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Armed standoff at Tacoma Mall (WA)
Eyewitness ^ | 11/20/05 | Ramius

Posted on 11/20/2005 12:41:22 PM PST by Ramius

Two separate reports, one from my Dad and one from a friend... both at Tacoma Mall. Not being allowed inside, due to "someone inside with a semiautomatic shooting in the mall".

Large number of police on the scene, sealing the exits. Not letting anyone in or out.

Will post a source as soon as I have one.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: banglist; mall; nihilism; shooting; tacoma
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To: Ramius

Any news?


21 posted on 11/20/2005 12:54:26 PM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: Ramius

Thank you for posting. I am relieved.


22 posted on 11/20/2005 12:55:36 PM PST by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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To: Ramius
Gang activity around the Tacoma Mall?!!? Shocked, I am (not!). /sarcasm

Someone else asked: yes, WA state is a "shall issue" state. Basicly they cannot deny you a carry permit unless you are a felon or legally insane.

23 posted on 11/20/2005 12:56:01 PM PST by SW6906 (5 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, guns and ammunition.)
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To: 2Jedismom

Hi 2J! Still pretty thin on details.

My guess is gang turf. Things like this have been nearby the mall for a while. Was only a matter a time till one of the gangs decided to stake out the mall itself.


24 posted on 11/20/2005 12:56:45 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: Ramius

According to callers on NWCN, lots of shots fired. was pandemonium inside.


25 posted on 11/20/2005 1:01:19 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: Ramius

Is there a link that doesn't need registration? Nothing on national news.


26 posted on 11/20/2005 1:02:42 PM PST by Christopher Lincoln
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To: SW6906

Yup Tacoma Mall has always been thug central.


27 posted on 11/20/2005 1:04:15 PM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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To: Ramius

Hello, my FRiend...

At first I thought your dad was in the mall! Glad that was clarified pretty quick.


28 posted on 11/20/2005 1:06:08 PM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: Ramius

Is this one of those deals where the police seal off the building and wait for the bad guys to run out of bullets, and then make the survivors come out with their hands in the air?


29 posted on 11/20/2005 1:11:03 PM PST by Steely Tom (Fortunately, the Bill of Rights doesn't include the word 'is'.)
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To: Ramius

Callers reporting that stores started closing their shutters to protect people in their stores.


30 posted on 11/20/2005 1:11:27 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: Steely Tom

Dunno. We'll see.


31 posted on 11/20/2005 1:11:48 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: scott7278

Bookmarked...prayers for safety.


32 posted on 11/20/2005 1:13:50 PM PST by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I'd like to know what we're talking about.)
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To: Ramius

Heh. So it begins. One caller said that one of the shots struck a storefront near his wife. He said he saw a middle eastern male with a gun.

Another caller said he saw a caucasian with a gun.

Not sure if I'd automatically believe callers to a news show.


33 posted on 11/20/2005 1:16:07 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: Ramius

Woman caller says she saw a caucasian male with an AK-47. Saw a woman shot in the leg.


34 posted on 11/20/2005 1:17:26 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: 2Jedismom
By the Santa at JC Penny's.

"Santa, go straight to the ghetto."

35 posted on 11/20/2005 1:17:39 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (I get paid to get in your business.)
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To: Ramius

I'm listening to my police scanner... nothing at all.


36 posted on 11/20/2005 1:18:07 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

By the Santa?

Hope no children were harmed.

This reminds me of the shootings at the West Chester mall in PA. some years ago. A crazy white girl in a camouflage suit killed about five people.


37 posted on 11/20/2005 1:20:09 PM PST by Palladin (There ain't nobody here but us chickens. (Senate Dems Theme Song))
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To: Ramius

More callers... Everybody painting a different story. Odds are good that many of the callers are hoaxes, IMHO.


38 posted on 11/20/2005 1:21:12 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: Ramius

Damn...


39 posted on 11/20/2005 1:22:38 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: Lancer_N3502A

Hard to believe tacoma is a hub for gangs?


40 posted on 11/20/2005 1:24:55 PM PST by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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