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.
THE GUNMAN IN THE AMISH SCHOOL SHOOTING TIED TOGETHER THE FEET OF MOST FEMALE STUDENTS AND ALLOWED BOYS TO LEAVE THE BUILDING BEFORE SHOOTING HIS VICTIMS EXECUTION STYLE, POLICE SAY.
I wonder how long it took the teacher to locate a phone. It appears these are Amish, Menonites. Amish do typically have phones.
Nevermind that "intercourse" is usually interchangeable with "interchange" or "intersection".
So right you are. I believe the Mennonites developed the Weaver curriculum for homeschool use just down the street in Lancaster.
Thank you for taking the words right out of my mouth.
And what an evil world we live in.
Yes--he was a monster.
I'm catching myself doing that a lot lately, too (and she says the same thing!)... I feel like Pandora's box has been re-opened.
He entered the School showing a pistol and shotgun - it wasn't until 45 minutes later that he released the boys and some of the teachers - at that time the teacher was able to use a neighbors phone to call police - remember, this is an Amish school, they don't have cell phones, etc.
Yes thats true but there isnt a federal and state law about bringing loaded guns into your house that you homeschool from like there is for schools. gun free school zones ring abell ?
When I homeschool my children believe me they will be protected unlike the slaughterhouses that every school has become since colimbine
"They aren't exactly taking 3 showers a day and they work on farms, so the one thing I'll grant is they have a bit of a "European" aroma.
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Oh, for pete's sake. Anyone who does physical labor has body odor at times. Give it a break, please! Go find another thread to pollute.
sexual 'interchange'...?
A 20 year old grudge. What could possibly fester for 20 years before he went nuts?
I can't stop the waves of goose flesh on me ...
God have mercy, Christ have mercy, God have mercy.
Me too, I'm sitting at my computer and could hear him get crack a number of times... He's doing an incredible job, there has been very little of the "I don't want comment on that at this time" statements... A few, but not many...
He was a worthless POS.
must have been half hour, forty five minutes at least before help arrived. all the more reason to be self sufficient.
Read the story. They were all little girls and there was 1 teachers aide. The teacher's aide was most likely an older/former student helping out. What would you have the children do? Wrestle a semi-automatic weapon from the guy?
" How will these poor people ever recover from this. those poor, poor children. and what the others witnessed. "
I'd be willing to bet that the de rigeur swarm of "grief counsellors" and other ghoulish "helpers" will NOT be welcome in this community....
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