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.
All injuries life threatening and very severe injuries.
>>>Ultimately, our weak human nature is responsible.
I agree - I think there are 'secondary' causes and ultimate causes, and the darkness in the human heart is the bottom line...
Still on MSNBC right now at 9 after the hour.
"If such people are Christian, I think they run the risk of ignoring Our Lord's commission to spread the Gospel to the four corners of the earth."
And once, then occurs, then all hell will break loose, literally. More so, than now. What is more evidence of evil in our time, than our children being destroyed? Evil isn't just in Al Queda, it is in a corrupt culture that glorifies hedonism, depravity, and socio-pathic entertainment activities.
And now off ....
AMEN.
Please take the trouble to read all of my posts before you respond to me. I agreed with another poster that the teachers/children were probably very unaware of how to handle a situation like this.
amen
And now off (:
Anyone heard what time the perp's wife found the suicide notes and if she contacted the cops after finding them?
And pray for this young woman who will have to struggle with this for the rest of her life.
Hmmmm.... I haven't heard a timeline on that myself.
Not sure of that, but I just read this:
"Miller said that it appears that Roberts was intent on getting revenge for something that happened 20 years ago, and it involved young females"
CNN: backpack just found inside the schoolhouse that is the perps. Evacuated school.
Horrible news - at the moment I am unable to read the details. Our prayers for the families of the victims.
The part of the press conference I heard on ABC News had the LEO stating that his wife had no idea where he was. She tried calling him but got no answer. It didn't sound like they thought she had a clue what he was planning or where he was planning to go. The LEO (sorry I didn't catch his name) said that her husband called her at 11:00am said he wasn't coming home, that the police were there, he loved her, and hung up.
Keep in mind that would have made him 12 years old.
Yes, he was young when it happened.
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