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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Man opens fire outside California church
2008-05-18
  • Shooter's intended victim was ex-girlfriend, reports KTLA
  • Three people wounded, one of them critically, police say
  • Bystanders tackle man and hold him until police arrive
  • The motive for the attack not immediately known, official says
    • Posted by:Fred

    #4  CNN buried the name of the church in the second-to-last paragraph, and never mentioned that it was a Catholic parish.

    The LA Times coverage is far more detailed and interesting.

    LINK
    Posted by: mrp   2008-05-18 13:41  

    #3  Need to mod the law to allow 'knee capping' in self defense. The results will slow down anyone released by the authorities later in any recidivistic 'pursuit'.
    Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-05-18 09:20  

    #2  Tackling the guy while he was reloading was admirable, and presumably the less risky of the available alternatives. All are extremely fortunate this episode ended the way it did. I would have felt better tackling him with a magazine of .45 cal than with my body though.
    Posted by: Glenmore   2008-05-18 08:12  

    #1  The suspect was reloading his weapon when he was tackled by several witnesses who were volunteers at the festival. The shooter put up a fight, struggling and taunting people as they were trying to subdue him.

    Wolves, not sheep. I find it puzzling, though, that he went after his ex-girlfriend when there was already a restraining order against him about his wife, son and that church.
    Posted by: trailing wife    2008-05-18 06:29  

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