Posted on 10/02/2006 9:16:45 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Edited on 10/02/2006 12:55:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Developing....
School Shooting injures one person,
Hostage situation may be developing.
Update: Multiple Shooting Victims and Possible Hostages in Lancaster County
Not many details available yet, but an incident has been reported from Mine Rd. in Bart Township in Lancaster County involving multiple gunshot victims. Dennis Buterbaugh reports live from our newsroom. abc27 has a news crew on the way. We will update with details as they become available.
Update 2: Pennsylvania Police: Amish School is 'Horrendous Crime Scene' After Shooting
NICKEL MINES, Pa. — At least two female students and one slightly older female — who may have been a teacher's aide — were shot and killed execution style in what police say may be a revenge killing for something that happened 20 years ago.
State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller said Monday that truck driver Charles Carl Roberts IV entered the one-room Amish schoolhouse in earlier in the day. The gunman brought in pieces of wood to board up the doors to the building when he entered the school. He also stacked desks against the building's doors.
"It appears that the suspect entered school with the intention of taking hostages," Miller said.
Roberts had wire ties and plastic flex cuff, which he used to begin tying the hostages feet together after they were lined up along a blackboard. He let go 15 male students, as well as one adult female who was pregnant. Three other non-student females with infants were also allowed to leave. One shotgun and one handgun was found next to the suspect when police entered the building.
"It seems as though he wanted to attack young, female victims," Miller said.
After a half hour inside, Roberts began shooting. When the gunfire stopped, three females were found shot dead at the scene, along with the suspect, who shot himself, Miller said. At least seven more victims — some critically wounded — were transported to nearby hospitals, he said. One victim, a young girl, died in the arms of a trooper, Miller said. He could not confirm how many people died en route or at the hospital. The county coroner earlier reported six children killed but then backed off of that statement.
The fact that the mods had to request that posters stop blaming the Amish community is a sad testament to what this site is becoming.
I wish the mods would use the nuclear option more often. Anyone who blames the Amish for this has nothing of any value to add to this forum.
Why won't you answer my question?
That has everything to do with what you are talking about.
Little Girls plus Guns plus psycho ADULT WITH A GUN isn't exactly the greatest formula to start advocating teaching kids to fight back...especially in a hostage situation.
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host -
by the Divine Power of God -
cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits,
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
For the record, I am not genuinely Amish, but I learned how to swim in this very town.
You might be right Mike but they have been easy picking up to now. They are killing them anyway. As a group running, you don't think there might be a better chance of surviving? Once they are tied up.......locked up.....
Because I don't like your attitude, ok? :')
The first time I saw you chatting on the Internet, I suspected you might not really be Amish. Not sure what the first clue was. LOL
Peace my FRiends. We can argue some other time.
I wondered , when you posted that you made your kids crank your computer or something like that:')
Oh, be a sport. Answer the nosy question. Tell us all about your personal life. These "have you ever..." questions can be fun. lol
It's my understanding that the Amish are extreme pacifists and will not fight back at all. Also, I believe they only go to school until 8th grade so the boys he let go would indeed be little boys.
My guess is that if everyone had fought him together, maybe they could have overcome them, but with a pregnant woman and babies, they probably thought it would be better to comply. I'm sure they didn't expect he'd start slaughtering the girls.
Who would've thought that he'd do an exectution type slaying?
Yes, peace. Sorry.
That's okay, I'm not Catholic.
We all have our faults.
I'm just saying... they could have worded it better.
Only through the Lord's power, Palladin. Without Him, none of us has the strength to deal with the depth of pain and loss they are dealing with right now.
Very much agreed. I so love the Amish and their peaceful and simplistic way of life. There is much to admire about them.
Thanks for the picture of the adorable little girl.
I'm not critising. You do the best you can. I'm just wondering if we need to have a different plan in the future though. How could they have done things differently? This probably never was even considered a possibility.
A very appropriate prayer, mware!
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