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Police identify shooter in Maryland mall shooting
newstimes ^ | Jan 26, 2014

Posted on 01/26/2014 7:02:59 AM PST by KeyLargo

Edited on 01/26/2014 7:03:40 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

COLUMBIA, Md. (AP)

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aguilar; amish; banglist; biden; boyfriend; columbia; columbiamall; darion; democrats; gunbans; guncontrol; gunfreezone; guns; howardcounty; killing; mall; mallshooting; marcus; maryland; mossberg; obama; secondamendment; shooter; shotgun; zumiez
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To: silverleaf
Sounds like jealous lover or stalker, not terrorism

That was my estimation too. But the new reports of his backpack having a bunch of homemade IED's has me wondering about motive. Could be was a self-converted wanna-be jihadist. Just didn't have the contacts to get good training. The explosives were apparently crude and simple devices with household common components. All that though makes it odd that he offed himself after killing just those two, and not continuing whatever presumably larger plan he had.

Was he confronted? Could be. Maybe the two, or one of them, was the target after all and he simply came armed for an extended search or stand off? Dunno. It's curious. Maybe wasn't actually ready to deal with the carnage he created and it overwhelmed him. It's an uglier thing than it seems in the movies.

I'd like to know that there are -witnesses- that saw him kill himself. So that we know he wasn't merely a third victim and the real shooter left the backpack and shotgun on him and walked away and out of the mall.

21 posted on 01/26/2014 7:40:22 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
Maryland Gov. O’Malley: “the actions we take may well prevent another tragedy like that in Newtown”

Jan 26, 2014

Well, guess how Maryland Governor Oh-Mao-Lee sold his litany of strict gun control initiatives in early 2013?

The threat of gun violence “will never go away,” O’Malley said, “but the actions we take may well prevent another tragedy like that in Newtown, Connecticut. . . . It is possible we can make a difference.”

And, Governor, it’s possible your state’s strict gun control was the reason this angry ex-boyfriend of one of the victims thought he could get away with murdering her and her new boyfriend without any meaningful resistance.

He brought a Mossberg 500 pump-action shotgun into a “No Guns” mall, pulled it out of a skateboard bag in a dressing room, then hunted down the defenseless victims and shot them with buckshot in cold blood. He then, being the brave soul he was (that’s sarcasm there), turned the gun on himself.

Via: Guns Save Life

http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10625

22 posted on 01/26/2014 7:41:58 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Jimmy Valentine

My tactical shotgun would fit under a longish coat. Or in a big duffel. Or in a long cardboard box. Somebody carrying a long cardboard box wouldn’t be noticed in a mall.


23 posted on 01/26/2014 7:43:40 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
explain to me how this mutt walks up to the second floor of a busy mall with a loaded shotgun.

I don't know about Maryland or this particular mall.

But the sporting goods store where I shop is in a mall and I walk in and out of there with a cased gun all the time.

24 posted on 01/26/2014 7:44:10 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: silverleaf

I read somewhere he was a former boyfriend. Hard to stop someone determined to kill.

My niece is a cop there and the mall is part of her patrol. I’ll have to find out if she was involved.


25 posted on 01/26/2014 7:44:35 AM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: Progov
Doesn’t sound muzzie to me
How about Malcolm Little ... muzzie?
26 posted on 01/26/2014 7:47:39 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
Somebody please explain to me how this mutt walks up to the second floor of a busy mall with a loaded shotgun.

Winter time, long coat.

27 posted on 01/26/2014 7:50:09 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Second Amendment First

no pics of perp anywhere!


28 posted on 01/26/2014 7:52:45 AM PST by cajungirl
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To: oh8eleven

That grin has a familiar look to it.


29 posted on 01/26/2014 7:52:46 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Jimmy Valentine

“He brought a Mossberg 500 pump-action shotgun into a “No Guns” mall, pulled it out of a skateboard bag in a dressing room, then hunted down the defenseless victims and shot them with buckshot in cold blood. He then, being the brave soul he was (that’s sarcasm there), turned the gun on himself. “

Via: Guns Save Life


30 posted on 01/26/2014 7:53:54 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: cajungirl

no pics of perp anywhere!

********
Speaks volumes.


31 posted on 01/26/2014 7:53:56 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Ramius; Jimmy Valentine

overall length of a mossberg pistol grip is 36.375”
http://www.mossberg.com/product/shotguns-pump-action-500-special-purpose-tactical-light-forend/54129

easily consealable


32 posted on 01/26/2014 7:57:02 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Starboard

Yes but photos of the victims as soon as their names were released


33 posted on 01/26/2014 7:58:15 AM PST by Josa
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To: Jimmy Valentine

I shop there. There are ground level entrances on the upper level. You don’t have to walk far. People are involved with each other or with their kids, bags, food, phones. They may not notice. Even if they did, all they can do is call 911; your average shopper can’t very well disarm a gunman. And this only took a few minutes.

Frankly, the Howard County cops are the super-courteous traffic patrol type, not tough guys. They aren’t the sort you turn to in a major crisis. Howard is still mainly rural and mainly full of nice people who get along.


34 posted on 01/26/2014 7:58:50 AM PST by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: Second Amendment First

“Very few details were released about Aguilar. He apparently lived with his mother in the suburb of College Park, where University of Maryland is located. McMahon didn’t know if Aguilar was a student there.

Aguilar took a taxi to the mall and roamed its halls before shots rang out within an hour. Police arrived at the scene just 2 minutes after a 911 call came into authorities at 11:15 a.m. When they arrived, they found three bodies at the Zumiez skateboard shop on the upper level.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/26/maryland-mall-shooting-darion-marcus-aguilar_n_4669271.html


35 posted on 01/26/2014 7:58:55 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Jimmy Valentine
... McMahon said Aguilar’s weapon was a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/police-id-assailant-in-columbia-mall-shooting/2014/01/26/e9cf39ec-8696-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html

I have one with tactical grips. Overall length is less than 36 inches.

36 posted on 01/26/2014 7:59:00 AM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: cajungirl

Scrubbed before release. Not surprising. CYA mode activated.


37 posted on 01/26/2014 7:59:38 AM PST by RandallFlagg (IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
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To: KeyLargo

Must be a White right-wing extremist. < / s >


38 posted on 01/26/2014 8:00:48 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: I want the USA back

CNN video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD0KlagEw6E


39 posted on 01/26/2014 8:01:33 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Josa

PC considerations appear to be in play.


40 posted on 01/26/2014 8:01:42 AM PST by Starboard
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