The articles I've seen are kind of confused, but as far as I can tell, the gunman killed one guy, and then a bunch of other people got injured by policemen trying to take him down.
Which... yeah.
At the very least. It is pretty sad when the deliberate murderer shoots less people than cops trying to stop him; were they blindfolded or something?
You would have done better? The cops did great. Remember, they were shooting into a crowd. What do you expect?
Not shooting into a crowd if they cannot be any more accurate. I understand ricochets, but according to Yahoos report three people were just flat out shot. Police shot more innocent people than the murderer they were trying to stop. The video does not show them firing "into a crowd:" One officer was about five and the other maybe ten feet away, closer than anyone, so at worst they fired within a crowd. The video does not support even that, because only four people are visible "down range."
RAFO (falsely) says the link is broken, but here is the video: http://bostinno.com/2012/08/27/empire-state-building-shooting-surveillance-tapes-released-by-nypd-video/#ss__212155_1_0__ss
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This message last edited by Joel on 27/08/2012 at 08:22:36 PM
*EDIT* Another mass shooting in America...no big deal, another day another drama....
- 24/08/2012 08:34:52 PM
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Could you link to a serious article?
- 24/08/2012 08:38:37 PM
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serious link
- 24/08/2012 08:44:42 PM
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Huffington post isn't serious either.....it's a biased rag. Please try again! *NM*
- 25/08/2012 04:42:57 PM
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That wasn't a mass shooting. That was a disgruntled coworker killing his boss
- 24/08/2012 08:46:45 PM
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9 people shot and 2 dead isnt a mass shooting?
- 24/08/2012 10:44:40 PM
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Funnily/Horribly enough, the additional casualties are apparently NOT from the original shooter...
- 25/08/2012 12:32:36 AM
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Noticed that, too; hopefully some folks lose their badges over it.
- 26/08/2012 02:17:35 AM
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Really?
- 27/08/2012 03:13:17 PM
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I hope I would do better if trained to do so, yes.
- 27/08/2012 07:33:48 PM
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No. 9 people were wounded from the shrapnel. 2 killed were the shooter and his 1 victim.
- 27/08/2012 03:11:16 PM
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+1 - What happened in Norway was a mass shooting/killing.
- 25/08/2012 04:39:57 PM
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Re: +1 - What happened in Norway was a mass shooting/killing.
- 25/08/2012 05:12:20 PM
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There is no "threat" of the DP in America.....except perhaps in Texas! *NM*
- 25/08/2012 10:22:10 PM
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And VA, and FL and all the other states executing people (incidentally including CO.)
- 26/08/2012 02:27:52 AM
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Technically I think it takes six deaths to be a mass shooting.
- 24/08/2012 08:54:34 PM
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whatever it statrted out as...it ended with 9 people shot in front of the Empire state building *NM*
- 24/08/2012 10:48:01 PM
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The "shooter" shot his ex-boss, then cops shot him and hit 7 others with shrapnel *NM*
- 25/08/2012 10:36:33 PM
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300 people die in this country every hour, so actually it isn't a big deal
- 24/08/2012 11:22:33 PM
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