Breaking multiple people shot near Empire

[copzgirl1171]

State bldg.

:-(

[runforrest]

I just....what is wrong with people!?!?!?

[copzgirl1171]

EVELOPING: Multiple people were shot Friday near the Empire State building in Manhattan, the New York City Police Department confirmed to FoxNews.com.
Authorities would not say how many victims were shot. The New York City Fire Department said "several people" were injured in the shooting, which happened at 9:07 a.m. on 34th and 5th Avenue.
One gunman has been taken into custody, WABC-TV reported.


Read more: www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/24/multiple-people-shot-near-empire-state-building-in-manhattan-police-say/#ixzz24TF7sJEw

[Kristinmo]

They are now reporting on TV (fox news) that the gunman is dead

[2vermont]

Well now, I guess we are going ot have a rash of shootings since the Dark Knight.

[laurenpetro]

Aug 24, 2012 8:45:30 GMT -5 2vermont said:

Well now, I guess we are going ot have a rash of shootings since the Dark Knight.

Not to be blithe about it, but it is New York. I'm not sure this has much to do with Aurora.

[mcgee]

Aug 24, 2012 8:45:30 GMT -5 2vermont said:

Well now, I guess we are going ot have a rash of shootings since the Dark Knight.

Sadly, they happen every day in this country. Hell, I live in a nice, quiet, safe suburb of Austin, and we had a shooting here this week that sent 4 people to the hospital. It happened during the night after a group of people met up for a planned fight and someone started shooting. If you're going to have widespread access to guns, people are going to get shot.

[2vermont]

Aug 24, 2012 8:49:22 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

Aug 24, 2012 8:45:30 GMT -5 2vermont said:

Well now, I guess we are going ot have a rash of shootings since the Dark Knight.

Not to be blithe about it, but it is New York. I'm not sure this has much to do with Aurora.

Eh, I thought crime was down in New York CIty. Besides, this doesn't sound like your average shooting in the streets of NYC.

[OscarQ]

And my crazy FB friend has somehow already blamed this on Bloomberg. Her post "Bloomberg, you suck. NYC is going back to the dark ages!" Uhm, okay. Probably just some really random mentally ill person but that's okay, go on with blaming Bloomberg.

Very sad for the bystander that was killed and the others who were shot. I hope the wounded make full recoveries.

[Deleted]

That is awful :-(

[dev22]

Aug 24, 2012 8:51:28 GMT -5 mcgee said:

Aug 24, 2012 8:45:30 GMT -5 2vermont said:

Well now, I guess we are going ot have a rash of shootings since the Dark Knight.

Sadly, they happen every day in this country. Hell, I live in a nice, quiet, safe suburb of Austin, and we had a shooting here this week that sent 4 people to the hospital. It happened during the night after a group of people met up for a planned fight and someone started shooting. If you're going to have widespread access to guns, people are going to get shot.

I agree with your comment about gun access for sure. But mass shootings and gun violence in general are slightly different IMO. Both horrible, but someone walking in and killing or trying to kill a bunch of random people is different from a gang member shooting at a rival gang.

[marie427]

This is awful. That area is PACKED at 9:00 am. It's a wonder more people weren't killed. Thank goodness for the cop's quick shot.

NY Post is reporting that the killer stalked an old co-worker in the area and then shot him dead. Then he went on to shoot innocent bystanders, one of whom died. There are no words.

[Deleted]

Aug 24, 2012 9:27:49 GMT -5 marie427 said:

This is awful. That area is PACKED at 9:00 am. It's a wonder more people weren't killed. Thank goodness for the cop's quick shot.

NY Post is reporting that the killer stalked an old co-worker in the area and then shot him dead. Then he went on to shoot innocent bystanders, one of whom died. There are no words.

WTF is wrong with people? I mean, really, what could a co-worker POSSIBLY do that the deserve to be shot?

I also agree with mcgee. But wouldn't want to fuck with the 2nd Amendment!

[dylanite]

Ditto the popular reactions!

[pescalita]

Aug 24, 2012 10:02:00 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

Aug 24, 2012 9:27:49 GMT -5 marie427 said:

This is awful. That area is PACKED at 9:00 am. It's a wonder more people weren't killed. Thank goodness for the cop's quick shot.

NY Post is reporting that the killer stalked an old co-worker in the area and then shot him dead. Then he went on to shoot innocent bystanders, one of whom died. There are no words.

WTF is wrong with people? I mean, really, what could a co-worker POSSIBLY do that the deserve to be shot?

I also agree with mcgee. But wouldn't want to fuck with the 2nd Amendment!

The Westboro Baptist Church should be round up and shot. But wouldn't want to fuck with the 1st amendment!

There was a shooting in San Jose last night too. They don't know if it was gang-related or what. Not on the national news. Anything that happens in midtown Manhattan is automatically important to the rest of the world.

[2vermont]

Aug 24, 2012 10:33:00 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Aug 24, 2012 10:02:00 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

WTF is wrong with people? I mean, really, what could a co-worker POSSIBLY do that the deserve to be shot?

I also agree with mcgee. But wouldn't want to fuck with the 2nd Amendment!

The Westboro Baptist Church should be round up and shot. But wouldn't want to fuck with the 1st amendment!

There was a shooting in San Jose last night too. They don't know if it was gang-related or what. Not on the national news. Anything that happens in midtown Manhattan is automatically important to the rest of the world.

Well, yeah! ;-)

[ttt]

I'm going to guess that the gun used in the shooting was purchased in a state with lax gun laws like Virginia or Georgia and not New York. I could be wrong, but it's my guess.

[laurenpetro]

Aug 24, 2012 8:54:52 GMT -5 2vermont said:

Aug 24, 2012 8:49:22 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

Not to be blithe about it, but it is New York. I'm not sure this has much to do with Aurora.

Eh, I thought crime was down in New York CIty. Besides, this doesn't sound like your average shooting in the streets of NYC.

there have been a LOT of shootings lately in the city. there are reports at least every other week of bystanders being killed.

[2vermont]

Aug 24, 2012 10:42:46 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

Aug 24, 2012 8:54:52 GMT -5 2vermont said:

Eh, I thought crime was down in New York CIty. Besides, this doesn't sound like your average shooting in the streets of NYC.

there have been a LOT of shootings lately in the city. there are reports at least every other week of bystanders being killed.

Oh, wow. Perhpas crime is going back up. But why?

[ttt]

Aug 24, 2012 10:48:55 GMT -5 2vermont said:

Aug 24, 2012 10:42:46 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

there have been a LOT of shootings lately in the city. there are reports at least every other week of bystanders being killed.

Oh, wow. Perhpas crime is going back up. But why?

I'm not sure about shootings specifically but murders are way way down in NYC this year.

www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/02/chicago-murder-rate-surges-as-new-york-s-drops-to-record-low.html

[Deleted]

My dad just called and warned me to stay uptown today. Good thing, too, bc I was about to take the baby and go down to 34th. I had no idea.

I think of this more along the lines of someone going postal and not "NY in
the 70s" type crime. Still horrible, but I'm not worried about the crime rate going up.

[Deleted]

Its got to the point where my first response was "really? how boring". Sad.

[meshaliuknits]

Aug 24, 2012 10:33:00 GMT -5 pescalita said:

There was a shooting in San Jose last night too. They don't know if it was gang-related or what. Not on the national news. Anything that happens in midtown Manhattan is automatically important to the rest of the world.

And nearly every day in Richmond and Oakland and they don't always make local news. But at least in Oakland they publish how many homicides there are a year.

[iammalcolmx]

Aug 24, 2012 10:02:00 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

WTF is wrong with people? I mean, really, what could a co-worker POSSIBLY do that the deserve to be shot?

I can think of plenty of things folks you work with can do to drive you crazy enough to want to shoot up the place even though I wouldn't do it. Random people though? I got nothing.

[ttt]

Aug 24, 2012 12:22:52 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Aug 24, 2012 10:02:00 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

WTF is wrong with people? I mean, really, what could a co-worker POSSIBLY do that the deserve to be shot?

I can think of plenty of things folks you work with can do to drive you crazy enough to want to shoot up the place even though I wouldn't do it. Random people though? I got nothing.

That's what I don't get. I mean, shooting people who actually did you wrong, while wrong, is something I can comprehend. But why would you just shoot at random people?