Posted on 12/09/2007 5:27:53 AM PST by mrhansen
DENVER - A gunman walked into a training center for young Christian missionaries in a Denver suburb early Sunday and opened fire, wounding at least four people.
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The shooting happened at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday at the Youth With a Mission center, Arvada Police spokeswoman Susan Medina said.
The extent of the injuries was not clear, and the gunman was still at large Sunday morning.
According to its Web site, Youth With a Mission has about 1,000 locations worldwide and trains people to become missionaries. About 50 people were inside the Arvada site when the gunman opened fire.
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Think the FBI will investigate this as a hate crime?
Not a chance. . .
Hmmm. Since it probably wasn't an orthodox rabbi, I wonder who else dresses like that?
FOX NEWS,,,Another shooting~~~Colorado Springs~~~4 Shot~~~
oh no
Sounds like the same guy~~~M-16 used~~~
I started a thread in breaking news
The threads keep getting pulled - what’s up?
the thread got deleted
I don’t know
Not video games or even atheism, then?
Suddenly I'm not surprised.
We didn't hear about them so much, or so quickly at any rate. No CNN, no Fox, etc. No internet either, linking to what would have been a local or regioinal story in the "old days"
Remember Charlie Starkweather?
Meant to add, Miss Kathryn says “hi”. I was holding her when I started that post, but a rather massive BM interrupted. :)
he also said they think it was someone how attended the school at one time
http://www.ywam.org
http://www.ywamdenver.org/home.htm
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http://www.huliq.com/44340/youth-mission-staff-killed-denver
“Youth With A Mission Staff Killed In Denver”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “One male and one female in their mid twenties have since died. The two deceased are Tiffany Johnson, DOB 06/19/1981; and Philip Crouse, DOB 01/31/1983. Information provided by Youth with a Mission is that Ms. Johnson was from Minnesota and Mr. Crouse was from Alaska.
The other victims are male ages 22 and 23. One is in critical condition and one is in stable condition.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Suspect is described as a white male possibly 20 years of age. He was wearing a dark colored jacket and dark colored beanie AKA skull cap. He may have had a beard and may have worn glasses. Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call Arvada Police at 720-898-6900.
Youth with a Mission is a world wide organization where young American and international students learn to become missionaries. While it is on Faith Bible Campus, it is not directly connected with the church. Witnesses of the shootings were initially brought to the Arvada Police Department but have now been relocated to a safe location.”
LOL. FReeping was a very moving experience for her!
Thank you for the correction of the term. Yours does make more sense.
I understand your reasoning about correlation and causation with regard to persons who are mentally well balanced. The kid from Omaha had a history of depression and mental instabiliity. I don’t know that the games “caused” him to do what he did, but I think they could have played into his decision to end his life in that manner.
Focusing his full concentration on the games may have provided the means to desensitize him, give him the ability to dehumanize the victims, and blunt the reality of what he was doing to innocent people.
Worse, he may have had a full realization of exactly what he was doing, and just didn’t care...for whatever reason. He wanted fame, and to - as he described it - “go out in style”. 24/7 news coverage followed similar senseless incidents, such as Columbine, etc. He wouldn’t be the first young guy who thought that was “cool”. It must have been enough for him to know that the coverage would happen in his case, even if he didn’t live to see it.
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