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BREAKING: Workplace Shooting in Chicago

Posted on 08/27/2003 8:01:51 AM PDT by Petruchio

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To: AngryJawa
I'll bet he looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone...

That's the lesson when you're caught messing with the wife of a jealous man.

61 posted on 08/27/2003 10:06:48 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Lazamataz
Here we go again.
62 posted on 08/27/2003 10:13:03 AM PDT by jjm2111 (.)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
It's amazing to see that many articles posted on the Free Republic regarding tragedies, shootings, major events, murders, personal suffering, natural disasters, etc, seemed to have turned into nothing but joke fests....

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
- Mel Brooks

Lighten up, Francis.

63 posted on 08/27/2003 10:19:34 AM PDT by Charles Martel ("Knowledge is Good" - Emile Faber)
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To: Charles Martel
LOL, you quote a drug using, leftist, hollywood liberal screw worm.

Lighten up Chuck....

64 posted on 08/27/2003 10:48:26 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Beelzebubba
"...a 32 gun in his pocket for fun..."

No, not yet! First there's: ...and he likes his fancy clothes,

and he likes to wear his diamond rings

on everybody's nose!

He got a custom Continental,

He got a El Dorado too...

...a 32 gun in his pocket for fun...

...he got a razor in his shoe!

65 posted on 08/27/2003 10:59:57 AM PDT by Destructor
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To: michigander
We now have 7 dead. The owners, secretary, one of the owners sons, the shooter. I don't have all the details yet, police aren't releasing much.

The shooter was a Salvador Tapia. He was 35 years old and had had a couple of marriages. Not a stable guy according to neighbors. ( gee really?) Known as a hothead. ( another stunning revelation)
66 posted on 08/27/2003 11:07:09 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Thank you, McClintock supporters, for all your nasty and insulting emails.)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
I wonder if he was an illegal alien.
67 posted on 08/27/2003 11:16:07 AM PDT by SCR1
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs

Man opens fire at warehouse

Seven dead, including gunman

August 27, 2003 — A disgruntled worker opened fire at a South Side warehouse. Seven people-- including the suspect-- were killed.

At 8:45 a.m., the suspect, identified as a 36-year-old man, walked into Windy City Core Supply, a company that rebuilds auto parts and redistributes them, and opened fire. Police believe the disgruntled employee was either about to be fired or had recently been let go. The suspect was leaving the scene at 3912 S. Wallace when police arrived. He exchanged fire with the officers and went back inside, leading to a hostage situation.

"Again, I am assuming police responded to shots fired at 3912 Wallace. There was an exchange of gunfire on the street between the police and the armed offender," said Chicago Police Department spokesman Pat Camden said.

Police were unable to contact the suspect by phone, but officers were able to push their way inside, where more gunfire was reported around 10 a.m. Seven people-- including the gunman-- were killed. It is not clear if the suspect's wounds were self-inflicted of from the police shootout.

The suspect died at Cook County Hospital. Officers road in the ambulance from the scene as paramedics performed CPR.

"As in all trauma cases, they move right into action doing what they can to save the victims, whomever it is," said Don Rashid, Cook Co. Hospital.

Two victims also died at the hospital. The Cook County medical examiner confirms four others were found dead inside the building.

Frederick Bishop's aunt works inside the building where the shooting occurred. He spoke with her during the incident.

"She told me in there they got a man down and some wild man went berserk shooting people and over a work thing. And she's in there," said Bishop. "She is nervous. She said she was scared and fear for her life because people still laying down."

Bishop's cell phone cut out after that conversation and he has not heard from her since.

Neighborhood evacuated

Officials closed down 39th, Union, Lowe, and Wallace streets in the Bridgeport and Canaryville area. Several buildings in the industrial area were also evacuated.

"After the SWAT team got here and took their positions, they ordered us to evacuate because we are in the line of fire and the high power rifles," said Jim Marozas, manager Lee Lumber.

"I didn't know what was going on until I put on the TV and watched the news. People kept saying there was a shooter running around, but on television, they explained it was on 39th and Wallace," said Celine Flynn, neighbor.

Businesses remain closed in the area.


68 posted on 08/27/2003 11:57:29 AM PDT by michigander
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To: Coop
Latest from CBS radio news is 7 dead, including the killer. No information on the type firearm(s) used. Also no word on if the killer did himself, or the police did for him.

69 posted on 08/27/2003 12:44:40 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: michigander
It's a sad day here in Chicago ;( RIP to the victims and God give strength to their families.
70 posted on 08/27/2003 1:01:18 PM PDT by JustPiper ( "Free Republic" - The Greatest Information Truth Highway on the Internet!)
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To: El Gato
What I find odd is when we had the first press conference here, the chief said the suspect was handcuffed and walked, saying yes he was shot but was walking?
71 posted on 08/27/2003 1:02:36 PM PDT by JustPiper ( "Free Republic" - The Greatest Information Truth Highway on the Internet!)
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To: Petruchio
That really did'nt happen because Illinois has some of the strictist gun laws and of course gun control means no crime.(sarcasm)
72 posted on 08/27/2003 1:40:23 PM PDT by INSENSITIVE GUY
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To: seamole
Workplace shooting = more gun laws

When this news came out, I did not know what state it was in, or what laws pertain, or what weapon was used, or if it was legally owned ... But I knew that this would lead to calls for more, and more elaborate, gun laws.

I is real smart.

73 posted on 08/27/2003 6:02:17 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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