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Memphis cops thwart mass shooting at Jewish school by taking down 'former student' armed with a gun as he fired shots and tried to force his way inside
Daily Mail UK ^ | July 31, 2023 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 07/31/2023 10:14:29 PM PDT by Morgana

Staff at a Memphis Jewish school have been praised for their quick thinking after they blocked an armed man from entering and then called the police, leading to him being stopped shortly after.

Workers at Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South called police at 12:20pm on Monday to report that a man with a handgun had tried to get into the school, and fired his gun outside.

Michael Masters, CEO of the Secure Community Network, told Jewish Telegraphic Agency the suspect was a male in his 40s who tried to enter the school but was prevented from doing so due to a security system.

Congressman Steve Cohen told The Daily Memphian the suspect was Jewish, and a former student.

On finding the entrance blocked, he fled, but the school shared security camera footage of the suspect and told police he was driving a maroon Ram pickup truck with California tags.

The man was pulled over around three miles from the school.

When he got out, he confronted police with his handgun, and was shot.

He has been taken to hospital, and remains in a critical condition.

'Today is a great example of very alert, vigilant officers trying to protect the city,' said Assistant Police Chief Don Crowe.

'I personally truly believe that we have avoided a tragedy. I think the suspect was going to harm somebody before the day was over.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: sauropod
he was trying to make some lefty point or other...

...but the Colonel's Secret Recipe proved too irresistible.

21 posted on 08/01/2023 3:29:48 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Morgana
When he got out, he confronted police with his handgun, and was shot.


22 posted on 08/01/2023 3:35:27 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Kahlil Gibran)
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To: Sirius Lee

Apparently so.


23 posted on 08/01/2023 4:29:08 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: Morgana

Imagine what a locked door can do.


24 posted on 08/01/2023 4:34:49 AM PDT by Nifty
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To: lee martell

Another manifesto, that won’t see the light of day, I’m sure.


25 posted on 08/01/2023 4:53:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bgill

I trust the murderer dies.


26 posted on 08/01/2023 5:06:32 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: bgill

Looking at that picture, and the tittys on that dude, maybe he was “transitioning”. But they’d tell us right?


27 posted on 08/01/2023 5:44:05 AM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: sauropod

It was during first Trump impeachment I think and he did it to imply Trump was, “too chicken” to show up and subject himself to the dem shitshow Q&A bash sessions. I had never heard of him before that and along with his buddy Rep Castro (forget where he was from) were two of the standouts who I decided would one day give pencil neck a run for his money as most absurd and useless oxygen thieves in Congress.


28 posted on 08/01/2023 5:53:39 AM PDT by AlanSC (Bleach Demon)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
29 posted on 08/01/2023 5:54:33 AM PDT by SJackson (All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism)
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To: broken_clock

And maybe he was on none and should have been on some


30 posted on 08/01/2023 6:22:09 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Nifster

Considering his age that is a valid point.


31 posted on 08/01/2023 7:55:54 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: mabarker1

Just kill the SOB .......


32 posted on 08/01/2023 10:13:10 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Squantos

I’m in for that but just taking the long way just to gather some data to see if all these losers are drugged.


33 posted on 08/01/2023 10:21:55 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

He kisses so much black a$$, he might as well be black. He is a loathsome creature who I despise with all my being. I am stuck with him as my congress critter.


34 posted on 08/01/2023 1:31:35 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: mabarker1

of course they are ,


35 posted on 08/02/2023 12:18:59 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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