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WTF Part 2 this week - Houston NASA building shooting.

CNN Link

HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -- NASA evacuated a building at the Johnson Space Center in Houston after a person with a gun was seen and a shot was fired, a NASA spokeswoman said Friday.

NASA Spokeswoman Brandi Dean said it was not yet known if anyone was hurt. Local police were on the scene, she said.

That is all for now on the story
 
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
oh geez, all the wackos are coming out of the woodwork

Well what do you expect when the media makes an Idol out of the VT shooter.

Oh, and I didn't mention his name because it doesn't deserve to be spoken.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: StevenYoo
oh geez, all the wackos are coming out of the woodwork

Well what do you expect when the media makes an Idol out of the VT shooter.

Oh, and I didn't mention his name because it doesn't deserve to be spoken.

This is true.
 
bah!! I hope this doesn't lead to gov't institution shootings targeted towards koreans 😛.

<-- a korean who works at a gov't-funded institution, who just also happens to be the only asian this building.

sigh. I hope this doesn't turn out to be nasty. Ugh... I'm not sure if I want to even participate in the verbal battles that will come in these forums and all across the internets if this does.
 
and just like VT, they do not release enough information. people in the vicinity have the right to know! :|
 
Originally posted by: Flyback
Originally posted by: KK
probably that astronaut chick coming back for her final paycheck

:laugh:

Boy, i hope nobody dies, i made a joke early in that VT thread since i thought nothing serious was going on, i regret it later 😱
 
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I hope that someone with a concealed carry permit shot the nutjob!
Pop pop pop! Pop pop.. and more pops.

<dust settles>

(with arms raised) "it's ok, it was just him... I'm not a threat... here's my permit!"

Now imagine that's a buncha people out there...

Oh wait, did I just start a gun control post ? 😱

Yikes.
 
Not really a wtf. There's about 1 disgruntled/workplace shooting a week in the US. Nothing new, CNN shows it for a while then no one cares since these are so common.
 
Gunman opened fire at NASA building, police say
POSTED: 6:07 p.m. EDT, April 20, 2007

HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A man with a gun entered a building on the sprawling campus of Johnson Space Center Friday, forcing the evacuation of the building and putting the entire center on alert.

A witness reported two shots fired, said Houston Police spokesman Capt. Dwayne Ready, who described the suspect as a white man with blond hair, about 5 feet 9 inches and 50 to 60 years old. He is armed with a handgun.

"He's barricaded himself into a room," Ready said. "We're not going to know anything more until we establish communication."

Ready could not confirm whether there were any hostages or injuries.

The gunman is in Building 44 on the Johnson Space Center property, police said. Building 44 holds a laboratory.

The call for help came in to the Houston Police at 1:40 p.m. (2:40 p.m. ET) but it's unclear who made that call. (Watch employees being evacuated after gunfire is heard Video)

There is "extremely tight security" at Johnson Space Center, NASA spokesman James Hartfield said.

A NASA spokesperson told CNN that all employees have been told to go home for the day.

Space Center Intermediate School, less than a mile south of Building 44, was locked down, said Karen Permetti, spokeswoman for Clear Creek Independent School District. The lockdown was lifted at about 4 p.m. (5 p.m. ET).

The school has about 1,200 students, according to the school district.

As standard procedure, Mission Control's doors were locked, The Associated Press reported.
 
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