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LIVE COVERAGE: Active shooter in custody at Santa Fe HS***[W:13]***[W:1213]

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Seeing reports of nine dead.
 
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biff_poindexter said:
From what I have read so far, multiple fatalities unfortunately (although one is too many) -- the weapon used is believed to be a shotgun.

This is engrained in our culture now and no gun law would have prevented it -- maybe more armed staff in schools or total school shutdowns (prison style) will be the next possible step
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That's one of the saddest and scariest part of it. The hard question is how do we change it or can we at this point?
 
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biff_poindexter said:
From what I have read so far, multiple fatalities unfortunately (although one is too many) -- the weapon used is believed to be a shotgun.

This is engrained in our culture now and no gun law would have prevented it -- maybe more armed staff in schools or total school shutdowns (prison style) will be the next possible step
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edit .............. I was replying to a post on page ONE of the thread & then proceeded to page TWO & saw post #13 so, therefore my EDIT

CAN the MODs post their requests at the TOP of the thread? Just an idea .............
 
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It's looking like the responding officers ran towards the smoke and the fire instead of away from it.

I salute them for that.
 
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americanwoman said:
That's one of the saddest and scariest part of it. The hard question is how do we change it or can we at this point?
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Thoughts and prayers is the only way
 
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TheGoverness said:
Hopefully no one died.
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At this time, there are between 8-10 dead, and others are being treated at hospitals. The shooter threw a bomb into the art class, then went in with a sawed off shotgun and a pistol, and began firing. The art class appears to have been the target. One student is now in custody, and a second student is being detained. At this time, officers are in the process of dismantling a second pipe bomb.
 
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Reportedly 9 dead, only 3 wounded. Those figures are flip-flopped from the norm.
 
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Cardinal said:
Seeing reports of nine dead.
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That's so damn sad. May they all rest in peace.

I just texted my two high schoolers and told them to come home now. I can't handle another one of these horrors.
 
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apdst said:
Reportedly 9 dead, only 3 wounded. Those figures are flip-flopped from the norm.
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Confirmed shooter in custody, and another person of interest being detained.
RIP to the deceased students, and prayers for the wounded. Also, my best thoughts for the family members of the dead and injured.
 
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At least eight to ten people, mostly students, have been killed and 12 others were injured in a Texas high school shooting Friday, police said.
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God damn people. I don't understand how we've gotten to a point in our society/culture when were you are pissed off, the first response is that one is going to go shoot up a place.
 
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Tis a sad day. I dunno, I hate to say "back in my day..." but back in my day trucks with gun racks with guns was a common site, and if someone had a beef with someone it was handled. Generally behind the school and generally ended with a few bruises and normally with the two becoming friends afterwards. Now it just seems like kids have no avenue to resolve matters and that just builds up hate to a level that it explodes in intolerable violence.
 
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Cardinal said:
It’s important to remember that while gun owners may feel that it’s too soon to have a discussion on gun control, for the eight people killed it’s too late.
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I did not mean to give a like for this post.
Feeling embarrassed.
 
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Why even bother starting threads on these types of shootings?? Next month there will be another shooting, then another one the month after that, and then another one the month after that.

Rinse and repeat
 
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Desert Storm said:
Why even bother starting threads on these types of shootings?? Next month there will be another shooting, then another one the month after that, and then another one the month after that.

Rinse and repeat
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Because this is..... Breaking news?
 
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Ikari said:
God damn people. I don't understand how we've gotten to a point in our society/culture when were you are pissed off, the first response is that one is going to go shoot up a place.
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Untreated mental illness is the cause of most of these mass shootings.
 
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Desert Storm said:
Why even bother starting threads on these types of shootings?? Next month there will be another shooting, then another one the month after that, and then another one the month after that.

Rinse and repeat
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Because this is breaking news, and the biggest news in the country right now. The OP was very right in starting this thread and I for one am grateful to her for doing it as I am not anywhere near a television right now.
 
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Ikari said:
God damn people. I don't understand how we've gotten to a point in our society/culture when were you are pissed off, the first response is that one is going to go shoot up a place.
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There are too many parents trying to be friends with their children instead of being parents.
 
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Devastating for the families.

Too much is unknown yet but it sounded like they got the shooter, a student, alive.

I know many wish death on these shooters but for every one we get alive, my hope is to learn what motivates these loser POSs to do what they do, so that we can better identify and stop them.

From what I recently learned about 'incels' they seem like they are primed for this...and encouraging each other...not that that is the case here but it's nice they are so public about their dysfunctions so that we can 'study' them.
 
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Lursa said:
Devastating for the families.

Too much is unknown yet but it sounded like they got the shooter, a student, alive.

I know many wish death on these people but for every one we get alive, my hope is to learn what motivates these loser POSs to do what they do, so that we can better identify and stop them.

From what I recently learned about 'incels' they seem like they are primed for this...and encouraging each other...not that that is the case here but it's nice they are so public about their dysfunctions so that we can 'study' them.
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Yeah, we can hopefully learn something from them if we take them alive and see if we cannot discover warning signs better.

At the same accord, while I am very much against the Death Penalty, cases like this make me wish that we had public hangings still.
 
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Aristaeus said:
If the children were carrying AK47's this would never have happened. We need to have more guns in school to reduce the number of school shootings.
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I agree, nothing like this ever happened under Mao or Stalin, hell AKs are Russian weapons.
 
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TheGoverness said:
This is just horrible. I hate how these shootings keep happening.
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I cant imagine the family heartbreak.

And the trauma, probably lifelong, for the other students.
 
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americanwoman said:
That's one of the saddest and scariest part of it. The hard question is how do we change it or can we at this point?
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It seems so many of them are linked by social media...or exacerbated by what they see or are taunted by on social media.

Some are even organizing. Our technology seems to be enabling them.

Speaking of taunting, it remains to be seen if bullying played any part in this.

Not sure if I'll be bitched at for speculating 'so early.' :roll:
 
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The Sheriff is now reporting 8-10 are dead, and the "majority of them are students". Dear God, their poor parents and families.

My kids can't get home fast enough for me.
 
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apdst said:
There are too many parents trying to be friends with their children instead of being parents.
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Ain't that the truth?

Also, how could you not know your child is in need of mental health help?
I just don't get it.
 
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