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School Shooting:Multiple Deaths in Lancaster, PA Amish School, Shooter Kills Self
Fox News Alert ^ | 02 OCT 06

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.

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To: All

I think we can rule out Marilyn Manson and video games.


421 posted on 10/02/2006 10:43:22 AM PDT by dufsnikk (Only in death is there life.)
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To: antiRepublicrat

On 9-11-01 we did. I don't want that to happen again...


422 posted on 10/02/2006 10:44:02 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Boy is that an understatement.


At 46 I am just about done with a year long adult Catechism that is geared towards 8th graders and boy have I been clueless in a lot of what Jesus has given us to deal with in this world.

It is just by divine intervention that my gut instinct has got me through life. Has to be.


423 posted on 10/02/2006 10:44:48 AM PDT by Global2010 (Tag line in Prayer.)
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To: Guenevere; KosmicKitty
I'm almost certain their 8th Grade education, in a one room school house, is probably as good or better than 12 years in public school..

But unique in that they have "out-houses" at the school.

sw

424 posted on 10/02/2006 10:45:10 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

There you go.


425 posted on 10/02/2006 10:45:11 AM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: Brilliant

"If it's a copycat, then it just proves that it would not have happened but for the media coverage of the first killings. The guys who do this are just looking for media attention."

I have also wondered if due to media coverage there are copycat killers. Wish the media would not disclose the names of the killers and just call them crazy,scum of the earth, pieces of trash and tell nothing more about them. Just urge prayers and support for the victims and families. Maybe then, the killers wanting media attention will know they are not going to get much. It is just so sad, I am sick about these killings!



426 posted on 10/02/2006 10:45:26 AM PDT by seekthetruth
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To: Religion Moderator
Tacky behavior on this thread will be noticed by the moderators.

Thank You

427 posted on 10/02/2006 10:45:46 AM PDT by Iowa Granny
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To: seekthetruth
When you try to figure out the "why" you only end up trying to make excuses for the behavior or belief.

Agree.

When you know something is crazy, just call it crazy because most likely that is exactly what it is.

I used to agree. But a psychiatric diagnosis can be a cover for clever manipulation, or what this really is: EVIL.

428 posted on 10/02/2006 10:46:00 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
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To: dufsnikk
I think we can rule out Marilyn Manson and video games.

How do you know this?
429 posted on 10/02/2006 10:46:17 AM PDT by Deo volente
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To: Quix
This is barely the commencement of the beginning of the start of the warm-up coming down the pike.

So why wasn't the bombing of a school in Michigan that killed 45 people in 1927 (by a local nutcase upset with high school taxes) the "commencement of the beginning of the start of the warm-up coming down the pike?"

430 posted on 10/02/2006 10:46:25 AM PDT by Strategerist (Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves)
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To: PhiKapMom
Most of the Amish farmers in Lancaster County use very old horse-drawn equipment. The equipment itself may be engine-powered, such as a hay bailer - but the propulsion must not be powered.

Which is why you will see Amish mainting their front yards with reel mowers and gas-powered weed-whackers - first time I saw that was in Bart Township, where this horrible event occurred.

431 posted on 10/02/2006 10:46:28 AM PDT by dirtboy (Good fences make good neighbors)
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To: dirtboy

Aye aye.


432 posted on 10/02/2006 10:46:34 AM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: camle
I once suggested that all faculty and staff who legally could, should be encouraged to carry firearms. and that they be concealed, and unadvertised. that way anybody wanting to shoot up the joint wouldn't know who would shoot back.

Nice theory, but I doubt these wackos are concerned about someone shooting back because they know going in that they will die before its over.

433 posted on 10/02/2006 10:46:41 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

The third "Paradise Twp" in PA is in the Poconos, near Tobyhanna State Park.


434 posted on 10/02/2006 10:46:54 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Deo volente

The n00b signed up today to make that brilliant remark.

I don't think they have a bright future here.


435 posted on 10/02/2006 10:47:42 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: DoughtyOne
" What could posess a person to take their frustrations out on innocent kids? "

first of all an immoral outlook - there are no scruples, nothing is taboo. Couple with with a failure to recognize others as human beings, merely props. Add some moral philosophical absurdities: "life is merely a dream, do you even exist, or is all this an illusion" crapola, and you have the recipie for this sort of behavior.

436 posted on 10/02/2006 10:48:06 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
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To: TNdandelion

Dear God, please watch over their poor, innocent little souls.


437 posted on 10/02/2006 10:48:12 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: Global2010; All

Per CNN.
State Troopers yelled at the gunman "ROY PUT THE GUN DOWN, ROY PUT THE GUN DOWN"

Roy responded by shooting at the State Troopers as he stood outside and the State Troopers returned fire on Ol' Roy.

Took him down. Rough last month for our police officers too.


438 posted on 10/02/2006 10:48:12 AM PDT by Global2010 (Tag line in Prayer.)
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To: seekthetruth
Wish the media would not disclose the names of the killers and just call them crazy,scum of the earth, pieces of trash and tell nothing more about them.

And if and when some actually ARE Muslim, watch 99.99% of FR throw an apopaleptic fit when the names aren't released and the story isn't covered long-term or in depth.

439 posted on 10/02/2006 10:48:28 AM PDT by Strategerist (Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves)
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To: World'sGoneInsane
Some of you need a little Amish education. Not all Amish believe/ live by equally strict standards. There are different degrees of acceptance of "modern" technology depending where they are in the country what sect they belong to from. I can give some insight into the Amish in Lancaster, Pa because that's where I grew up. Some of these facts may surprise you. The Amish, on the whole are smart business people. A good number do have electricity. The phones are often located at the end of the driveway in what might be mistaken for a port-a-john. They may ride in cars but after marriage may not own one. Many unmarried men of driving ng age will purchase cars for weekend use. These kids are wickedly dangerous drivers from what I've seen. Yes, they do drink and party as teenagers. There are drug problems in the community, and there have been busts in Lancaster county for Amish/Pagan motorcycle gang drug rings. The people are good natured and will interact with others who are not Amish. Though they don't have T.V.'s in there homes they are well informed through the local newspapers. Main mode of transportation is the horse and buggy, but many use scooters, rollerblades, and to a lesser extent bicycles. Pa dutch food is exceptional and will cause high degrees of weight gain in a short amount of time. Go to an Amish market if you want to experience some of the best cakes and pastries you've ever had
440 posted on 10/02/2006 10:48:36 AM PDT by theeyeshaveit (ANY OTHER QUESTIONS)
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