Student arrested at Mississippi State University for trying to shoot up school.
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[quote]A man is in custody after an active shooter alert at Mississippi State University (MSU) Thursday morning.
Phu-Qui Cong “Bill” Cong Nguyen, a freshman at MSU from Madison, MS, was taken into custody by MSU Police after reports of an active shooter on campus.
According to Sid Salter, chief communications officer with MSU, a Maroon Alert went out at 10:15 a.m. of a possible shooter on campus.
According to the alert, there was at “active shooter reported at Carpenter Hall, last seen in the vicinity of Lee Hall.”
The campus was on lock down until the shooter was taken into custody by MSU police at approximately 10:28 a.m.
Source: [url]http://college.usatoday.com/2015/08/27/mississippi-state-shooter[/url] [/quote]
From what I understand from an old football bud, Someone in the dorms saw this fuck and alerted campus police. They caught the dude before he was able to do anything.
-snip, fixed it as soon as I posted-
Nice, glad they caught him before anything happened.
This guy is both from my hometown and supposedly in the same major as me (computer engineering), which is kind of crazy. This whole situation was wild, I was in a building near Carpenter so a lot of people were freaking out. According to most reports apparently the guy didn't fire a shot and nobody was hurt, which is super excellent.
That said, campus was incredibly paranoid after the all clear alert came out. I was walking out of the building I was in to go back to my apartment when somebody on the big field outside apparently screamed for some reason, so a whole bunch of people started sprinting back inside in a panic. I went back to the classroom I had been in and the doors were already barricaded so I like panic-knocked on it to get them to let me in. I was really worried but it turned out to not even be an issue by that point :v:
Proper communication and places to barricade oneself is a great deterrent against this type of bullshit.
[QUOTE=Scarabix;48555290]Proper communication and places to barricade oneself is a great deterrent against this type of bullshit.[/QUOTE]
This shouldn't be happening to begin with, people should be getting the help they need
what do people get out of shooting up schools anyway
[QUOTE=Trixil;48555459]what do people get out of shooting up schools anyway[/QUOTE]
their face in the news
A Vietnamese person I assume? Strange. I wonder what spurred him into such an act, perhaps he felt discriminated against?
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;48555744]A Vietnamese person I assume? Strange. I wonder what spurred him into such an act, perhaps he felt discriminated against?[/QUOTE]
Maybe for once can we not immediately assume it's race
[QUOTE=Kylel999;48555792]Maybe for once can we not immediately assume it's race[/QUOTE]
I'm not assuming. I'm merely suggesting.
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;48555810]I'm not assuming. I'm merely suggesting.[/QUOTE]
Semantics
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;48555744]A Vietnamese person I assume? Strange. I wonder what spurred him into such an act, perhaps he felt discriminated against?[/QUOTE]
Great work trying to make this seem racially motivated
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;48555810]I'm not assuming. I'm merely suggesting.[/QUOTE]
You literally said "I assume". Also
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48555994]Semantics[/QUOTE]
To be fair, when he said "I assume" he was talking about assuming he was Vietnamese, probably because of his name, not assuming the incident was racially motivated.
[QUOTE=IAreLegend;48556296]To be fair, when he said "I assume" he was talking about assuming he was Vietnamese, probably because of his name, not assuming the incident was racially motivated.[/QUOTE]
This is true, but a bit beside the point - he put out there that his first conclusion was that it was possibly racially motivated.
[QUOTE=Ermac20;48555402]This shouldn't be happening to begin with, people should be getting the help they need[/QUOTE]
Lol I know what we should do, we should have a crack squad of psychologists and psychiatrists that force themselves into everyones homes with battering rams and plastic explosives. Then they'll force them to comply with a comprehensive Mental Health screening! Only then will we be able to make sure people are getting "the help that they need". My point is that you can't blame Mental Health providers for shit like this, there's a responsibility on the individual to actually present themselves to Mental Health to receive care. Not every suicide/incident like this can be prevented.
People aren't going to get help unless they look for it, unless they're forcefully institutionalized that is. So unless he tried to get help and no one helped him, more psych care wouldn't have helped him. Granted its too early to know what kind of help he may have sought or if he was even looking at all.
He was only a freshman? The school year has literally just started in America. He couldn't have been attending the school for more than 2 weeks...
[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48556633]There's a responsibility on the individual to actually present themselves to Mental Health to receive care.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=UncleJimmema;48556688]People aren't going to get help unless they look for it.[/QUOTE]
People aren't gonna seek help they can't afford even if they're 100% sure it will help them (most doubt it will). We could have the best mental healthcare in the universe but that means jack shit if it's not accessible.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;48557037]People aren't gonna seek help they can't afford even if they're 100% sure it will help them (most doubt it will). We could have the best mental healthcare in the universe but that means jack shit if it's not accessible.[/QUOTE]
No buddy that's not how it works and that's definitely not the #1 reason why people don't seek Mental Health care. Also with a Health Care plan it's affordable.
[QUOTE=Whyt546;48556904]He was only a freshman? The school year has literally just started in America. He couldn't have been attending the school for more than 2 weeks...[/QUOTE]
Whoa, syllabus day/week is pretty intimidating man. All those hours of a few pages of paper being repeated in every class can drive a person nuts.
I was just reading up on virginia tech last night, both interesting and sad that this stuff happens
No gun?
What did they confuse for his gun, how was he determined to go on this rampage?
[QUOTE=WarriorWounds;48554701]Nice, glad they caught him before anything happened.[/QUOTE]
I'm kinda glad that the headlines are now "Person caught before shooting tragedy happened".
[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;48555532]their face in the news[/QUOTE]
Didn't one of these shitweeds get a whole 60 minutes special about them?
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;48555744]A Vietnamese person I assume? Strange. I wonder what spurred him into such an act, perhaps he felt discriminated against?[/QUOTE]
definitely vietnamese. mississippi has an absolutely massive vietnamese population
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[QUOTE=Whyt546;48556904]He was only a freshman? The school year has literally just started in America. He couldn't have been attending the school for more than 2 weeks...[/QUOTE]
school as MSU started friday
[QUOTE=WarriorWounds;48557844]What did they confuse for his gun, how was he determined to go on this rampage?[/QUOTE]
Guy apparently kinda snapped and threatened to kill himself and anybody that tried to stop him. Someone called the authorities and he was flagged as an active shooter. Probably the best way to handle the situation given that nobody really knew if he had one or not.
[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48556633]Lol I know what we should do, we should have a crack squad of psychologists and psychiatrists that force themselves into everyones homes with battering rams and plastic explosives. Then they'll force them to comply with a comprehensive Mental Health screening! Only then will we be able to make sure people are getting "the help that they need". My point is that you can't blame Mental Health providers for shit like this, there's a responsibility on the individual to actually present themselves to Mental Health to receive care. Not every suicide/incident like this can be prevented.[/QUOTE]
What the hell are you on about every time someone mentions that the mental healthcare system needs to be improved? No one was even remotely suggesting anything your making noise about.
All anyone ever suggests is that the mental health system be given more funding while also making it more inclusive. You're the one insinuating inane shit.
[editline]28th August 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48557382]No buddy that's not how it works and that's definitely not the #1 reason why people don't seek Mental Health care. Also with a Health Care plan it's affordable.[/QUOTE]
Lol you don't have much experience with the mental healthcare system do you?
Shit gets retardedly expensive and sometimes you can't even afford to make copays. For example one bottle of abilify when I was on it would cost [B]a couple hundred dollars[/B] as a copay. That shits expensive. Therapy sessions are also quite expensive even though most doctors accept payment on a scale rather then as a flat rate. My therapist is 100$ a session as a copay and that's at the lower end of the pay scale.
The mental health system as its currently built mostly benefits those who can afford insurance or pay out of pocket. Sadly a good portion of the people who require mental health services don't fall under that umbrella.
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