Posted on 10/12/2011 4:14:52 PM PDT by Pinkbell
Six people have been killed in a shooting at a beauty salon in California.
Nine hairdressers and customers in total are believed to have been hit when a man opened fire at Salon Meritage, a beauty salon just blocks from the Pacific Ocean in the upscale seaside resort of Seal Beach. The gunman's ex-wife is believed to have worked in the salon, according to local sources.
Orange County authorities rushed to the scene and seized the male suspect in a traffic stop a half-mile from the shooting.
The shooter - said to live locally - was thought to have been wearing body armour in the attack. When officers raided his car they found multiple weapons, police said.
He didn't offer any resistance when he was arrested. Seal Beach Police Sergeant Steve Bowles said: 'We believe he is the only shooter. He was taken into custody without injury.'
Workers in neighbouring businesses said they hid in the bathrooms after hearing shots.
One woman said she was working at a nail salon and hid with about six other people for 15 minutes until they heard the gunman was caught.
The three people who were not killed instantly have been rushed to hospital in critical condition.
The shooting happened at about 1.30pm today. Those hit included hair salon employees and customers.
Police had the murder scene roped off last night.
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And that dumbass moonbeam signed a bill to make it illegal to open carry an UNLOADED weapon. Stupid! I live 8 miles from this location.
What a shame
“He was taken into custody without injury.
What a shame”
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He’ll be coddled now by a criminal ‘justice’ system that will supply him with a team of psychiatrists and attorneys, free medical and dental care, and a nice little private cell. If he’s sentenced to death, it will be at least 30 years before he’s executed.
This is California, after all.
This guy is in so much trouble.
Prayers for vics and family.
Columbians like to wear those.
There are a lot of angry people out there...and it won’t take much to set them off...a very unfortunate ‘sign of the times’.
Hmmm man boobs, I wonder??? Prayers to the victims. Sick picture.
What you said. The intense Self Esteem training that seems to be the primary raison d’être in public education would seem lead to just this outcome.
I'm sure he felt everyone was out to discomfit him. He was shooting the evil wife and also those everyones. Paranoid's revenge.
What would be the point of carrying an unloaded firearm?
I agree.
This is California, after all.
Yes it is. He will never be executed by the state.
He should be given a titty twister and then executed.
That IS my point and this idiot governor made THAT illegal.
I understand he was a former fishing boat captain.
Banning open carry of unloaded firearms isn’t really different from banning rifles because they “look” dangerous. Carrying unloaded firearms is stupid.
Carrying NO firearm is fatally stupid.
I can load my unloaded firearm in [precious] seconds (I'd prefer legally carrying a loaded firearm in CA, but the law doesn't permit me). Or I can run and die tired.
When I get my hair cut here in AZ, I have my weapon good to go. Miscreants have to think twice about shooting someone in state where intended victims can shoot back.
libs claiming the Tea Party made him do it.
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