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tosh

(4,452 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 11:16 AM Jan 2014

3 dead in shooting at N. Indiana grocery store

http://www.walb.com/story/24467554/3-dead-in-shooting-at-n-indiana-grocery-store

Posted: Jan 16, 2014 4:11 AM EST Updated: Jan 16, 2014 10:43 AM EST

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - A man fatally shot two women in a northern Indiana grocery store Wednesday night and was lining up to shoot a third person when police officers found him in an aisle and killed him, authorities said.

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The 22-year-old man used a semi-automatic handgun to shoot and kill a 20-year-old employee and a 44-year-old shopper, Smith said. The victims' bodies were found about 12 aisles apart. Indiana State Police identified the gunman as Shawn Walter Bair of Elkhart.

Smith said two police officers responding to the scene heard a gunshot as they entered the near-empty store. They dashed to that area and found the shooter pointing his gun at a third person. Smith said the man then aimed his gun at the officers and that's when they shot him dead.

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No further details about the victims have been released, but Smith said there was no indication that the shooter knew the victims.

More at link.

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3 dead in shooting at N. Indiana grocery store (Original Post) tosh Jan 2014 OP
How many more will be shot today liberal N proud Jan 2014 #1
"Guns" are the antithesis of "rights." n/t Loudly Jan 2014 #2
Pretty much liberal N proud Jan 2014 #3
What is going on? shenmue Jan 2014 #4
Oh frack..I'm from N. Indiana Sylvarose Jan 2014 #5
According to the billh58 Jan 2014 #6
Oh, but that's not all! tosh Jan 2014 #7
That's the "other" side billh58 Jan 2014 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #9
Zimmerman murdered a 17 year old kid. Bad hero. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #10
Welcome to DU. Why do you think that is what happened with Zimmerman and Trayvon? uppityperson Jan 2014 #11

liberal N proud

(60,983 posts)
1. How many more will be shot today
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 11:19 AM
Jan 2014

and tomorrow.

Gun and nuts don't mix, but we dare not challenge them on it because we might infringe on their right to takes someone else's right to live.

Gun rights over the right to breath, that is what it has come down to.

Sylvarose

(210 posts)
5. Oh frack..I'm from N. Indiana
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 11:56 AM
Jan 2014

..and I know folks from Elkhart. *shake head* Praying everyone is ok.

billh58

(6,642 posts)
6. According to the
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 12:04 PM
Jan 2014

NRA apologists, there is nothing to see here folks, so move along. Crime is decreasing and more guns are being sold, so these insignificant gun deaths are totally acceptable and to be expected in a free country.

We should all be proud to live in the most heavily armed and dangerous country in the "civilized" world. Let's all stand our ground and shoot someone who has pissed us off today -- it's the American way.

This message brought to you by the ALEC/Koch Brothers sponsored NRA and its arms dealer death merchants.

tosh

(4,452 posts)
7. Oh, but that's not all!
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 12:33 PM
Jan 2014

Now the extremists want for ME to be armed at all times.

Really!! What's up with that?

And...has anyone else here encountered this?

billh58

(6,642 posts)
8. That's the "other" side
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 12:37 PM
Jan 2014

of the gun nuts' argument: it's so dangerous on the street and in my neighborhood, that I have to pack a gun to protect myself and my family.

Translation: I am a wannabe cop, and it's fun to be a vigilante. Maybe I can shoot someone and get away with it like Zimmerman did.

Response to tosh (Original post)

uppityperson

(115,882 posts)
11. Welcome to DU. Why do you think that is what happened with Zimmerman and Trayvon?
Sun Jan 26, 2014, 04:36 PM
Jan 2014

Who was the "bad guy with the gun" in that instance?

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