3 Dead, 14 Injured in Hesston, KS Workplace Shooting (1 Viewer)

[bud29]

JFC. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/25/us/kansas-shooting/index.html

 

[AAABatteries]

Sad.  Hopefully the numbers don't go up.

 

[shadyridr]

Must be another day ending in a y

 

[tommyGunZ]

'MERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gianmarco]

Hope this wasn't the urine smelling guy.

 

[tommyboy]

well, that sucks

 

[comfortably numb]

:(

 

[BobbyLayne]

Must be another day ending in a y

Heard the sun rose in the East today. Don't think that news will make it above the fold either.

 

[urbanhack]

Lets focus on cracking his phone?

 

[Bucky86]

6 hours and 9 posts.

 

[Jackstraw]

More guns is the answer here. Somehow. 

 

[Joe T]

'MERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wtf is wrong with you?

 

[chauncey]

6 hours and 9 posts.

The shooter doesn't fit the narrative so there will be silence from the media and the usual suspects on this tragedy.

 

[comfortably numb]

Looks like the final devastation is 3 dead and 14 injured.
Searched the news when I saw this thread last night and everything was debate stuff.

 

[Insein]

It's a minor thing but something feels wrong when you click on the link to read the story and it has a sub heading of "Story Highlights" to recap the main points of this kind of Story. Just seems like they're considering it play by play like it's a sporting event. Doesn't feel right.

 

[spreagle]

He was a felon with a history of domestic abuse and was posting pictures of himself with guns.  Surely he was not allowed to own guns, why didn't the cops barge into his house and take his guns away? 

 

[3C's]

He was a felon with a history of domestic abuse and was posting pictures of himself with guns.  Surely he was not allowed to own guns, why didn't the cops barge into his house and take his guns away? 

Likely had his "rights" restored.

http://www.vpc.org/studies/felons.htm

http://thelawdictionary.org/article/how-can-a-convicted-felon-receive-firearm-rights/

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Here's the local paper much more detail:

http://www.hesstonrecord.com

The employee victims were often wearing earplugs so many didn't even know what was going on.

They have a name and a motive, the latter has not been revealed yet though. They say it's not terrorism.

 

[poopdawg]

'MERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're a real #######...

 

[tommyGunZ]

You're a real #######...

?

 

[eoMMan]

6 hours and 9 posts.

What do you expect people to say/post?

It actually might be a good thing if thsee mass shootings aren't such a big news item so the shooters don't feel like they will have some sort of fame from it.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Wtf is wrong with you?

I'm the guy who thinks we have a gun problem here, but somehow something's "wrong" with me?  

Time for you gun nazis to own your ####. These weekly mass shootings are the price of your freedom to walk around the mall with an AR 15 on your back. Own it.

 

[Chaka]

He was a felon with a history of domestic abuse and was posting pictures of himself with guns.  Surely he was not allowed to own guns, why didn't the cops barge into his house and take his guns away? 

Maybe he didn't buy enough steak and lobster.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

He was a felon with a history of domestic abuse and was posting pictures of himself with guns.  Surely he was not allowed to own guns, why didn't the cops barge into his house and take his guns away? 

This happens constantly in NO. No surprise here.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I'm the guy who thinks we have a gun problem here, but somehow something's "wrong" with me?  

Time for you gun nazis to own your ####. These weekly mass shootings are the price of your freedom to walk around the mall with an AR 15 on your back. Own it.

I tend toward blaming the user rather than the tool, though I recognize it is possible that there is something in the nature of a tool that acts on the psyche of some users.

 

[Jackstraw]

The shooter doesn't fit the narrative so there will be silence from the media and the usual suspects on this tragedy.

That Kalamazoo shooting was a collective fart in the wind too. America has made its choice. We will do nothing about guns whatsoever but we will tweet our thoughts and prayers.  

 

[3C's]

Protective order served on shooter right before rampage. Requestor did not work at excel.

 

[Swing 51]

One Excel employee who worked in the paint and powder department with Ford, Brian Johnson, said he believes he was one of the shooter’s targets. Johnson escaped the attack without any injuries, but he was at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita on Thursday night visiting a co-worker in critical condition.

According to Johnson, Ford had worked at Excel for five years. The two men argued over the phone Wednesday night, Johnson told The Post, and Ford “thought everybody was out to get him.”

Johnson wouldn’t explain the nature of the disagreement. He said he hoped to settle the dispute at work, but when he arrived, Ford was on break.

“Went to go pick up his guns, I guess,” Johnson said.

Above from a Washington Post article

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

So this appears to be completely out of the news cycle now.

 

[Chaka]

So this appears to be completely out of the news cycle now.

Sadly that's not surprising.

 

[shadyridr]

So this appears to be completely out of the news cycle now.

He's not Muslim so we don't care

 

[Chaka]

He's not Muslim so we don't care

Sadly true.  Doesn't fit the current face of political fear mongering.

Of course the general population has the attention of a gnat with A.D.D. drinking Red Bull, which doesn't help either.

 

[rascal]

Woman arrested for providing guns to the shooter.