Gunman Wounds 20 at Montreal College

AP ^ | Sep 13 5:33 PM US/Eastern | PHIL COUVRETTE

[BurbankKarl]

Reading that one suspect had a laser sight on his rifle.

[BluH2o]

Lived in Montreal at one time and visited the city many times over the years. Familiar with the downtown schools McGill University, Sir George Williams College, but not Dawson College. Listening to CJAD in Montreal and they said it was close to the forum (Montreal Canadians hockey team) and on the fringe of Westmount (very upscale part of town) and in close proximity to the Montreal General Hospital where many of the shooting victims are being transported.
This puts Dawson College immediately west (on the fringe) of downtown Montreal.

[LikeLight]

SWAT Team shot one suspect, other suicided per lastest report from the scene on FoxNews...

Police still going through upper floors, finding packs of students/teachers huddled in buildings...

Police still looking for 1 or 2 more gunmen (3rd or 4th gunmen)...

Motive unknown, students didn't recognize gunmen...

[Allan]

A man dressed in black trenchcoat was carried out of the building.
He looked unconscious or dead.
Police put handcuffs on him immediately.

[BurbankKarl]

In 1988, Dawson College moved to the former Mother House of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame, full consolidation under one roof only happened in 1997, when the Selby building was finally closed. Extensive renovations rendered the century-old building into an attractive, modern, and well-equipped college, occupying an entire city block between de Maisonneuve Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street and Atwater and Wood Avenues in Westmount.

[Cindy]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,213667,00.html

"Reports: Two Gunmen Open Fire at Montreal College"
Wednesday, September 13, 2006



ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MONTREAL — Two gunman opened fire Wednesday on the campus of a Montreal college, wounding at least 10 people, witnesses and police said."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Witnesses said one shooter was wearing a black trench coat and was firing at students and teachers at random in one of the school's cafeterias. Other witnesses said a gunman was dressed in camouflage fatigues.

The CTV network, citing government sources, reported that 12 people were taken to area hospitals for treatment. Six were in critical condition."

[Michael Goldsberry]

From what they just described on the radio feed, that's the dead punk shooter in black.

[Allan]

I used to live a block away.
Dawson college is right next to a Alexis Nihon plaza
which is right on a major subway station
(which has been closed down)
about half a mile from the center of town.
Traffic is completely paralyzed.

[Cindy]

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=68acc620-13e3-46d6-8e03-c2602e7e7d3e&k=37896

"Montreal shootings recall 1989 massacre at Ecole polytechnique"
CP
September 13, 2006

[backhoe]

Witnesses and police say the gunman who shot himself was wearing a black trenchcoat -- which is what the Columbine High School gunmen were dressed in.

Yep, that story about "the trenchcoat mafia" died out very fast at Columbine. Still wonder about it.

[BurbankKarl]

Just one shooter...sounds like they are calling it all clear.

[Cindy]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/09/13/montreal-witness.html

"Witnesses tell of chaos as college targeted"
Last Updated Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:23:04 EDT
CBC News


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Another eyewitness told CBC News she was smoking outside the college when she saw a tall, white man wearing a long black trenchcoat walk down the street with a large gun."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He was with a number of other people, said the woman, who was shaking and crying as she spoke.

The man was about 19 years old with body piercings and wore clothing with studs, she said. He fired a number of times before going inside the school, the woman added."
Sehr Marous said he and his friend Marie were exiting the school when they noticed a man holding a gun with both hands."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Family members of Dawson College students can call (514) 280-2880 or (514) 280-2806 for more information, police said.

The information hotline at Montreal General Hospital is (514) 843-2839."

[DAC21]

So are the Muzzies, anyone know?

[jdm]

Drudge is now reporting two shooters.

[LikeLight]

Now FoxNews also saying one gunmen, and he's dead.

[BurbankKarl]

well, the Columbine shooters were presribed mood altering drugs by the school doctors....that never came out either. How is patient privacy relevant after they have died?

[Cindy]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/09/13/montreal.shooting/index.html

"College: 2 gunmen dead after shooting"
POSTED: 3:48 p.m. EDT, September 13, 2006


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MONTREAL, Quebec (CNN) -- Fears that "multiple shooters" were firing weapons at Dawson College in downtown Montreal prompted police to cordon off the 12-acre campus Wednesday, a police spokesman said.

Two of the gunmen were killed, the college administration office said in a recorded message. One of the gunmen was shot by police, the message said."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Another police spokesman told reporters that a SWAT team was in the college because "we believe there might be other suspects inside the Dawson College.""

[crghill]

Ping for follow up

[LikeLight]

Well, one thing is clear - the number of gunmen keeps changing.

[backhoe]

I've long held the view that we were given a lot of seleted misinformation about that gruesome affair.