Posted on 10/02/2006 9:16:45 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Edited on 10/02/2006 12:55:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Developing....
School Shooting injures one person,
Hostage situation may be developing.
Update: Multiple Shooting Victims and Possible Hostages in Lancaster County
Not many details available yet, but an incident has been reported from Mine Rd. in Bart Township in Lancaster County involving multiple gunshot victims. Dennis Buterbaugh reports live from our newsroom. abc27 has a news crew on the way. We will update with details as they become available.
Update 2: Pennsylvania Police: Amish School is 'Horrendous Crime Scene' After Shooting
NICKEL MINES, Pa. — At least two female students and one slightly older female — who may have been a teacher's aide — were shot and killed execution style in what police say may be a revenge killing for something that happened 20 years ago.
State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller said Monday that truck driver Charles Carl Roberts IV entered the one-room Amish schoolhouse in earlier in the day. The gunman brought in pieces of wood to board up the doors to the building when he entered the school. He also stacked desks against the building's doors.
"It appears that the suspect entered school with the intention of taking hostages," Miller said.
Roberts had wire ties and plastic flex cuff, which he used to begin tying the hostages feet together after they were lined up along a blackboard. He let go 15 male students, as well as one adult female who was pregnant. Three other non-student females with infants were also allowed to leave. One shotgun and one handgun was found next to the suspect when police entered the building.
"It seems as though he wanted to attack young, female victims," Miller said.
After a half hour inside, Roberts began shooting. When the gunfire stopped, three females were found shot dead at the scene, along with the suspect, who shot himself, Miller said. At least seven more victims — some critically wounded — were transported to nearby hospitals, he said. One victim, a young girl, died in the arms of a trooper, Miller said. He could not confirm how many people died en route or at the hospital. The county coroner earlier reported six children killed but then backed off of that statement.
He backed a pick up truck to the doors. No need to carry everything at once that way.
:-)
In defense of the teacher. The teacher had no way of knowing what the gunman was going to do. For all the teacher knew...by not compling with the wishes of the gunman then he might just instantly start shooting everyone. The teacher could not forsee or even predict what the gunman was going to do or why he was there.
unless he left the community after he turned 18
Yeah, those gun free zones are hell for self defense advocates. I would refuse to let my kids (I dont have any (YET) attend any school that didn't have a trained, armed, competent lethal firearm carrying citizen on the premisis prepared to do lethal close combat with a monster intent on killing children.
Exactly.
I have a horror that maybe one of the moms holding a baby was told to leave... and one of her daughters is left inside.(a Sophie's Chocie kind of thing.)
We do not know what happened.....and it's useless to speculate.
Obviously, too many nice people have wasted their time trying to reason with you.
Look he had a gun told her to get out....what was she supposed to do....say no I don't want to...I may get critized by a poster on FR...who is sitting safely in their home.
Thanks. I just got that info from a different poster on a different page. Thanks!
No trouble supporting your tagline.
Your untimely attempt to assign blame on the pregnant women has made your post 909 the "zot" post of the thread. Now please leave and resume your theory on some other thread, this one is for the children.
this tragedy just makes me sick and realize how much evil is all around us....pure Evil.
Thanks
GAWD, GIVE THE POLITICS A REST FOR TODAY. This was a one-room Amish school house, not a 2,000 student public school. Cripes, there was one young female in the school and that was it! JUST ... PLEASE ... STOP ... THIS!
This story has stirred a lot of emotion for me, not only because I live in Lancaster and know the area of the shooting, but also because I have a very deep respect for the Amish. I simply cannot fathom why anyone would take revenge on innocent girls who had absolutely nothing to do with anything in his life.
A few have commented questioning why the teacher didn't fight back. I would contend that even an armed teacher would not be able to respond to this sort of suprise invasion. Second, fighting back would've garanteed nothing, it would very well have caused the gunman opening fire before the state police arrived and resulted in more children dying. The teacher did what was right in fleeing and calling for help, playing hero when ill equiped to complete the heroic act is absolute stupidity.
This is a tragic act by a man who could not possibly be punished adequately in this life. Not only did he kill 3 girls and injure others... he scarred a generation of this community... and for what? His 15 minutes of fame???
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