9.16.99 It happened again (Fort Worth Massacre) -- right on the line ! Received from a NewsHawk respondent-- - - - - - - - - - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: alert! it happened again -- right on the line !!!! Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:55:09 -0400 several weeks I alerted you to a pair of lines along which many childrens' deaths have occurred..... My original: The first line goes from Bethel, Alaska through Jackson, Mississippi and to the Atlantic Ocean Along that line will be the destruction and high school shootings in: 1. Bethel, Alaska (high school) 2. Springfield, OR (high school) 3. Littleton, CO (high school) 4. Oklahoma City (Murrah Bldg) 5. Jackson (Pearl), MS (high school) (The 420 Poem from Eric Harris (Columbine) specifically refers to a line along which his deeds will be performed.) The next line goes from Edinboro, Pennsylvania through Jonesboro, Arkansas and down through to the Gulf of Mexico Along that line will be: 1. Edinboro, PA (high school) 2. Paducah, KY (high school) 3. Jonesboro, AR (high school) The two lines intersect in Hope, AR (home of Bill Clinton)? The next major cities along the Bethel-Jackson line are Tampa and Orlando The next major city along the Edinboro-Jonesboro line is the Dallas - Ft. Worth area HERE IS WHAT JUST HAPPENED !!!! Updated: Wednesday, Sep. 15, 1999 at 22:11 CDT Several dead, several wounded in Fort Worth church sanctuary shooting By Ernie Makovy Star-Telegram FORT WORTH -- A long- haired, mustachioed man dressed in black, who witnesses said was spouting obscenities and demeaning Baptists for their religious beliefs, invaded a church service last night and opened fire randomly, killing at least seven people, wounding 12 and then killing himself. Click here to send your comments on the shooting to the Star-Telegram. Many of the victims were teen-agers attending a concert by Forty Days Forty Days, a Christian rock group from Dallas, as part of the annual See You at the Pole event. Some of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The man, whose identity was not known, also detonated an explosive device in Wedgwood Baptist Church, 5522 Whitman Ave., before killing himself in front of more than 100 worshippers. Agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms joined Fort Worth police in the investigation last night. Authorities were questioning a second man last night, but it was not immediately known if he was an accomplice in the blood bath, which occurred on what was intended to be a night for young Christians to express their religious convictions. The wounded were taken to John Peter Smith Hospital, Harris Methodist Fort Worth and Cook Children's Medical Center. Witnesses described the shooting. "He was very calm and looked normal and was smoking a cigarette," Christy Martin, 17, told TV station KDFW/ Channel 4. Churchgoers dived for cover beneath pews as the shooter filled the sanctuary with bullets, stopping several times to reload. "He just kept telling us to stay still," said Chris Applegate, a seventh-grader who was attending choir practice in another part of the church. "We were singing a song and then in the middle of the song this guy opened the door and fired one shot," Applegate told TV channel KXAShannel 5. "We all just jumped under the benches and he fired about 10 more shots. ... Somebody said, `Run, run,' and we all started running." Lauren Tabor, 8, said she was in a class called Girls in Action when she heard gunshots and screams. She said she and her classmates ran to another room, where they pushed a table against the door "so nobody could get in. We were all down in a little corner. "The teacher said, `Let's pray.' " Another student, Samantha Tabor, 9, quoted the teacher as saying, "Dear Lord, help us. Don't let anybody get hurt." As news of the shooting spread, worried parents rushed to the southwest Fort Worth church, many then speeding off to area hospitals. There was no known motive for the man's rampage, police said. Dax Hughes, the church's college minister, said at least 150 young people were in the sanctuary. "He hits the door real hard to make his presence known and he just immediately started firing," Hughes said. When the gunfire was over, Hughes said, the man "sat in the back pew and put a gun [to his head] and shot himself and fell over." Witnesses quoted the man as saying he didn't agree with what the young people were doing at the church. One witness, identified only as Rachel, said the teens at the church conducted many skits, one of which involved the meaning of life and what it means to face death. "I thought it was blanks," she said of the gunfire. "A lot of them were saying that this was some kind of drama presentation. They thought it was a skit." Hospitals involved include: John Peter Smith Hospital (817) 921-3431 Harris Methodist Hospital (817) 882-3333 Cook Children's Hospital (817) 885-4000 Send your comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
