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Mass shooting near University of Maryland, Baltimore

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by YankeeFan, Jul 8, 2015.

  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Surprised there wasn't a thread on this yet:

    Gunmen got out of two vans and began firing at a group gathered on a corner Tuesday night, fatally shooting three people, police said.

    The three deaths bring the homicide total for Baltimore for the year to at least 154, according to police news releases. That's an increase of more than 40 percent compared with the same time last year. Shootings have increased more than 80 percent. The city has seen a spike in violence since the April death of Freddie Gray after his arrest. The incident received widespread national attention and sparked unrest across Baltimore.

    On Tuesday night, the two light-colored vans pulled to the side of the road and one person got out of each van and began firing, campus police said in a statement on the school's website.


    Police: Gunmen from 2 vans fatally shoot 3 in Baltimore - Chicago Tribune
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Two vans, two shooters. Sounds like a lot of planning.

    Is it too soon to call it terrorism?
     
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    What's your angle here?
     
  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    If this keeps up, can we finally agree it's time to get serious about outlawing schools in the United States?

    Obviously, they are too ripe of a target for gun violence.
     
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  5. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Stephanie Useless-Blake says don't call them terrorists. Call them aggravated constituents.
     
  6. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Maybe the university's gallery was exhibiting some of Picasso's edgier works.
     
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    What do you mean? This was an organized, planned, mass shooting just outside a center of higher education.

    Isn't this the kind of thing we all worry about, and that immediately becomes a national story?

    The cable networks haven't gone wall-to-wall, but that's probably because they just don't have people in place yet.

    The fact that the shooters got away just ads to the anxiety. Anybody could be next. I wonder how long the school will be on lock down.
     
  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Dylann Roof: Media victim.
     
  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I guess this story about United Airlines computers going down is too big a story to ignore.
     
  11. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Did the Hollywood Shotgunner catch a red eye to Baltimore and take part in this one as well?

    That dude hopped out of a van as well before blowing the woman's head off (and curiously leaving her boyfriend to be).
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    These kind of random shootings, where anyone could be a victim, are the scariest.

    With two shooters still on the streets, who might be next?
     
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