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 wouldn't want the teachers armed here, but I do think it is time to have every entrance with video cameras along with the parking lot, etc., so if someone strange approaches the school, the school gets locked down automatically including classrooms and the police immediately notified.
I think surveillance cameras are a must today at the schools with someone monitoring them while school is in session.
I believe that the Amish feel it would make one too prideful.
It's because they feel children will be working on the family farms after that age and the kids are definitely not encouraged to pursue "fancy" (worldly)lifestyles. I'm from Amish/Mennonite country in N. Indiana and know them well. Fine people.
Care to explain the tagline?
An admirable example for the rest of America.
That's why it gives some people the creeps. Traits not found to often these days.
Yes, his time here will be very short, no doubt.
Ditto; I'm in the York area and I visit that area all the time just for the farmers markets etc.
Wow. What an awful day.
Prayers for the town.
I don't know. Or maybe someone who lives in the area and has done business with them.
you haven't noticed that its never inner city schools that this happens in? some schools have "unofficial" means of dealing with this, even if its gangbangers just protecting their own.
We are all born with original sin and freedom of will.
IMO There are people who are just naughty by nature.
I couldn't agree more. Thank you, RM.
Drug problem hits Amish youth as well.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3919/is_200210/ai_n9130493/pg_11
Interesting.
I recall the old Movie "Friendly Persuasion" with Gary Cooper..and it sounds like they are still living that way today..It's sweet.
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In the old days that was the "tax system" in most of rural America.
As things have changed, the Amish, and others, have had to change.
There are monastic orders (Catholic and Orthodox and Buddhist) as well as communal groups like the Shakers, where landownership is in common.
Not sure "land in production" is let off the tax hook though. That's usually termed "unrelated business income" or UBIT in the tax laws.
They were Quakers in that movie
Really? I've been listening to FOX...I didn't hear that. Has that been confirmed?
Sorry, I didn't mean to send that via private mail.
MSNBC. She's been there for at least five years.
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