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.
What has this world come to????? Another school shooting and three kids are dead. I remember those strings of school shootings from 1996 to 1999 before Columbine.
No matter what one writes about the Amish, one never really can comprehend the Amish until they've worked, walked and talked with them. They're not easy to distill into a few paragraphs or pithy sentences.
Thanks AM...it won't happen again...
3 have passed on. 7 are critical, no news on the perverted grudge he held. This is from the latest article I read. :(
I believe that the lesson here is that when it's an adult that goes in, the cops cannot wait. At all.
What kind of animal would do something like this?
There are lot of things I admire about the Amish.
Remember, the Amish are a culture within our own culture. They have rejected most of modern materialism and this incident will most likely strengthen their beliefs.
I have been so depressed and upset about this story all day that I haven't even been able to post. Prayers for them. This is hideous.
Do you know if they ever found that man who tried to accost a young Amish girl a few weeks ago? Tried to get her into his pick-up truck? When I heard of this tragedy today and the bizarre circumstances, I wondered if it was the same guy.
Praying here for those families.
It's really sad that teachers need to be armed nowadays. How come most of these horrible shootings are happening in schools; I believe almost all in public schools. I think it has alot to do with a bad anger that many people feel towards the school system that teaches alot of useless stuff and a theory of evolution that tends to create a doubt about God. And the teachers are not allowed to teach the amazing evidence in the creationism theory. Nor are they teaching the big holes in evolution. It's not suprising at all; the darkside loves to brainwash kids using unwitting teachers as it's tool. Kids would be alot better off today learning the basics and then getting a job until they find there interest in business rather than suffering through the public school system.
If anyone is in the Montgomery/Howard county area in Maryland. There is an Amish Market on 29 at the intersection of 198 in Burtonsville. The Amish come in Monday-Saturday from Lancaster to a store in a strip center to sell their produce, pasteries, dairy, meats, etc. They serve an awesome breakfast/lunch too. There is also wood crafts such as mailboxes, benches, picnic tables, etc. there for purchase.
I know the feeling. I live in Ohio and have never been motivated to go to a crime scene. But this event has me wanting to do something for those Amish people affected by this. Knowing they have home funerals etc. and how this event has intruded on them. I just want to take a simple bit of food...
I know they're private and I won't intrude, but I wish there was a way to express my sympathy, condolences, prayers to them in a manner that is befitting them.
Are the hospitals taking donations for the injured?
Paradise is not too far from Blue Ball.
I don't live anywhere near them (although I did live in Amish country in PA years ago), but I wish there were something I could do, too. I can't even imagine what motivated this man, other than Satan. Those poor little girls.
Turn your compass around. Lancaster is east of York.
At an Amish school, that sicko know nobody is going to be shooting back.
At any school in the US the sickos know that no one is permitted to carry firearms.
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