I guess he didn’t see the sign at the mall entrance that prohibited bringing firearms into the mall. O’Malley will have to have the legislature pass a law that mandates a larger font on those “no firearms signs”.
I figured it had to be some kind of domestic dispute since he could have shot more people if he really wanted to but after shooting the two employees killed himself
Lots of pictures, but no picture of the killer?
Not a peep from the US press since the perp is a homo.
The violence of our youth from Chicago to Detroit to New Orleans to DC and now even Maryland is frightening.
Once again, you have to read a foreign paper to get the real story.
Once again, the lead politician credits police for a quick response even though the incident was over before they even arrived.
The gunman emerged from a dressing room and began shooting, killing Benlolo and Johnson and injuring others
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Not trying to be crass etc, but that is a far cry from the reports of anywhere from 2-??? gunmen, shots flying from balconies, different levels,updates and dedicating virtually the whole 11PM news to a DOMESTIC DISPUTE that happened in a mall.
Like the man says, jobamabiden suggested ALL get a shotgun, now that the last couple of ‘incidents’ have involved shotguns one would think ‘they’ would at least be suggesting Biden may bear some culpability. (I DON’T BELIEVE THAT) but if say Ted Cruz or Clint Eastwood would go national and say everyone should have a shotgun, these idiots would be trying to have Cruz or Clint be CHARGED with the murders.
Admittedly I do have a measure of paranoia when it comes to the Press and their reporting BUT it appeared to me that ‘they’ were trying to whip people into a frenzy over something that wasn’t.
I’m glad the shooter killed himself. He should have done that much sooner.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Prayers for the two victims and their families. I don’t know how I would handle loosing any of my kids that way and at such a young age. The young lady that was killed also has a two year old that is now without his mother.
bkfitzofDE, concord, 14 hours ago
From cousins email, " Lisa said that the swat team got to her store after 3 p.m. and banged on the store doors. The manager on duty came out of the stock room holding up the key to open the doors. 6 customers & other saleswomen followed. They would not let her open the door with the key and broke the doors down & told the manager to lay on the floor and they held a gun over her. The other people had guns held on them as they were all escourted out of the mall building. This apparently happened to all the stores throughout the mall....all 210 of them! The shooters body is still there and a robot is being sent in to be sure his body isn't armed. I hear they flew a bomb sniffing dog in from Ocean City as well. The Mall is closed tomorrow. 2 days of financial loss for all the stores!
Ghastly overreaction by police, destroying property and horrifying the townspeople with guns instead of, for instance, quickly photographing everyone's ID and setting up portable metal detectors and making them file through...
When this happened in Kenya recently and was not domestic incident but a wider-spread incident of terrorism, the DailyMail ran pictures a few days later of the stores badly looted, especially the electronic stores. By whom? The (Kenyan) police and national guard, who were the only ones with access once the shooting started and ended.
The lesson for me is, if I'm ever in this situation and have any means whatsoever of getting outside the mall instead of going into safe rooms, I'm going to try to get out.
RIP.
fed up, wacko land, United States, 23 hours ago
...I have worked in the prisons and with gang and drug related professionals.. Columbia does have a lot of drug related hard core gang activity that is unknown to many.... those released from prisons often do stay and live in the areas surrounding the prisons. I do know what Im talking about. It's a big problem in Columbia.
ray weaver, baltimore, United States, 23 hours ago
This was not in the hood. Columbia is a rather affluent area.Ron Amatic, Baltimore, United States, 21 hours ago
Columbia was an affluent area. Lots of section 8 housing there now, which has sent the crime rate soaring in recent years.
The instant gratification generation does not take rejection well