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Md. mall gunman was avid skater, no criminal past
Associated Press ^
| Jan. 26, 2014 10:41 PM EST
| Ben Nuckols
Posted on 01/26/2014 10:50:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
The gunman who killed two people at a Maryland mall was a teenage skateboarding enthusiast who had no criminal record before he showed up at the shopping center armed with a shotgun, plenty of ammunition and a backpack filled with crude homemade explosives, authorities said Sunday.
Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, took a taxi to the Mall in Columbia in suburban Baltimore on Saturday morning and entered the building near Zumiez, a shop that sells skateboarding gear. He went downstairs to a food court directly below the store, then returned less than an hour later, dumped the backpack in a dressing room and started shooting, police said.
Shoppers fled in a panic or barricaded themselves behind closed doors. When police arrived, they found three people dead—two store employees and Aguilar, who had killed himself, authorities said. …
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: amish; banglist; columbiamall; freakstate; gunfreezone; mallshooting
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To: Vince Ferrer
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posted on
01/27/2014 9:55:37 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
To: BikerJoe
I thought he dated the girl he killed.
42
posted on
01/27/2014 9:57:12 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
To: AppyPappy
I thought he dated the girl he killed.
If that's the case, then I stand corrected. Maybe she left him for a girl (wait, she was a young mom, right?). I dunno. Last I heard was the standard useless "Law Enforcement is looking for a motive..."
43
posted on
01/27/2014 10:26:09 AM PST
by
BikerJoe
To: AppyPappy
I saw a ranking police spokesman say there was no known motive. The statement was made a long time after I read here that the killer was the girl’s ex.
44
posted on
01/27/2014 10:28:38 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
To: PghBaldy
Who killed the Navy Yard shooter? He was black.The police shot him.
To: Misterioso
Skateboarding and skating are two different sports.
((
True. But my sons always referred to skateboarding as
“skating” — or “grinding” — during their skateboard years.
46
posted on
01/28/2014 1:24:16 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
To: Organic Panic
I lost all respect for Hawk when he did board through “the peoples house.”
***
Did that really happen?
47
posted on
01/28/2014 1:26:08 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
To: Viennacon
My guess... liberal My guess.....gay.
48
posted on
01/28/2014 1:26:45 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Misterioso
Skateboarding and skating are two different sports. Dumb headline. Those who ride skateboards have been called "skaters" for many many years...
49
posted on
01/28/2014 1:31:11 PM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: AppyPappy
Maybe he had the hots for the guy,
50
posted on
01/28/2014 1:31:20 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Bigg Red
Yep. It was one of Obama’s, “hey look how cool I am” moments shortly after the 2009 innauguration.
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