Posted on 10/02/2006 9:16:45 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Edited on 10/02/2006 12:55:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Developing....
School Shooting injures one person,
Hostage situation may be developing.
Update: Multiple Shooting Victims and Possible Hostages in Lancaster County
Not many details available yet, but an incident has been reported from Mine Rd. in Bart Township in Lancaster County involving multiple gunshot victims. Dennis Buterbaugh reports live from our newsroom. abc27 has a news crew on the way. We will update with details as they become available.
Update 2: Pennsylvania Police: Amish School is 'Horrendous Crime Scene' After Shooting
NICKEL MINES, Pa. — At least two female students and one slightly older female — who may have been a teacher's aide — were shot and killed execution style in what police say may be a revenge killing for something that happened 20 years ago.
State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller said Monday that truck driver Charles Carl Roberts IV entered the one-room Amish schoolhouse in earlier in the day. The gunman brought in pieces of wood to board up the doors to the building when he entered the school. He also stacked desks against the building's doors.
"It appears that the suspect entered school with the intention of taking hostages," Miller said.
Roberts had wire ties and plastic flex cuff, which he used to begin tying the hostages feet together after they were lined up along a blackboard. He let go 15 male students, as well as one adult female who was pregnant. Three other non-student females with infants were also allowed to leave. One shotgun and one handgun was found next to the suspect when police entered the building.
"It seems as though he wanted to attack young, female victims," Miller said.
After a half hour inside, Roberts began shooting. When the gunfire stopped, three females were found shot dead at the scene, along with the suspect, who shot himself, Miller said. At least seven more victims — some critically wounded — were transported to nearby hospitals, he said. One victim, a young girl, died in the arms of a trooper, Miller said. He could not confirm how many people died en route or at the hospital. The county coroner earlier reported six children killed but then backed off of that statement.
thanks
My point is that we need to eliminate anti-family social programs (including the Dept. of Education) while supporting our Second Amendment. Homeschooling is also a good idea, IMO. My teens were being cheated out of any chance of a good education. Now they're going to be engineers (their choice several years ago).
God squad in the house..:-)
I used to put together the Amish newspaper for Lancaster County, and according to their local correspondents, they do appreciate giving and receiving card showers. Keep in mind a religious card or a hand-written letter would be most appropriate. They would not have any use for other types of sympathy gifts such as figurines, pictures, or jewelry, etc.
What a relief that the family you know is alright. But they all know each other in that area, I'm sure, and will all be grieving.
Just for the record- the State Police spokesman said the killer shot himself- in the interest of a correct headline. In the beginning I think the rumor was that police had shot him..
Thank you SO much!!!
I love the Amish people and the Lancaster area ... and the simplicity of their lives! I have great respect for them and how they survive with all the modern life surrounding them.
I cannot understand how someone could do something so cruel, so evil - so satanic.
Thanks- thread was removed due to too many threads on the topic- can you update us on the number now dead?
God Squad has back-up, too.
God help us.
Prayers for these girls families and everyone involved.
Eternal agony in hell for the perp, all blame on him.
You're on the wrong thread for all that. Have you read the facts that we know in this story...?
That thread got yanked.
What has happened?
This school was not designed for anything like you are describing.
I don't think the teacher was pregnant. One aide was killed (I think that was the 15 year old). They didn't say who the pregnant women were.
THANKS TONS.
That perspective makes exceeding sense to me. Thanks for helping me understand. Sorry have been so thickheaded.
Of course, you're right. The only problem I have with the Amish (read: why I could never be one, drat!) is that the women are way down the scale on the technology ladder. Electricity and phones in the barn (for business), but not in the house. This isn't a feminist rant, just an over simplification for those following along at home. (But I do love their clothes and quilts!)
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