Posted on 06/08/2013 10:45:41 AM PDT by jimbo123
The gunman's rampage began at a home in this beachfront city, leaving two dead inside. Then he carjacked a woman and fired at a public bus. It all ended when police shot him dead at Santa Monica College as students studied for finals, a mile from the house.
His blood trail, however, left four people dead Friday in Santa Monica, which abuts Los Angeles and is renowned for its liberal openness.
A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN on Saturday that the gunman had suffered mental health issues. A couple of years ago, he was hospitalized for treatment after allegedly talking about harming someone, according to the official.
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SWAT-clad man uses assault rifle in chaotic Santa Monica shooting spree
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Police: As many as 6 [Update:4] dead in S. California shootings; gunman also killed
CNN news ^ | 7 June 2013 | By Chelsea J. Carter. Miguel Marquez and Phil Gast
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Shooting Near The Campus Of Santa Monica College
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Five dead in Santa Monica shooting rampage
Los Angeles Times ^ | June 7, 2013 | By Andrew Blankstein, Robert Faturechi and Joel Rubin
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I was just commenting about how it takes three people to write one article.
SM gets a lot of money from Tourism — I’m going to guess that is why there is a news BLACKOUT. And that is exactly what it is. I live two blocks from the college — helicopters for 6 hours, city buses re-routed up and down my street and 7 stations yesterday AND not to have a Local update today is preposterous.
cynwoody — thanks — good info there. And to you too Sarah.
Here he is entering the library
https://twitter.com/NewsBreaker/status/343464368257761281/photo/1
And your right, a lot of tourists go to the Promenade and Santa Monica Place(been there a few times) and since the mother has not been notified yet I guess I can understand why they won’t reveal the name. The gunman did NOT have an AR-15, he had a 223 Rifle..but of course the media will keep on referring to it as an “assault weapon”
Maybe. But I suspect that , if the family were Christian, we would already know it.
Since it’s Jon, now, today’s his birthday?
You’ve seen that 60’s painted, colorful open air tour bus haven’t you that goes down Pico to the beach? Well, it came by my house yesterday. Now I know they re-routed Pico buses but to not cancel that silly “Kandy-Kool-Aid” thing was bizarre.
Lots of foreign travelers with SM as destination and of course, the high percentage of foreign students at SMCC. I ran into one Irish tour group in Sept who wanted to know when the sun would come out, as that’s what was promised in their brochure. Yes, I laughed.
Reportedly, they are Jordanian and belong to the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church.
Given he shot relatives first, it's likely this is an Adam Lanza or Charlie Whitman type of case and not jihadism.
Of course, it's also possible his family had turned Christian, but he got the old religion back.
Arrrgh, I got ya.
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for clarifying ;)
Yeah apparently today was the schmuck’s 24th birthday, guess he wanted to go out with a bang
yeah Ive seen that painted bus, weird that they did not cancel that..the bus that was shot up on Cloverfield and Pico, man I must have been on that bus hundreds of times..Blue Bus #7 used to take it everyday from SMC back home, havent been on it for a while since I dont go to SMC anymore but still, its weird when it hits close to home. On the Promenade, you see A LOT of foreigners..I like the Promenade, you see a lot of whackos there but its still lots of fun, good stores..been to the movie theater on Arizona and 2nd with my friend a few times, nice place..but since I live so close to The Grove I mainly go there
How the media used to cover this sort of incident (1966): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTU5lPzKvjI
You’re right, my bad. Thanks :-)
Dang it — cannot view. What was the event on You Tube?
Chet Huntley reporting on the Texas Tower Massacre of 1 August 1966.
Start of a turbulent decade — from The Beatles to turmoil in a blink of the eye.
Final count turned out to be 19 per FOX 8 local news.
“Jordanian and belong to the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church.”
Finally some better information. On the other thread I tried to caution that we should not jump to the conclusion that the perpetrator was Muslim. What struck me is that the Father’s name was Samir. I have know eastern Christians from the M.E. who had that name. Then someone else on the thread knew Lebanese Christians with the last name of Zawahri.
I now suspect that the family is of Christian background, and many of these M.E. Christian groups go back many, many generations. That is, not new converts.
There are several Christian groups in the M.E. and many have fled because of persecution.
I don’t believe I heard a PEEP from “the One”?
“Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochian_Orthodox_Christian_Archdiocese_of_North_America
“The Antiochian Orthodox followers were originally cared for by the Russian Orthodox Church in America and the first bishop consecrated in North America, Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, was consecrated by the Russian Orthodox Church in America in 1904 to care for the Syro-Levantine Greek Orthodox Christian Ottoman immigrants to the USA and Canada, who had come chiefly from the Vilayets of Adana, Aleppo, Beirut and Damascus (the birthplace of the community’s founder St Raphael).”
There are also Arab Christians in Lebanon who are Maronite and recognize the Pope, but have married priests:
Although reduced in numbers today, Maronites remain one of the principal ethno-religious groups in Lebanon. The Maronite Church asserts that since its inception, it has always remained faithful to the Church of Rome and the Pope.[2] In November 2012, Pope Benedict appointed Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi as a Cardinal.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maronite_Church
“Before the conquest by Arabian Muslims reached Lebanon, the Lebanese people, including those who would become Muslim and the majority who would remain Christian, spoke a dialect of Aramaic.[4][5][6] Syriac (Christian Aramaic) still remains the liturgical language of the Maronite Church.[7] The members of the Maronite Church are a part of the Syriac people; though they have, over time, developed a distinctive Maronite character, this has not obscured their Antiochene and Syriac origin.”
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