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.
I don't mind answering. No, I haven't had a gun in my face. That doesn't mean I shouldn't think about my options if it ever happens though.
Man, I couldn't agree with you more.
Some of the comments here have completely bewildered me..........
You are right, no child should witness such evil. May God bless and give strength these victimized children, their families, and their community. And may God also be gracious to this monster's own innocent children and family, who will carry the burden of his horrible and cowardly act for the rest of their days.
You have twisted my words.
The depth of evil in this is incomprehensible.
Hear, hear! I'm jumping in at post 1300 or so and I'm appalled to read that some here were doing or saying such garbage. Dang that just ticks me off and I'm glad I didn't read such drivel. God bless and comfort these poor families.
I'm off this thread after saying just one more thing.
Hell is far too good for some people. The male who committed this crime lands squarely in that category.
You would be surprised how many people can't guess that I'm not Amish.
But there are people who think I might be ex-Amish, and again, I am not that either.
Please. I'm hardcore pro-2nd Amendment. But that doesn't wash here.
This guy walked into a one-room school building armed with two handguns and a shotgun. Facing pregnant women or women carrying infants. If the teacher would have had a gun and gone for it, it would have been futile and could have increased the death toll if the perp simply started firing at that point.
Sometimes there is stark evil in the world that simply will exert its will over our existence. No what-ifs that you or I could ever conjure up could ever counter it.
This is one of those situations. All we can do is pray such evil crawls back into the hole from which it came.
But you grew up in this area?
The time to think about it is before it happens. In a panic situation, you're lucky if you can think about things you've already analyzed at length, much less try to come up with ideas out of thin air. We all need to think about how we should react in these situations.
Please, no conjecture at this point of time. I lived in Lancaster County for a couple of years. I drove through the township on my commute and it was my favorite part of that drive. My prayers go out to the entire community and the utter bewilderment they must feel about what happened to them today. The time for conjecture about other influences is tomorrow, not today.
My kid's school has armed intruder drills, where they practice what they'd do if there were an armed intruder. While they were sitting in the class room talking, waiting for the drill to be over, one of my son's classmates said that he'd crawl out the window, go out to his car, get his gun from his trunk, and go after the guy. Now he could just be talking off the cuff, but in this community, where they give the kids the day before Thanksgiving off becasue it's opening day of deer season; I'm inclined to believe the kid.
Exactly
I saw a tv commercial, one time, before it was quickly pulled. It showed an Amish family, secretly using the Internet, when a neighbor shows up at the door. Naturally, I thought of you.
I have a cell phone ring that sounds like knocking on wood. It's a great cover. ;)
Be plain,
I guessed 'ex' as well
Well, I'm not really a cat - we all have our faults
How would the victims if they were students, be old enough to be part of a 20 year incident?
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