Posted on 10/29/2005 3:53:17 PM PDT by ncountylee
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - A 19-year-old in a black cape and helmet went on a shooting rampage Saturday in an upscale Southern California neighborhood, killing a man and his daughter before committing suicide, authorities said.
The teen shot a 45-year-old man and his 21-year-old daughter to death in their home, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino. A 20-year-old son escaped after hearing shots.
The shooter, whose identity wasn't released, then walked across the street and fired into another house. A person inside suffered cuts from broken glass, Amormino said.
Another neighbor heard the commotion, came outside and was confronted by the teen, who tried to fire his weapon. When it misfired, the shooter went back to his own house - less than 100 yards away - and committed suicide, Amormino said.
The motive was unknown. Police said there was no known link between the teen and his victims.
The victims' names were withheld pending family notification.
Aliso Viejo is a small, affluent community near Laguna Beach.
This guy was certifiably dumb...he probably could have landed a book/movie deal and
accquital thanks to a high-profile defense attorney.
(This was in California, after all.)
Paah, he should have used a lightsaber..
*chuckle*
What's this "teen" BS? The reporter can't say "Man Goes on Shooting Spree..."? I was prepared for the story to reveal the shooter was but 13 or 14, tops.
THE ACLU will likely step in and force the state to charge him as a minor...
GEESH!
AP ID'd him.
I wonder what kind of drugs the school system had him on during his school years.
ROTFL! And sue the makers of the action figures.
That's always one of my first thoughts when I see something like this!
Awful... what the hell could have been wrong with this kid? A family destroyed.. for no reason. Depressing news.
-Scores of innocent festival (Diwali) shoppers mowed down by islamic terrorists in New Delhi.
-Random idiot kid in a cape wrecks a family that has nothing to do with him. And then blows his own (Addled) brains out.
I have to say that it sucks.
That's refreshing. A reporter who does more than re-type press releases. From the original story,
The shooter, whose identity wasn't released
The DU loses another member. Good riddence
Was the weapon a shotgun?
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