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3 hurt in Pa. court shooting leave hospital; gunman identified
Police One ^ | Sept 19, 2018

Posted on 09/20/2018 1:41:32 PM PDT by robowombat

3 hurt in Pa. court shooting leave hospital; gunman identifiedThe gunman, Patrick Dowdell, 61, was shot and killed by a German Township police officer

MASONTOWN, Pa. — Three civilians wounded when a gunman opened fire outside a crowded courtroom have been released from hospital, officials said Thursday.

The three were taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, following Wednesday's shooting in southwestern Pennsylvania's Fayette County. The two men, ages 35 and 47, and a 39-year-old woman were all released Wednesday night, the hospital said.

The gunman, Patrick Dowdell, 61, of Masontown, was shot and killed by a German Township police officer. Another officer who was wounded, Masontown police Sgt. R. Scott Miller, was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Police kill gunman after he shoots 4, including cop, in court lobby Dowdell entered the lobby in Masontown around 2 p.m. Wednesday with a handgun drawn and opened fire, authorities said. He had been due in court on charges related to domestic violence.

Miller first encountered Dowdell and was injured when he exchanged gunfire with the shooter. When Miller took cover, Fayette County prosecutor Richard Bower said, the gunman fired shots injuring the two men and one woman.

Dowdell had been arrested Aug. 25 and charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, strangulation, simple assault and harassment. It wasn't clear whether any of the wounded civilians were connected to that domestic violence case.

Miller, who was shot in the hand, is expected to make a full recovery.


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1 posted on 09/20/2018 1:41:32 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat

Patrick Dowdell

That’s a last name I have never seen.

Patrick, that could be Irish, but Dowdell could be from anywhere.


2 posted on 09/20/2018 1:45:38 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: robowombat

Sounds like a bad dude for whom violence was a way of life.


3 posted on 09/20/2018 1:49:40 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Blue House Sue

Our domestic enemies have been receiving a lot of bad news lately....


4 posted on 09/20/2018 1:50:48 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Dowdell had been arrested Aug. 25 and charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, strangulation, simple assault and harassment.”

Let’s see.

He assaulted someone with a weapon.

He made a terrorist threat.

He strangled someone

And to to that off, he assaulted someone.

But none of that was enough to keep this thug in jail.


5 posted on 09/20/2018 1:53:42 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: robowombat
patrick crystal dowdell 2 Suspected Gunman In Masontown Shooting Was Due In Court On Strangulation, Other Domestic Violence Charges
Sources believe Dowdell was targeting his wife, not magistrate Judge Dan Shimshock or his staff.
6 posted on 09/20/2018 1:54:29 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Blue House Sue
Dowdell

Irish. I've known a few.

7 posted on 09/20/2018 1:55:48 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: robowombat

Less Dowdell.

More cowbell.


8 posted on 09/20/2018 1:55:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Robert DeLong

He does look like a wild man.


9 posted on 09/20/2018 1:55:58 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: robowombat
A-hole Dowdell had been making threats against his wife and had assaulted her. She had recently gotten a "Protection From Attack" order from the court after he threatened to kill her if she divorced him.

His wife — more than 20 years younger than he was — was one of the people he killed, along with a police officer who tried to stop him. The third person killed was Dowdell himself.

He doesn't look particularly scary.

10 posted on 09/20/2018 1:56:07 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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“He doesn’t look particularly scary. “

Yeah, the media posts a nice loving picture of him, but not the pictures when he is strangling someone or shooting at cops.

Next the media will be posing pictures of him from middle school.


11 posted on 09/20/2018 1:59:20 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Robert DeLong

“Sources believe Dowdell was targeting his wife, not magistrate Judge Dan Shimshock or his staff.”

Oh, in that case, it was just a misunderstanding when he started firing shots in a crowded courthouse.


12 posted on 09/20/2018 2:01:47 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

I bet his bail bondsman is unhappy.


13 posted on 09/20/2018 3:10:28 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: robowombat

I’m thinking he was probably guilty as charged.


14 posted on 09/20/2018 3:14:40 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: VanShuyten
I bet his bail bondsman is unhappy.

Why? He showed up in court when he was supposed to and didn't jump bail. Bondsman should get his bond back, and he collected his fee up front.

15 posted on 09/20/2018 3:17:01 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: robowombat

He had been due in court on charges related to domestic violence. ... Guilty.


16 posted on 09/20/2018 3:17:42 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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“He had been due in court on charges related to domestic violence. ... Guilty.”

Shooting up the courthouse does not generally help your case.


17 posted on 09/20/2018 3:37:17 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: robowombat
Just down the road.

This is a heavily armed rural area and shootings are very rare.

Of course this happened in a "gun free zone", i.e., the magistrate's office.

All law abiding citizens were unarmed.

18 posted on 09/20/2018 8:11:48 PM PDT by Eagles6
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