Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

Yeah this is not far at all from where I work. And where I work is the city hospital. We heard sirens not long ago, it was clearly victims being transported here (we'd received texts about it).

Per initial report and tweets here:

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Police-swarm-UPS-building-in-SF-on-report-of-11219519.php

It pretty clearly, and sadly, seems to be a case of workplace violence, thus:

BREAKING: UPS employee tells me at least 3 shot inside and outside Potrero Hill shipping center. He recognized shooter as fellow employee

— Evan Sernoffsky (@EvanSernoffsky) June 14, 2017

this is v close to me

:(

repeal the 2nd Amendment everybody

fuck

army post, Alabama

http://wkrg.com/2017/06/27/possible-active-shooter-prompts-lockdown-at-u-s-army-post-in-alabama/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/nyregion/bronx-hospital-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

a doctor shooting patients

Jesus fuck. Arrested in 2004 for sexually assaulting a woman in the street, practicing medicine ten years later...?

god bless america

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/11/eight-people-found-dead-after-shooting-in-home-near-dallas/

http://deadspin.com/nine-people-shot-dead-at-nfl-watch-party-victims-mom-s-1803755916

Horrible

Latest: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon is currently locked down following reports of an active shooter in the hospital. pic.twitter.com/cymhgUD6Kl

— Dartmouth-Hitchcock (@DartmouthHitch) September 12, 2017

really hoping no one i know is involved

http://www.vnews.com/DHMC-Evacuated-After-Reports-of-Active-Shooter-12449909

It's pathetic that a single-victim homicide by gun in a medical facility is "oh, whew" news in this goddamn country.

right? like what a relief

i was fuckin keyed up all day, frantically checking FB/texts

i told another medico friend and his response was "I'm surprised this doesn't happen a lot more often"

and he's right to think that, and it's also depressing/terrifying to think that it's likely to happen more often

https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-respond-shooting-reports-washington-high-school-180321963.html

shit.

I lived less than .5mi from Plano house in 2014 *brrr*

I used to live like 45 minutes from that town in Washington and drove thorough it a couple times; the victims are all going to the hospital where my son was born and my dad got a pacemaker. Fucked up.

Not quite a spree shooting, but someone at a NE Ohio BMW dealership got pissed about his bill, pulled again, then started shooting when police showed up.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/09/three_include_two_police_offic.html

This neither, but noteworthy.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/wayne-county/toddler-shoots-two-3-year-olds-in-dearborn-home-daycare-owners-questioned

BREAKING: Police confirm reports of active shooter in Las Vegas. https://t.co/OGT08EolCH

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 2, 2017

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Apparently something is going down at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, where the Route 91 country music festival was happening. Multiple shooters and victims, say the news reports now.

Firing out of hotel room windows with fully automatic assault rifles.

Video courtesy of Drew Akioshi. He was attending the concert at mandalay bay when shooting started. pic.twitter.com/mbyh9Y387q

— David Sakach (@davidsakach) October 2, 2017

Sounds like an automatic weapon with a drum (or > 30 rd magazine). Not sure we've had a mass shooting with a "non-civilian" assault rifle before. Both the automatic action and larger magazine require Federal background checks and taxes.

LVPD reports the suspect is down and does not believe there were more.

WATCH: @LVMPD confirms one suspect down, multiple injured in shooting on #LasVegasStrip >> https://t.co/OqM9Nlr6AI | #OX5Vegas pic.twitter.com/hawKQgOX3P

— FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) October 2, 2017

At this time we do not believe there are any more shooters. More information to come shortly from @Sheriff_LVMPD.

— LVMPD (@LVMPD) October 2, 2017

Over 20 dead. More than 100 injured.

God damn it.

14 of the injured in critical condition.

Gunman was Las Vegas resident, LVPD still seeking his female companion and his two vehicles (Hyundai Tuscon # 114B40, Chrysler Pacifica Turing # 19D401). Not clear from tweets, but that companion may be the woman they're seeking for questioning.

Marilou Danley is being sought for questioning re the investigation into the active shooter incident. If seen please call 9-1-1! pic.twitter.com/Z83XvcHejH

— LVMPD (@LVMPD) October 2, 2017

Must admit, my stomach sank further seeing her picture.

That tweet I just posted has been deleted now but you can still see the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gVf11wSzPY

open carry in nevada right? hey NRA what's your "philosophy" on this one?

by the way i would suggest caution before watching the video two posts back. it is not graphic but it is very upsetting.

Deaths now at 50. This is horrifying to wake up to.

Gunman identified - https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/02/las-vegas-gunman-suspect-is-stephen-paddock-64-of-mesquite.html

64 years old.

it's good to know that "it wasn't terrorism" because he was "a local resident" ffs

up to 50 dead now

"known to local law enforcement"

oh god dammit

"no known connection to terrorism muslims"

Jesus, the number of wounded now thought to be over 400.

awful. What a truly horrific thing for Americans to wake up to.

Wounded I assume includes people trampled, in shock, etc.

Nevada has some of the loosest gun laws in the country (and by extension, the world). Open carry, concealed carry, assault weapons, high capacity magazines, no permits needed, all these things are a free for all. Iirc they recently had to (and won a?) fight even for limited background checks.

How are we going to keep retired white men away from our country music festivals

I did have to get rid of fruit when I drove into Nevada though

the snapchat news story on this was a collection of snaps from people who were there. the way the gunshots sounded so... not normal, but maybe banal? was probably the most horrifying thing. (i do not recommend watching it if you have a weak stomach.)

anyway i'm sure the thoughts and prayers offered up en masse will make a difference until next time

real cool that the media keeps putting up pictures of a person of color who did not shoot and kill 50 people rather than pictures of the white man who shot and killed 50 people

¯\_(ツ)_/¯