Man Opens Fire At Glenwood Bowling Alley

KCCI ^ | 2/14/05

[JCRoberts]

1 Dead After Bowling Alley Shooting

GLENWOOD, Iowa -- A man opened fired at a Glenwood bowling alley Sunday night, killing a man.

Police respond to a Glenwood, Iowa, bowling alley after a man opened fire.

A man with a rifle walked into Midwest Lanes just after 6 p.m. The man, in his mid-40s, started shooting at another man who was bowling. At least four shots were fired. One of them hit the Pacific Junction man in the chest.

Two people in the bowling alley jumped the shooter and held him down until police arrived. There were more than two dozen people inside the bowling alley at the time of the shooting, including several children.

"Right at the moment, we are lining up with the Red Cross a post-trauma shooting team to come down and visit with a number of these people because of the event they witnessed," said Glenwood Police Chief John O'Conner.

"It's scary that someone can walk into a business and with a gun and shoot someone on the spot," said witness Sherri Bishop.

The victim was transported to an Omaha hospital and pronounced dead. Glenwood police have not released the name of the suspect or victim.

[JCRoberts]

Yesterday was a bad day to go shopping or bowling.

[PilloryHillary]

Wow, they didn't call the weapon an "assault type rifle"....I thought all rifles were "assault type". /sarcasm
Wonder if this is some guy that heard about the NY shooter and decided to do the same.

[thag]

That's one way to deal with a 7-10 split!

[JCRoberts]

I thought about that. Very possible.

[Clemenza]

Shades of Walter Sobchek in the Big Lebowski...

[Larry Lucido]

Two people in the bowling alley jumped the shooter and held him down until police arrived.

Damn people don't know how to be good victims anymore. Now how are the Brady folks going to turn this into a call to grab more guns?

[dbwz]

"It's scary that someone can walk into a business and with a gun and shoot someone on the spot," said witness Sherri Bishop.

It's even scarier that because of stupid gun laws all you can do in such a situation is stand by helplessly and pray you're not next.

[Larry Lucido]

And why didn't they jump the gun and hold it down instead of the shooter? The gun was the one doing the shooting.

[palmer]

Now how are the Brady folks going to turn this into a call to grab more guns?

They will use the logic that since those smaller guns shot people we should ban bigger 50 caliber rifles that can only be used by terrorists.

[Larry Lucido]

Of course. Weapons of choice, etc.

[vannrox]

This is very interesting. Seems like all of a sudden, public gun violence is getting some news coverage. A look at the big Anti-Gun organizations indicate that this is within two moths of their big "Planning Meetings". This seems like just the kind of thing that they are looking for. Oh how convienent!

Now if I were a conspiritorial person I might suspect some kind of link. But, I'm not. We'll just have to chaulk it up to a random event occurance...EVEN though the STATISTICAL odds are against it being unrelated. I must keep my eyes and ears open for the third news event of this nature.

Hum...It could be 1991 all oaver again.

[basil]

"Right at the moment, we are lining up with the Red Cross a post-trauma shooting team to come down and visit with a number of these people because of the event they witnessed," said Glenwood Police Chief John O'Conner.

I have to wonder what these "teams" are telling people. I guess I'm jaded--but all these "psychological" trauma things turn me off. Life happens--deal with it!

[newgeezer]

"It's scary that someone can walk into a business and with a gun and shoot someone on the spot," said witness Sherri Bishop.

Sherri, you should probably stay at home. Please be sure to do so on Election Day. And remember, the bathroom is the most dangerous place in your home.

[Vaquero]

maybe it wasn't and assault rifle....maybe it was a "sh*ts and giggles" rifle.....

[sure_fine]

Wow, they didn't call the weapon an "assault type rifle"....

22cal, Pump Pellet Rifle

NY = Deadly Assault HIGH Caliper Machine Gun

[Liberty Ship]

"Red Cross a post-trauma shooting team..."

Hmmm...I didn't know the Red Cross had a shooting team. I guess that's good. Wonder what they shoot? Too bad they weren't there in time to shoot the perp first! That would be a good application of "First Aid."

Maybe they mean a Red Cross Post Shooting Trauma Team? They are probably there to make sure blame attaches to the gun.

[melbell]

The man who got shot was Mr. Melbell's uncle.

I am kinda shocked this made free republic.

[JCRoberts]

It was the same day the mall shooting in NY happened. This was a relative of your husband's? Sorry to hear that.

[smiley]

jeez-o-pete...what is up with these postals shooting the place up in Best Buys and bowling alleys for crikey's sake....

[melbell]

Yeah, we spent yesterday fighting off the press...because stuff like this doesn't happen very often in small towns.

Cause you know, when you are trying to grieve a loved one, all you really wanna do is talk to the news. /sarcasm