Shooting at Illinois State Capitol Building, Suspect still at large!

WTAX Radio

[egarvue]

According to local radio station WTAX, there has been a shooting at the Illinois State capitol building in Springfield; a suspect is still at large. Victim's identity and condition is unknown; will post more details when they're available.

[Redbob]

"I'm surprised we haven't heard from Diane Feinswine yet."

She's frantically working up a lather, and her press release, even as I punch this out...

[Redbob]

Metal detectors without armed guards would be silly;
metal detectors WITH armed guards would have been superfluous (it was a 12 ga. shotgun, after all).

Notice the trend here, Illini?

[snapperjk]

Metal detectors without armed guards would be silly; metal detectors WITH armed guards would have been superfluous (it was a 12 ga. shotgun, after all). Notice the trend here, Illini?

Soccer, Football or Volleyball? I was thinking Volleyball, ....LOL

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I just heard on Chicago-area radio - the security guard is dead and the authorities are expected to file murder charges against the perp shooter.

[spunkets]

Did they catch the creep yet, or is he still running around?

[snapperjk]

Did they catch the creep yet, or is he still running around?

Ditto....??

[egarvue]

MAJOR UPDATE

Police are at 5th and Cook streets, near the YMCA. Police are entering into an apartment building, which local news reports are saying that the police have referred to as, quote, "the suspect's apartment." SWAT team members are one the scene, and snipers have been set up. Hostage negotiators have been seen entering the building. Situation very fluid, will keep you updated.

[egarvue]

Suspect is still at large: white, blond, "chili bowl" haircut, early 20's, light blue shirt, jeans, a white or silver 4 door Civic-style foreign car, no license plates. That's all we know so far about the perp.

[spunkets]

Update in #87 & 88.

[snapperjk]

This is quite an eye opener. We have 50 SC's. This guy probably, but still unknown why not, could have made his way through the SC and go unchallenged committing total carnage. If this guy turns out to be a 'preppy', just imagine what al-qaeda could do on simultaneous scale. I am beginning to think this Homeland Defense department is a joke. We are so vulnerable. Sad.

[egarvue]

All indications are that he ran in (up a very short flight of stairs), shot the guard, and ran out. Lots of speculation on local radio that this was not random - but that is pure speculation.

[spunkets]

IL looks unique. THe others have armed cops. Looks lke the liberals in the IL capitol pulled them recently. Probably to enable something like this for an excuse for more gun control.

I'll bet this moron is insane like the nut that tried to bomb a smiley face on the US map. First he runs out of a store with a shotgun. Then he goes to a gun store with it and demands a rifle. He gets chased out in a gunfight and goes to the SC, walks up the steps with a shotgun and kills an unarmed guard. Then flees.

If the Ds don't care if they get blasted by random nut cases, I don't care. I do care that they insist everyone else poses as a perfect victim.

[egarvue]

Update

This is a view of the capitol building from the northwest side. The street in front is Monroe street, a one way street that the suspect is supposed to have fled down (east). The entrance that the perp ran up can be seen in the photo just above the red van on the left side of the pic; there is a short flight of stairs to the doors there just underneath those arches. Right by those bushes at the extreme left of the pic is the exit of the driveway that curves by that entrance. It would be very easy for someone to drive up that driveway (enter on 2nd street), park in front there, and escape out that exit.

I will try to find a better pic.

[Ford Fairlane]

its been a while since ive been there, someone else said the metal detectors were installed temporarily after sept 11 & have been removed

[snapperjk]

I applied some editing to lighten it up. Hope this helps. Thanks for the info.

[egarvue]

Update

Capital guard victim in the shooting is a 51 year old man from Petersburg, IL (town NW of Springfield). He leaves behind a wife, 16 year old son, and a 12 year old daughter. No word yet on apprehending the suspect; earlier reports of police surrounding building was a lead that didn't pan out.

[Rockpile]

Diane Feinstein, then a San Francisco county supervisor, tells why she started carrying a gun....

SOURCE: Senator Diane Feinstein: U.S. Senate hearings on terrorism held in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 1995

"Because less than twenty years ago I was the target of a terrorist group. It was the New World Liberation Front. They blew up power stations and put a bomb at my home when my husband was dying of cancer. And the bomb didn't detonate. ... I was very lucky. But, I thought of what might have happened. Later the same group shot out all the windows of my home."

"And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me."

[Rockpile]

http://www.lektrik.com/sinc/sinc2002jan-jul.htm

Loads of SLA and 60s--70s radical stuff.

[egarvue]

UPDATE CORRECTION

I was wrong earlier, police DO still have an apartment building near 5th and Cook streets surrounded where a "person of interest" in the case is holed up. No other details at this time.

[snapperjk]

Repost: I applied some editing to lighten it up. Hope this helps. Thanks for the info.