Three dead, six wounded in shooting at Carson City IHOP
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Source: [url]http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/reports-7-shot-at-carson-city-ihop/[/url]
[quote][Updated at 2:18 p.m.] At least two of the victims killed at a shooting in a Carson City, Nevada, IHOP restaurant were military members who were wearing their uniforms, Chuck Allen with the Nevada Highway Patrol said Tuesday.
Allen said police were still looking to find the shooter's possible motive but said regardless officials were taking precautions in case military personnel were being targeted.
"When you have people in uniform randomly targeted ... we take that seriously," Allen said.
[Updated at 2:10 p.m.] Three people were killed and six others were wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a Carson City, Nevada, IHOP restaurant, police said.
Those six victims did not include the shooter, who police said turned a gun on himself.
It "appears its going to be difficult for him to survive," Ken Furlong with the Carson City's Sheriff's Office said about the gunman.
"He was still breathing," he added.
Furlong said that currently the situation appears to be contained to the one strip mall.
"Right now it appears as though there was one shooter," Furlong said. "There does not appear to be safety concerns outside of this area."
Furlong confirmed reports that a semi-automatic weapon was used during the shooting. Some of the victims "appeared to be military folks," he said.
Officials are still investigating any possible motive.
[Updated at 1:48 p.m.] One person has been confirmed dead after a shooting at a an IHOP in Carson City, Nevada, police have told The Reno Gazette-Journal.
Lt. Rob Van Diest of the Reno Police Department also told the paper that eight people have been transported to the hospital.
[Posted at 1:46 p.m.] Seven people were shot after a man walked up to an IHOP in Carson City, Nevada, and shot a man on a motorcycle before walking inside the restaurant and opening fire, The Reno Gazette-Journal is reporting.
The owner of a store in the same shopping mall told the newspaper that he saw a man wearing a red shirt and black shorts pull up to the store in his blue minivan, take out a rifle and shoot a man on a motorcycle. The man then walked into the IHOP and began firing, the owner, Ralph Swagler, told the Gazette-Journal.
After shooting inside the IHOP, Swagler told the paper that the shooter then turned his gun to his store and began firing. He then pointed toward an H&R Block in the same mall and shot again.
CNN affiliate KNRV reports it is being told other nearby businesses are on lockdown.
Nevada Highway Patrol Northern Command spokesman Chuck Allen told CNN his agency is assisting the Carson City Sheriff’s office at the scene but offered no more details
CNN affiliate KOLO said there were reports that the shooter was "taken down," but officials could not confirm that detail.
KOLO reported that at least two women and a man were airlifted from the location. At least one other victim was taken to a hospital by ambulance.
Witnesses report hearing a semi-automatic weapon[/quote]
Developing story. Keep on the link for more information. But he's still at large.
May the dead rest in peace
Just heard that on the news here.
preemptively putting this before British people come in here saying the US is a crime/violent cess pit or something.
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the USA in 2007: 466.9
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the UK in 2007: 1900.523
Sources are the US Bureau of Justice and European Commission respectively.
[QUOTE=Aman VII;32152162]preemptively putting this before British people come in here saying the US is a crime/violent cess pit or something.
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the USA in 2007: 466.9
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the UK in 2007: 1900.523
Sources are the US Bureau of Justice and European Commission respectively.[/QUOTE]Yeah, British people can't carry guns to protect themselves, which makes them vulnerable.
[QUOTE=Aman VII;32152162]preemptively putting this before British people come in here saying the US is a crime/violent cess pit or something.
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the USA in 2007: 466.9
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the UK in 2007: 1900.523
Sources are the US Bureau of Justice and European Commission respectively.[/QUOTE]
their 2 fat to commit crimes m8
[QUOTE=Aman VII;32152162]preemptively putting this before British people come in here saying the US is a crime/violent cess pit or something.
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the USA in 2007: 466.9
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the UK in 2007: 1900.523
Sources are the US Bureau of Justice and European Commission respectively.[/QUOTE]
We have the highest homicide rate in the modern world.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;32152289]We have the highest homicide rate in the modern world.[/QUOTE]Baltimore, where I live is right up there with Detroit. And in Maryland I can't carry a gun to protect my innocent self from the homicidal maniacs that roam about.
I was thinking about eating ihop soon too.
[QUOTE=Aman VII;32152162]preemptively putting this before British people come in here saying the US is a crime/violent cess pit or something.
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the USA in 2007: 466.9
Violent crimes per 100,000 people in the UK in 2007: 1900.523
Sources are the US Bureau of Justice and European Commission respectively.[/QUOTE]
Don't you think that you yourself are being pretty inflammatory by posting this in the first place? It just seems like this could spark the same argument anyway.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;32152289]We have the highest homicide rate in the modern world.[/QUOTE]
No, actually everything south of the US is higher along with Russia and the Baltic states
[QUOTE=Broseph_;32153583]No, actually everything south of the US is higher along with Russia and the Baltic states[/QUOTE]
that's why he used the qualifier "Modern World" (as, like, a synonym for 'First World')
[editline]6th September 2011[/editline]
IE US, Western + Northern Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Canada
[QUOTE=Trainbike;32152643]Don't you think that you yourself are being pretty inflammatory by posting this in the first place? It just seems like this could spark the same argument anyway.[/QUOTE]
No of course not, random statistics are very useful
Now here are some statistics about the amount of pedophiles who are christian as opposed to ones who are buddhist
and, like, Qatar and a buncha city states if you wanna be more thorough
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