described him as a “real nice man”.

She said: “We just don’t know what’s happened. The lad that’s been killed was friends with him. They used to stand together having a craic on the rank. He was friends with everybody and used to stand and joke on Duke Street.”

“He’s such a nice lad. One of my drivers was talking to him last night. He was just working as normal and was going to go to Tesco’s to get chicken.”

https://twitter.com/nickincumbria

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10214661.stm

Blimey, I used to just off Duke St in Whitehaven. It used to get a bit lively around chucking out time but nothing quite on this scale.

used to live just off

12 shot dead in lake district

At least 12 people were fatally wounded today after a taxi driver went on the rampage with a shotgun in the Lake District before killing himself.

Derrick Bird (52), a divorced father-of-two, murdered two colleagues in the centre of the coastal town of Whitehaven this morning before driving across Cumbria shooting other victims, apparently at random.

Several hours later, following a major manhunt amid calls for residents to stay indoors, police found his body 30km away in woods near the hamlet of Boot.

The exact number of casualties was not known but Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament earlier that at least five people had been killed. Police said at least 25 people had been injured and denied reports that the gunman's mother was among the victims.

CUMBRIA SHOOTINGS:

Emergency services still searching for casualties - ambulance spokesman

Latest rolling headline on the BBC site. I really hope there are no more deaths.

I can't decide what's worse - BBC News rolling coverage - which was basically someone standing in the street saying how shocked everyone was or the fact that they abandoned that because some footballers were about to, maybe, get on a plane.

Huffington Post getting straight to the issues.

Wow, unbelievably stupid huffington post.

I work in Frizington, and drive through rowrah sometimes as well, they're very small communities, I can't imagine what it must be like to live there.

It's going to get worse once all the journos get there.

Probably, yes. Last thing they need at any time, let alone a time like this is a bunch of tabloid shitbags scenting blood

That huffington post piece is vile, hateful motherfuckers. didn't it used to be smarter than that at some point?

not really

Nice bit of speculation along the 'Broken Britain' lines from the Telegraph:

One of the central lines of inquiry surrounded the theory that a row had developed over the will of Bird’s mother, Mary, who is seriously ill.

The solicitor — Kevin Commons — may have been advising the family.

It was also reported that Bird had initially armed himself with two guns on Tuesday night, but was disarmed by a friend.

Bird is then believed to have sought medical help at a local hospital for his fragile mental state, only to be turned away.

The amount of unsubstantiated hearsay around this story is getting ridiculous already.

To be expected, really.

another triumph for the NHS and broken britain

- linda igotout, bulgaria, 3/6/2010 2:58

Solicitor, twin brother, fellow taxi drivers he'd rowed with.

Makes me wonder how many people I've had work-related arguments with the past year or two have access to firearms.

All quite peculiar for me - I've not lived up there for 12 years but every place they mention I know quite well. Rented a flat 30sec from the taxi rank, been to and through Gosforth, Egremont and Seascale many times, went on a walk to Ennerdale Bridge once through Frizington and Rowrah. Pretty sure I recognised the Scouse cabbie they interviewed on R4 this morning.

Just saw the ticker 'PM to visit shooting sites' and only then had my first "fucking hell, David Cameron is actually Prime Minister" moment. It didn't seem like a real thing before then.

rly h8 the rolling media coverage of this, don't like clearly very upset people being asked questions, etc. there isn't much to say about it.

with you there, HM.

ITV news guy actually just said: "Bird made complaints to police recently about drunken passengers in his cab, should they have put two and two together given that he has a firearms license?". Well clearly yes, if they had access to Minority Report style technology! What absolute nonsense.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/03/politics-fear-security-lobby-money

Not every adult is a paedophile, a terrorist or a mass murderer

Good to know

Nauseating coverage on BBC radio. The reporter getting all pass-agg about no-one wanting to talk to anyone from the media WHY DON'T YOU FUCK OFF AND LEAVE THEM ALONE THEN.

Can't wait for the Telegraph to call for someone to Ban This Sick Filth:

Derrick Bird, the Cumbria gunman, spent the night before his killing spree watching a violent film at his best friend's house before asking, as he left: "Do you think I'm paranoid?"

[...]

As they talked, they watched On Deadly Ground, an action film involving multiple killings and starring Steven Seagal, which was on television.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hf_Cw1b1x1DmRrdG4hiu4P55yZTgD9GCL0B80

Ala. prof charged in brother's 1986 shooting death

CANTON, Mass. — A biology professor charged with killing three of her colleagues at an Alabama university has been indicted in the 1986 shooting death of her brother in Massachusetts, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Authorities had originally ruled that the shooting of Amy Bishop's brother was an accident, but they reopened the case after Bishop was charged in February with gunning down six of her colleagues at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, killing three.

Bishop, 45, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 18-year-old brother, Seth, Norfolk District Attorney William Keating said.

Keating said he did not understand why charges were never brought against Bishop.

"I can't give you any explanations, I can't give you excuses, because there are none," he said. "Jobs weren't done, responsibilities weren't met and justice wasn't served."