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Troubled worker kills 2 at Irvine market
The Orange County Register ^
| June 30, 2003
| John Gittelsohn
Posted on 06/30/2003 10:29:57 AM PDT by EveningStar
Edited on 04/14/2004 10:06:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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IRVINE
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: albertsons; california; goingpostal; irvine; machete; samurai; schizophrenia; sword
If he'd used a gun, the story would have gone national.
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
Yikes!
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posted on
06/30/2003 10:35:08 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(I don't have a solution; but I do admire the problem.)
To: b4its2late
The actual story itself is quite sad. The two murdered employees were looking forward to retirement. :(
To: msdrby
We must ban all swords now!
For The Children!
/sarcasm
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posted on
06/30/2003 10:38:29 AM PDT
by
Prof Engineer
( Texans don't even care where Europe is on the map.)
To: EveningStar
My wife heard he wouldn't take his medicine, which for various mental conditions can (and obviously does) have some drastic consequences.
To: EveningStar
Nine reporters contributed to this story from the LA Times (which I recently cancelled).
No mention in ANY article yet, as to whether the general public should be at risk of violence from folks with severe mental problems, such as this.
It is my opinion the "mental health" professions place too many people in total freedom, when they know some innocent people are going to get hurt.
To: truth_seeker
That's a good point. I guess the case is being treated as a curio.
To: EveningStar
"A mentally disturbed man wielding a samurai-style sword killed two workers and slashed three other people at an Albertsons before police shot and killed him Sunday."
He'd just seen Matrix reloaded and thought he was Neo, helping Morpheus!
Ed
P.S. GHASTLY movie, by the way.
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posted on
06/30/2003 2:03:03 PM PDT
by
Sir_Ed
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