I am glad the website is reporting it...
Hannity and Colmes is showing clips of Hannity's Six Flags tour.
You're kidding me? When I first heard about this I checked all the cable news channels and not a one was saying a thing. Are they asleep at the wheel tonight? Has anyone put us on a heightened terror alert? I think we should be.
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July 28, 2006
Shooter In Seattle
A gunman killed at least one and injured five others in a Jewish center in Seattle today, and local reports say he did it for political purposes. Seattle's KING-5 television station reports that the man introduced himself as a Muslim before firing indiscriminately:
One person has been killed and at least five others have been injured in a shooting at the Jewish Federation at 2031 Third Ave. in downtown Seattle. One suspect has been taken into custody.
Police have taken one person into custody but there may be more suspects in or around the building.
Sources told KING 5 the suspect is a Pakistani man with a criminal background. He is from the Tri-Cities but his citizenship is unknown. Officials are on the way to the Tri-Cities to interview his family.
According to the Seattle Times, a man got through security at the Jewish Federation and told staff members, "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel," then began shooting, according to Amy Wasser-Simpson, the vice president for planning and community services for the Jewish Federation.
This same center held a rally last weekend to support Israel in its war against Hezbollah, an event co-sponsored by over forty different community organizations. Understandably, the offices of the center had very tight security, and police have not explained how the gunman managed to get past it. The numbers and status of the victims have not been made entirely clear at the moment, but police have apparently confirmed at least one death.
More details will surely follow. Some may start thinking about those Hezbollah sleeper cells that Hassan Nasrallah threatened to unleash against the West, but it's an extremely unlikely explanation for this incident. If this initial report is accurate, it looks much more like a lone nutcase taking out his bigotry in a violent manner. Hezbollah would not waste a sleeper agent on an attack of this type, with so few potential victims. When Hezbollah strikes, they aim for maximum damage, as they did in Buenos Aires when they killed over eighty people at a Jewish center. This sounds much more similar to the wannabe jihadi in North Carolina earlier this year.
Regardless, this conflict will bring out the nuts on all sides. We will have to keep a watchful eye for trouble in the weeks ahead. (via Hot Air)
from Drudge:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SEATTLE_SHOOTING?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-07-28-20-03-32
Jul 28, 9:40 PM EDT
5 Shot, 1 Fatally at Seattle Jewish Center
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press Writer
SEATTLE (AP) -- At least five people were shot, one of them fatally, Friday afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and one person was arrested, authorities said.
Five or six people were wounded, assistant police chief Jim Pugel said.
One person died, fire department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick said.
One wounded woman was shot in the abdomen and another woman was hit in the arm, according to news accounts. Information on the others wounded was not immediately available.
A SWAT team searched the federation building, looking for any other victims, anyone hiding or any other possible shooters, police spokesman Rich Pruitt said.
Pruitt said he had no information on a motive. "Hopefully we can figure that out as this goes on," he said.
Police cordoned off several city blocks to investigate.
Several witnesses said they saw a man walk up and shoot a woman in the leg on a sidewalk near the building.
"We heard this horrible screaming on the floor above us and shots," Patti Simon said in a phone interview, her voice shaking. "We didn't know what was happening."
Simon, who sells advertising for the federation's newspaper, was working on the first floor when she heard screaming, shots and what sounded like furniture crashing on the floor above.
Simon called up to her co-workers on the second floor, but got no answer, so she called the police and fled the building.