By now you have heard the news, yet another terror attack. Why terror and not a “shooting” simple the gunman preplanned this. He carried chains, lots of ammo, multiple firearms and did not expect to survive. Some of the details are below and more information will no doubt come soon. My call this was another crazed Muslim. I could be wrong but the odds are on my side. Let’s take a look.
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Thirty-three people, including the gunman, were killed at a Virginia university Monday in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. At least 15 other people were injured, some of them as they leaped to safety from the fourth floor of a classroom building.
– Ok, no doubt at least a few rounds missed hitting their intended target. I will give the students credit for attempting to move out of the way. Some of the initial reports I saw indicated the problem was semi automatic weapons with large magazine capacity. No mention that this was preplanned, well executed and not a random act. The anti gun crowd has already targeted the weapon and not the shooter.
The shootings, which took place in two locations on campus, came just four days before the eighth anniversary of the Columbine High School bloodbath near Littleton, Colo. They created panic and confusion at the college, where students and employees angrily asked why the first e-mail warning did not go out to them until the gunman had struck a second time.
– Two locations-an indicator that the shooter had either a partner or an escape plan. The reference to the Columbine massacre is probably an overzealous reporters attempt to make sense of the senseless. There is no reason to think these events are related. As much as I hate to say it I am not surprised by the way the Police handled this and the slow warning process. They are trained to help the victims, protect the crime scene and gather evidence. Two hours sounds like a long time but with that much carnage there is little reason to think the Police failed in anyway. I’d bet they will become more of a scapegoat than the shooter. Watch for politicians who condemn them with little or no evidence and vote them out next election.
Nearly 50 victims
Federal law enforcement officials said the gunman killed himself after he shot dozens of people at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, in southwest Virginia. Thirty-two people plus the shooter were confirmed dead.
– He shot himself in a manner which makes it difficult to identify his identity. If this was a lover spurned attack he would have had no reason to hide his identity and no note, comments or any other evidence indicated a motive.
In addition to the 33 dead, hospitals reported that 15 people were injured, some of whom had jumped from the fourth floor of the classroom building where the second wave of shootings took place. Five were in stable condition; the conditions of the others were not immediately reported.
– More proof this was not random he could have saved himself trouble by attack the lower floors and working up.
Investigators told NBC News that they had been unable to positively identify the gunman, who died after he shot himself in the face. He carried no ID or cell phone, and an initial check on his fingerprints came up empty.
– Hiding something was he? No fingerprints on file, makes it almost certain he was an immigrant.
Witnesses described him as a man in his 20s, wearing a maroon cap and a black leather jacket. A spokesman for the FBI in Washington said there was no immediate evidence to suggest that the incident was a terrorist attack, “but all avenues will be explored.”
– I don’t work for the FBI, I say anytime some murderous lunatic attacks innocent civilians there is no doubt it was terrorism. Other reports describe this killer as Asian, which has been used to describe Pakistani immigrants in other media. Additional details could change my assessment. Was this a real lover spurned or a crazed jihadi? The impact is the same. Americans are dead. Our condolences to the victim’s families and a promise to our daily readers if this was terrorism Doc and I will report it.
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