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Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => World and local news => Topic started by: TiMoN on December 12, 2012, 09:11:51 am
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Gunman opens fire in Portland mall; 3 dead
PORTLAND, Ore.  A masked gunman wearing camouflage opened fire Tuesday in a busy Portland mall, leaving the gunman and two others dead and forcing the mall's Santa Claus and hundreds of Christmas shoppers and employees to flee or hide among store displays.
Austin Patty, 20, who works at Macy's, said he saw a man in a white mask carrying a rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest. He heard the gunman say, "I am the shooter," as if announcing himself. A series of rapid-fire shots in short succession followed as Christmas music played. Patty said he ducked to the ground and then ran.
His Macy's co-worker, Pam Moore, told The Associated Press the gunman was short, with dark hair. Witnesses said he started firing just outside Macy's in the food court of Clackamas Town Center.
Brance Wilson, the mall Santa, said he heard gunshots and dove for the floor. By the time he looked up, seconds later, everyone around him had cleared out. Merchandise was scattered in some stores as he made his way to the door.
"Santa will be back," Wilson said. "It's not going to keep Santa away from the mall."
Police said they have tentatively identified the gunman but would not release his name or give any information on a possible motive. Officials said a woman was also shot and was in serious condition at a Portland hospital.
"We have a young lady in the hospital fighting for her life right now," Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts at a news conference late Tuesday.
Clackamas Town Center is one of the Portland area's biggest and busiest malls, with 185 stores and a 20-screen movie theater. It would remain closed at least through Wednesday, Roberts said.
Shaun Wik, 20, from Fairview, said he was Christmas shopping with his girlfriend and opened a fortune cookie at the food court. Inside was written: "Live for today. Remember yesterday. Think of tomorrow."
As he read it, he heard three shots. He heard a man he believes was the gunman shout, "Get down!" but Wik and his girlfriend ran. He heard seven or eight more shots. He didn't turn around.
"If I had looked back, I might not be standing here," Wik said. "I might have been one of the ones who got hit."
Kira Rowland told KGW-TV that she was shopping at Macy's with her infant son when the shots started.
"All of a sudden you hear two shots, which sounded like balloons popping," Rowland told the station. "Everybody got on the ground. I grabbed the baby from the stroller and got on the ground."
Rowland said she heard people screaming and crying.
"I put the baby back in the stroller and ran," Rowland said.
Holli Bautista, 28, said she was shopping at Macy's for a Christmas dress for her daughter when she heard pops that sounded like firecrackers.
"I heard people running and screaming and saying 'Get out, there's somebody shooting,'" she told the AP.
She said hundreds of shoppers and mall employees started running, and she and dozens of other people were trying to escape through a department store exit.
Tiffany Turgetto and her husband were leaving Macy's through the first floor when they heard gunshots coming from the second floor of the mall. They were able to quickly leave through a Barnes & Noble bookstore before the police arrived and locked down the mall.
"I had left my phone at home. I was telling people to call 911. Surprisingly, people are around me, no one was calling 911. I think people were in shock."
Lastly, Police says the gunman has been neutralized
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gunman-opens-fire-oregon-mall-17939330 (http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gunman-opens-fire-oregon-mall-17939330)
My says: I see more crazy things happening a day after a day, this is getting more weird...
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RIP
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Give a man a gun... :poke:
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Isnt this the 2nd American gun incident in the past week? :poke:
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Another one in two days. It seems people are too obsessed with the idea of world end on 21st so they "have their fun"
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Why would he say "I'm the shooter"? Before shooting?
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Why would he say "I'm the shooter"? Before shooting?
Ye, I thought that too. :trust:
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Why would he say "I'm the shooter"? Before shooting?
Maybe he thought they would not understand it without headsup.
But yeah this is horrible and still do not get the motives for these kinda things. Crazy minds..
RIP
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RIP
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Maybe he thought they would not understand it without headsup.
That would not make sense at all. Its like a suicide bomber would walk up to a crowd and say "I'm a suicide bomber" before blowing up.
If his intention was to kill as many as he can, he would not give a heads up.
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That would not make sense at all. Its like a suicide bomber would walk up to a crowd and say "I'm a suicide bomber" before blowing up.
If his intention was to kill as many as he can, he would not give a heads up.
You have to observe the perpetrator's character. Did he want to have that kind of control/power in his hands?
...white mask carrying a rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest. He heard the gunman say, "I am the shooter," as if announcing himself. A series of rapid-fire shots in short succession followed as Christmas music played.
He apparently had a rifle. I believe he wanted to state a point whatever it was.
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That would not make sense at all. Its like a suicide bomber would walk up to a crowd and say "I'm a suicide bomber" before blowing up.
If his intention was to kill as many as he can, he would not give a heads up.
Well my previous comment about that was not so serious one to be honest. I can't really make any good reason why he should state that he is a shooter. Maybe it was quote from some movie to get him to mood to do that horrible thing. I mean it is obvious that person who does thing like that is delusional.
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Well my previous comment about that was not so serious one to be honest. I can't really make any good reason why he should state that he is a shooter. Maybe it was quote from some movie to get him to mood to do that horrible thing. I mean it is obvious that person who does thing like that is delusional.
Much GTA games....
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Isnt this the 2nd American gun incident in the past week? :poke:
You think only two happen a week? Please. You're forgetting about the ghettos in the United States, where everyday shots are fired and people getting killed.