MSNBC: 5 or more fatilities. 1 critical in airflight.
Very sad...I'm speechless.
CNN
State Police office on phone says Perp made some children leave the school, then he started shooting.
Is there any word yet on whether the whacko is an "English" yet?
So sad, horrible to happen to such nice people.
CNN reporting via AP, per county coroner, 6 confirmed dead.
I have started to ask whether there truly are more, or is it because we (the media) are reporting more....
Just damn.
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On a proportional scale, that is horrific. 6 confirmed dead. That is over 20% of the school number.
Over 20% dead.
major horse rearing country.
What is this? An epidemic? Prayers for those at the school and their families.
Maybe the dems thing about "no rules" isn't working out in real life...
. . .and oh the pain and suffering caused here by 'who'/what?
Waiting for the perp to be identified; as horrible as this all is; I hope he is from that Community and not 'outside'. (wondering, if this is a 'religious hate-crime as well or 'Amish rage' as per having to share the road or some equally inane reason here.)
The Amish by and large; are just such good and innocent people.
That said; Nancy Pelosi and Dem et al are probably feelilng upset; Redeker has just moved off the front page; if only temporairily.
The shooter was among the dead, state police Cpl. Ralph Striebig said.
“There are also a number of wounded,” he added.
Three girls, all critical with gunshot wounds, were admitted to Lancaster General Hospital, spokesman John Lines told NBC affiliate WGAL-TV.
WGAL-TV also reported that the shooter was an adult male who had entered the school in rural Lancaster County and and started making threats.
Some people in the Amish community learned about the situation and contacted police, WGAL reported.
Negotiations apparently then took place but at some point at least 10 shots were fired within the school, WGAL said. It appeared the shooter took his own life.
Two hours later, about three dozen people in traditional Amish clothing, hats and bonnets stood near the small school building speaking to one another, several young people and authorities.
At least two ambulances had left the scene, and at least one person was taken on a stretcher to a medical helicopter.
Twenty-seven students are said to have attended the private school, which teaches first through eighth grades.
Shit...that's like 15 miles from me...
Joanie, is this anywhere near you?????????
The insular nature of the Amish community lends itself to such irrational, collectivized hatred, much like the hatred directed against the Jews.
A special place in Hell is reserved for those who target and kill defenseless women and children.