more craziness. random shootings in MD

dabuddha

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damn crazy people. found out because they increased security at my workplace

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021003_800.html

SILVER SPRING, Md. Oct. 3 ? Five people were shot and killed within a one-mile radius in less than 24 hours, gunned down one by one in public places in several Washington suburbs, authorities said Thursday.

Authorities were attempting to determine whether the shootings late Wednesday and early Thursday were related.

Police were looking for two individuals in a white Isuzu sport utility vehicle, possibly with a damaged tailgate. Several witnesses told police they saw the vehicle leaving some of the shooting scenes.

A 55-year-old man was killed in the parking lot of a Wheaton grocery store Wednesday, police spokeswoman Nancy Demme said.

A man riding a lawnmower was killed about 7:45 a.m. Thursday in the White Flint area, and another man was shot at 8:15 a.m. while pumping gas at a Mobil station in the Aspen Hill area. He died at the scene.

About a half-hour later, a woman died at a post office next to the Leisure World retirement community in Silver Spring. The woman was shot in the head, according to a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Department.

The fifth shooting was reported at 10 a.m. at a Shell gas station in Kensington.

 

sohcrates

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Yeah, i just heard about this.

Must suck to get up on a nice morning, go out to mow your lawn, and get shot

I hope they catch these guys
 

dabuddha

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tell me about it
security pulled us out of a team meeting to tell us to call our family/friends to make sure they're ok
 

Bulk Beef

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Yeah, this is f-d up. They were talking about this on the radio on my way in to work this morning, and there's been one more since I got here.

I don't know why that article says "within a one-mile radius". Those areas are spread all over the county.
 

CPA

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Sort of the same thing happened here in Houston a couple of days ago. 2 people were randomly shot and killed and 5 others injured when this white SUV came up and shot at a bunch of cars waiting to exit a parking lot. So far no connections have been made and no suspects. 145 witnesses and no suspects.
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WinkOsmosis

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Originally posted by: CPA
Sort of the same thing happened here in Houston a couple of days ago. 2 people were randomly shot and killed and 5 others injured when this white SUV came up and shot at a bunch of cars waiting to exit a parking lot. So far no connections have been made and no suspects. 145 witnesses and no suspects.
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I told you guys SUVs are evil. White ones are especially bad. :(
 

AU Tiger

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The last shooting was a woman that was vacuuming her car out at a gas station. One minute you are cleaning your car out and the next your dead. There are some sick people in this world.
 

BlueApple

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I havent heard about it untill an anoucement was made via CCTV by one of the assistant deans. Was looking out for a white van my whole way home (I live about 10 miles from this) :eek:
 

Viper GTS

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Originally posted by: Millenium
WTF kind of crackhead POS does this? ???????

I dunno, but my gf's in DC on an internship.

I hope they catch the bastards soon.

Actually, I hope someone catches them in the act & beats them to death and THEN calls the cops.

Viper GTS
 

T2T III

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Did anyone by chance see the front page of the Washington Times newspaper today? That picture saddened me. The picture was of a person on a bench (shot dead) with clear drop cloth placed over them and you could clearly see all the blood along with a pool of blood on the sidewalk. What has happened to journalism? The Washington Times literally hit a new low in my book with their "National Enquire-like" methods of photography.

Additionally, as an update to these shootings. The Montgomery County police were on television a short while ago. They were describing how an individual walked into the Arlington County (Virginia) police department today and turned himself in for the killings. However, this individual was just F-d up and didn't actually do any of the shootings, so they've charged him with making a false police report.

Is it just me, or is the world going to the sh-ts?