"Mass Casualty" High School Shooting In Florida...

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:15 pm

PARKLAND, Fla. (WPEC) - The Broward Sheriff's Office is responding to an active shooter incident with multiple victims at a high school in Parkland.

The Miami Herald is reporting Margate Fire Rescue said one person is dead. WPLG is reporting the gunman is in custody.

Sen. Bill Nelson tells MSNBC that there are "a number of fatalities." Nelson also tweeted that he is ensuring a number of federal resources are being made available.

Margate Fire Rescue told WSVN it's a mass casualty incident, which means at least 20 people are hurt.

The shooting happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School at 5901 Pine Island Road. The school is on lockdown.

http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/shoot ... n-parkland

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:20 pm

Horrific.

It’ll pass out of the news cycle by the end of next week, if that.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:59 pm

Seven dead at this moment -- one a teacher.

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:20 pm

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:22 pm

ex-khobar Andy · Post by **ex-khobar Andy** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:31 pm

CNN now reporting 'at least 16 dead.' But of course it's way too early to talk about solutions such as some sort of sensible gun control - that would be politicizing a tragedy.

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:12 am

Broward County Sheriff reporting 17 dead, over a dozen more injured and taken to hospitals, and of those at least three have their condition listed as 'critical' so the toll may still rise even further.
Suspect is described as a 19-year-old former student who had been expelled for disciplinary reasons. He is alive and in custody. An "AR-15-style weapon" (sheriff's description) and multiple magazines have been recovered from the scene.

-"BB"-

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:11 am

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!

Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:47 am

You all already know what I think. Everyone who wrings their hands and says oh well nothing could have prevented this isolated tragedy can go fuck themselves.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 5:02 am

Just change the date, the number massacred, and the legislative focus.

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:46 am

Apparently the scum bag had a strategy for creating a target rich opportunity for himself:

Florida shooter 'set off fire alarm' so he could kill pupils as they ran outside

US Senator Bill Nelson made the shocking claim hours after gunman Nikolas Cruz, 19, opened fire on pupils and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing at least 17 and injuring several others.

He said: "Some new information. He wore a gas mask and smoke grenades.

"He set off the fire alarm so the kids would come into the hallways. And thus he had the opportunity with a crowded hallway to start picking off people.

"And again, it illustrates the horror."

More:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world- ... un-control

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:44 am

This is Aaron Feis, a Football coach at Parkland High School who stepped in front of students when the shooting began, taking several bullets. He's currently in critical condition. Make him more famous than the shooter.

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:09 pm

He died.

Here’s a link to the CDC’s stats on death rates by firearms, by state. Massachusetts has the lowest rate, and the strictest gun laws. Fuck those assholes who say laws won’t change anything.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosm ... irearm.htm

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:13 pm

Sad; it seems that tragedies like this bring out the best in some. He should be more "famous" than the shooter, but I'll bet he won't be. We need more like him.

Gob · Post by **Gob** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:14 pm

"How could this happen here?"asks the Florida state. governor.

You're shitting me, right? 29 mass shootings in the US in 2018 so far, and we're 45 days into the year.

Burning Petard · Post by **Burning Petard** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:59 pm

POTUS has entered the discussion with a statement that this shooter was mentally disturbed. So!? Not disturbed enuf to present any barrier to legal purchase of a gun. The genie is long since out of the bottle. Kettle bomb, car bombs, pipe bombs, all made with materials available in too many common retail sources. Instructions on how to do it on You Tube so you can learn without even any need to read.

For me, the real question is why too many people want to kill many individuals for whom they have no intimate contact. No real research, just agenda driven stuff to prove an already firmly held position.

snailgate

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:39 pm

Just when you think the asshole-in-chief couldn't sink any lower, he blames the victims for not preventing the shooting.

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:59 pm

I heard on CNN that he is going to present a proposal to keep these things from happening again "the right way". Just what we need.

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 5:59 pm

Lord Dampnut sanctimoniously says, "It is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference." Would that include the "thoughts and prayers" that are offered by every Republican whore bought and paid for by the NRA, but then are never followed up by anything at all?

Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:41 pm

The problem is not °mental health" or "background checks" or "magazine capacity" or any other of the peripheral factors that seem to be the only issues legislators can bring themselves to mention. The fundamental problem is too many guns too readily accessible to too many people. You have to start by radically reducing the sheer number of guns, and then restrict their ownership and use. But the cowards in government won't even get close.

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