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Old 07-15-2009, 16:27   #1
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Shooting At Capitol?
MSM just announcing a shooting around the Capitol - no details yet - stay tuned.

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Old 07-15-2009, 16:41   #2
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It's all over Fox News. Some driver in a white Mercedes...

The driver/shooter is dead.
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Old 07-15-2009, 16:51   #3
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Police kill suspected Capitol Hill shooter
Police kill suspected Capitol Hill shooter

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24987.html



"........Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said the incident started when officers tried to stop a white Mercedes near Union Station at about 5:15 p.m. The car fled, striking an officer, and police gave chase down Louisiana Avenue.


The driver stopped near the Capitol at New Jersey Avenue and C Street, N.W. and stepped out of the car holding a weapon, Schneider said. When he refused to drop the gun, police opened fire and the suspect was killed, she said....... "

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Old 07-15-2009, 17:26   #4
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Police kill suspected Capitol Hill shooter

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24987.html



"........Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said the incident started when officers tried to stop a white Mercedes near Union Station at about 5:15 p.m. The car fled, striking an officer, and police gave chase down Louisiana Avenue.


The driver stopped near the Capitol at New Jersey Avenue and C Street, N.W. and stepped out of the car holding a weapon, Schneider said. When he refused to drop the gun, police opened fire and the suspect was killed, she said....... "

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Sounds like a "suicide by cop" to me..........

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Old 07-15-2009, 18:14   #5
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Musta belonged to one of those Religions of Peace - but which one?

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Old 07-16-2009, 05:10   #6
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Happened one block from where I live. Richard is probably right. Or the perp was off his Meds. The amount of mentally disturbed people around here amazes me. I'm not talking about the ones who work in the Big White Dome building either
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