Guard opens fire outside Walter Reed

seattlepi.nwsource.com ^ | June 20, 2007 | MARTY NILAND

[wafflehouse]

they are armed civilian security guards.. at a military hospital..

WTF?

at any rate the safest place to be in that vicinity would probably be wherever that guy was aiming his weapon.

[Vanders9]

Sorry mate. 2nd Amendment...he has a perfect right to carry firearms.

[Right Wing Assault]

These guys should know not to bring the gang stuff to work. The other guard was probably wearing the shooter’s colors.

[nativist]

don’t bet on it. My brother was a firefighter for 10 years. One of the guys who worked with him was black. The black guy didn’t like taking orders from the LT (who my brother said was an a-hole to everybody) so he came in one day with a pipe, snuck behind the LT while he was at the computer and tried to bash the guys brains in. The LT saw the guy in his monitor and moved just in time to avoid the brunt of the blow.

[KoRn]

What a stupid headline.

[bvw]

A Webb voter?

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[cav68]

His sister Dnice, was on-looking, and his brother, Dmon was in the house across the street. Couldn't help it.

[Delta 21]

Ten shots and no bloodshed?!?

I feel really safe with these guys guarding the perimeter!

[STONEWALLS]

I expect “Dwan” is a mis-spelling....the brother is from Port Washington....that’s in Prince Georges County, so the proper spelling would be D’wan....as in D’shawn, D’niesha, D’tanya ect.ect.

[Darksheare]

Irresponsible idiots.
Instant revocation of licenses, and jail time should be expected and swift.

[R.T. Delta]

There are some corrections to be made:
One guard fired 8 shots
The other guard fired 4 shots in self-defense.

So a total of 12 casing recovered, and not all from same shooter.

[R.T. Delta]

Yes, there are armed guards... it is a military installation, and there are quite a few vulnerable Soldiers inside that aren’t very high on some terrorists Christmas list.

[monday]

What the hell kind of name is Dwan? I would be pi$$ed off too if my momma named me Dwan.

[VaBthang4]

Sleeping with someone else’s woman’ll get you shot?

[wafflehouse]

that wasnt my point.. er, points..

why does a hospital need armed guards? i am not familiar with this area.. is this hospital not on a military installation?
also, why are there civilians guarding a military hospital? why dont we have soldiers guarding the military hospital?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Just remember, in Hilary Nation, only trained professionals, including Dwan, will have access to firearms.

Now, don’t you feel safer?

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Did he speak English you ask....my guess is that he be thinking he speaking English...

[ovrtaxt]

The other guard, Dwan Thigpen, 34, of Fort Washington, Md.,

DWAN? heehee!

Hey, wasn't that the chick in King Kong?

[Vanders9]

Why does ANY civilian establishment need armed guards?

I must admit it does sound a bit odd, the thing about the military hospital.