OT: Prayers for VT

[mooger_35]

Bizarro story.

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[pixburgher66]

So...a cop made a routine traffic stop and a un-related man walked up to his patrol car and shot him, then fled and offed himself? Is...is that it?

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

There is some speculation that the officer may have gotten a shot off and the gunman died as a result of that, but it is only speculation. The officer was 39 years old and survived by his wife and five children.....God Bless his family.....so so sad....

 

[NullDefault]

People were always fucked up. Charles Whitman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whitman was shot by an officer named "Houston McCoy" in Dallas. Sounds like the name of an action movie character. Sorry slightly off topic there.

 

[pixburgher66]

Five kids...argh.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

The shooter died of a self inflicted-gunshot....



Pussy.....

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

The shooter was NOT a student....just reported

 

[Automattic]

Um wow. This is flippin' nuts and I had no idea it was going on.

 

[Automattic]

My thoughts are with the family.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

The killer has been identified. His name is Ross Ashley and he was a part time student at a neighboring University, Radford:

Shooter identified as Ross Ashley - CollegiateTimes.com

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

This is why it was either a very good or very bad idea for Forty_sixand2 to get twitter:

In response to this hatchet job on MY school:

Another shooting at VTech -- the snake-bit college - Daily Press

My response (read from bottom up):

VPIMikhalis27 Michael
@DP_Dietrich "...it sits on some weird convergence of time and space that attracts the murderous or the macabre." #urkidding #Hokienation
1 minute ago

VPIMikhalis27 Michael
@DP_Dietrich "...If there's something in the water. If, like the legendary Bermuda Triangle,..." #hackjournalism #HokieNation
2 minutes ago

VPIMikhalis27 Michael
@DP_Dietrich "The incessant drumbeat of doom at Virginia Tech makes you wonder if the place is built on an old Indian burial ground." #VT
5 minutes ago

VPIMikhalis27 Michael
@DP_Dietrich "...it's steadily solidifying its reputation as the school where you're most likely to get shot."...really, do some research...
7 minutes ago

VPIMikhalis27 Michael
@DP_Dietrich "#VirginiaTech is known for quality football and the loyalty of its alumni", how abt our top ntch educatn and amazing students
8 minutes ago

VPIMikhalis27 Michael
Everyone should let @DP_Dietrich know what a hack "journalist" she really is for the thrash article she just wrote about #VirginiaTech