sorry about this. It's not in the same league as the other shootings of the month, so it didn't even appear on the front page of the NY TIMES. Instead of being _at_ Texas A&M, it was more of a "normal" crime. Of course, it is tragic. And it's significant that this kind of killing is so common that they don't appear on the front page of the TIMES.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > from SLATE: > > Texas A&M Shooting Leaves Three Dead > Developing: The suspected gunman and a police constable are among the > confirmed dead. > > By Josh Voorhees | Posted Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at 4:15 PM ET > > Three people were killed Monday after a gunman exchanged fire with > police near Texas A&M University's College Station campus. The dead > included: the shooter, a police constable and a civilian. > > Local police said that a handful of others had been taken to the > hospital for treatment, including at least one other law enforcement > official. > > NBC News reports that both the shooter and the civilian have not yet > been IDed, but that the slain Brazos County police constable was > 41-year-old Brian Bachmann. > > Texas A&M posted an alert on its website at 12:29 p.m. local time > warning the community that an "active shooter" was near the > university's football stadium, Kyle Field. Fifteen minutes later, the > school announced that the suspected gunman had been taken into custody > but nonetheless instructed people to avoid the area. A police > spokesman later told reporters that the suspect was injured in a gun > battle with police. > > Local news outlets The Eagle and KBTX-TV reported Monday afternoon > that at least one other law enforcement official was shot. Details > about the civilians injured in the shooting remains scarce, although > reports suggest that a total of five people were transported to the > College Station Medical Center, three of whom had sustained gunshot > wounds of some kind. > > The Eagle with more details on the afternoon shooting: > > The incident appears to have unfolded about 12:15 p.m. at a house > in the historical district of the city close to George Bush Drive. The > Eagle's police scanner early on picked up dispatchers saying that two > officers were wounded. Initial reports state one was a constable. > Authorities confirmed that the suspect was in custody; it wasn't clear > if gunfire was exchanged. > > At an afternoon news conference, police said that the gunman had > opened fire with an automatic weapon from inside a house. > -- > Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you > should at least know the nature of that evil. -- Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you should at least know the nature of that evil. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
