School Shooting:Multiple Deaths in Lancaster, PA Amish School, Shooter Kills Self

Fox News Alert ^ | 02 OCT 06

[Michael Goldsberry]

Officials said the hostage taker is deceased.

Gotta love happy endings.

[Jeff Head]

I was wondering the same thing.

[don-o]

Rhetorical answer: Appears so

[DCBryan1]

Thanks sidebar moderator for the update!

[MikefromOhio]

Is there some kind of gun legislation in Congress up for approval? these things always seem to coincide.

Congress is adjourned until after the elections, so no, there probably ISN'T anything up for a vote at the moment.

[cgk]

So it sounds as if the hostage taker/perp was killed by helicopter (sniper)? Excellent. Prayers for the victims!

[traditional1]

"All of the reports tend to trigger these things."

Some things are better left un-said (un-reported in prime time, etc.).

Police pursuits, hostage-taking, school shootings/disruptions, etc.

Those who would commit these acts are encouraged by the media coverage, fanning the flames of "15 minutes of fame", followed up by PAID appearances on talk shows, books, etc.

We encourage people to make trouble, and they can then reap rewards for law-breaking (although a FEW court rulings have prohibited profiting from the crimes, it doesn't preclude friens and relatives from doing the appearances/writing, and the money is then funneled to the perp.)

[TomGuy]

FoxNews via AP: "A number of peeople shot dead in PA."

[TET1968]

"Number of people shot to death"

[CharentonChina]

An Amish school. My God.

[1curiousmind]

"MSNBC has been covering this for about 45 minutes. What is MSNBC?"

Is Olbermann blaming US foreign policy and calling for an inquiry as to what the Republicans knew and when they knew it? yet?

[Gondring]

[fatima]

Many shot to death.State police say it is resolved.12 injured.

[Graybeard58]

I lived in that general area once and almost all outsiders mispronounce it. I was born and raised in New Madrid county Missouri and that's routinely mispronounced too.

New MAD rid, not New Ma DRID.

[kcvl]

That is not funny!

[Guenevere]

multiple injuries, multiple deaths, shooter is dead

[TomGuy]

FoxNews: At least 12 injured. Still no count of number dead.

Shooter was killed.

Was hostage situation.

[Brilliant]

Yup. I don't think we're going to be asking if they were Amish the next time a Muslim blows up a schoolbus... Unless it ultimately turns out that the perp in this case was not Amish.

[DCBryan1]

Update: Shooter killed by sniper in hostage situation. Multiple fatalities.