Man Claiming to Have Gun Invades Offices of Miami Newspapers, SWAT Team on Scene (Miami Herald)

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[presidio9]

Is this a Fox News Alert or something?

[nuconvert]

yes

[kcvl]

A former employee of the El Nuevo Herald, the Miami Herald's Spanish-language daily newspaper, is inside the One Herald Plaza building in downtown Miami with with a machine gun, according to news reports.

The former employee, identified as Jose Varela, former cartoonist, is said to be on the sixth floor, where the newspaper is produced. As of noon, the entire floor was being evacuated.


Varela was reported to be inside Humberto Castello's office. Castello is executive editor of the Spanish paper.

Varela was reportedly fired last February.

[nuconvert]

Thanks for the update.
Hope it ends peacefully.

[Hazcat]

...with a machine gun...

I doubt it (macine gun) but he will be unopposed as most newsies are gun hating lefties.

[debg]

The Miami Herald website states it is a handgun.

[SubGeniusX]

Mr. Varela is a well known and active member of the Cuban Exile community.

[Hazcat]

And people (sheeple) think newsies can explain the complicated stuff when they can't even get the easy stuff correct!

[Hazcat]

OOPS! should have been posted to debg.

[Dont Mention the War]

with a machine gun...

Yeah, right. Probably a starter's pistol.

[lionheart 247365]

GEEEEZ , Why couldn't he have choosen the N Y Times ? ? ?

[debg]

I figured that out ;)

Varela apparently took over his [the editor's] office and trashed it, including a cartoon of the executive editor that Varela had drawn.

[Larry Lucido]

The beauty of "gun-free" zones is all you have to do is claim to have a gun and you can take control.

[Plains Drifter]

Ping!!!!!!!!!

[Plains Drifter]

Ping!!!!!!!!!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Did they accidently publish an article supporting conservatism?

[Dianna]

My husband says the man is claiming that he is now in charge?

Hmm, wonder what kind of articles he would publish?

[Ole Okie]

The beauty of "gun-free" zones is all you have to do is claim to have a gun and you can take control.

Unless someone claims to have a .50 Browning machine gun, and he/she will dispute your taking control.

[Larry Lucido]

I don't know, I've fired one of those babies (just once) and I recall them being fairly large and not easy to conceal. No one has ever asked me, "Is that a Browning .50 cal in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?" LOL!