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Gunman fires at Federal Courthouse in WV
ABC News ^
| Associated Press
Posted on 10/09/2013 2:07:00 PM PDT by voicereason
Wheeling, W. VA -- There's been a shooting at the federal courthouse in Wheeling, West Virginia.
The U.S. Marshals Service says a man with an assault-type rifle fired 15 to 20 shots at the courthouse before security officers returned fire, critically injuring the man.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: courthouse; gunman; wheeling
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Tensions running reaching a boiling over point?
To: voicereason
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:08:06 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: voicereason
Did the building survive?
Was it an AK-15 Fully Automatic Assault Shotgun?
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:08:20 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Need health care? Dial 1-800-F1UCK-YO to reach Obama's hotline)
To: voicereason
Was the building wounded?
To: voicereason
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:09:04 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: voicereason
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:09:35 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:10:51 PM PDT
by
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To: Uncle Miltie
A reporter just said it was a 71 Gauge AK-120 Shotgun.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:12:42 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: voicereason
I think these almost daily incidents of bizarre, dangerously provocative are spontaneous. If this were arranged or directly manufactured, I would expect more time to elapse between shootings, allowing certain senators and congressmen to fund raise or propose new restrictive legislation. As it is now, the happenings are so frequent that the public is almost ready to call these a ‘non-event’ unless it happens in their own backyard.
To: voicereason
The plot of a movie some time back (which I did not see) was dealing with an epidemic of (high profile, I think) suicides. With this (shooting at a building), the immolation on the mall, and the shooting of the unarmed mother in D.C., I am reminded of the movie.
To: voicereason
WHEELING, W.Va. — A gunman identified as a former Wheeling police officer fired multiple shots into the federal courthouse Wednesday afternoon before he was shot and killed by police.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:18:49 PM PDT
by
BCW
(Babylon's Covert War -- See Amazon.com to buy ---- Salva reipublicae)
To: voicereason
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:22:13 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Ted Cruz is settled law.)
To: BCW
guess we need to start disarming former cops instead of letting them carry everywhere.
are you feeling stressed, ex-officer?
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:23:34 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: laplata
I heard it was a 556mm automatic pistol.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:24:21 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
To: TheThirdRuffian
300 rounds, I bet.
I remember a Congresswoman calling Tracers “Heat seeking bullets”.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:29:33 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: TheThirdRuffian
556mm!! That’s a 22” bore!
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:30:31 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: voicereason
"This is a federal building with judges and prosecutors and law enforcement," Claxton said. "It's a very serious incident that infringes upon the third branch of government."Not sure prosecutors and law enforcement are included in the third branch of government, but the judges certainly belong there. Must be mission creep.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:30:57 PM PDT
by
Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Vendome
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:33:45 PM PDT
by
TexasRedeye
(Eschew Obfuscation)
To: laplata
A reporter just said it was a 71 Gauge AK-120 Shotgun. I wonder if it's for sale, now.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:34:29 PM PDT
by
VRW Conspirator
(Producing Talk Show Prep since 1998.)
To: Uncle Miltie
Was it an AK-15 Fully Automatic Assault Shotgun? Glock AK-15, I would imagine.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:35:10 PM PDT
by
TexasRedeye
(Eschew Obfuscation)
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