Posted on 09/19/2018 2:42:41 PM PDT by blu
One person is dead and four injured after a shooting at a Pennsylvania courthouse, according to authorities.
Four people who were shot at the Fayette County Magistrate Court in Masontown, Pennsylvania, Wednesday afternoon were transported to the hospital, a spokesperson for the Fayette County Emergency Management told ABC News.
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Trump’s fault, I’m sure. That’s what the media will tell us.
Notes from presser: 2:00, male. shots fired. One Germantownship officer killed the bad guy. Sgt of Masontownship police dept was injured. Yeah! Bad guy down!!
SW corner of the state, borders WV & MD
Looks like a domestic case with a couple of innocent bystanders including a cop.
The gunman was shot and killed by a police officer.
This is a rural area about 50-60 miles south of Pittsburgh near the WV border.
Probably more guns per capita than anywhere else in the country and shootings are very rare, confined mainly to certain areas (wink, wink, nudge) of Uniontown.
Fayette Co is locally known as Fayette Nam, inhabited by the Fayette Cong.
I often visit nearby on business in Uniontown, Smithfield and Lamont Furnace — a stones throw to my namesake’s college WVU in Morgantown ...
My old courthouse had neither metal detectors or guards, unless we had a big trial. On those days, I just walked around the metal detector. If our courthouse had had security, I wouldn't have needed to *accessorize*. But once I did, I always wore accessories to work ;)
One report said that it started outside.
Vetnure= venture.
LMAO.
Not the same Uniontown my dad grew up in!
Great post :-)
Marshals also patrol the exterior of the courthouse so it's hard to imagine that kind of thing happening there.
Calling this a courthouse is a stretch and shows the utter ignorance and ineptitude of the media.
This is one of several magistrate courts in the county.
http://www.co.fayette.pa.us/MagisterialDistrictJudges/Pages/default.aspx
This particular one is attached to the municipal building in Masontown. Magistrate judges in Pennsylvania are tasked (among other things) with hearing traffic and summary cases and conducting preliminary hearings.
You don’t have to be a lawyer to be elected as a Magistrate.
The real “courthouse” is in Uniontown and there is security there. Some of the magistrate “courts” are in strip malls or glorified sheds.
Thanks for the info. That's just sad!
“1 Dead, 4 Injured After Shooting at Pennsylvania Courthouse”
Clearly, we need to make it illegal to carry guns into a courthouse!
Yep, that building houses the Masontown Borough offices, the Police Department (on the lower level), treasurer, billing department, and has a magistrate courtroom.
Here is the real Courthouse in Uniontown:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/21253494824
Fayette County has had very serious problems with meth and opioids.
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