Posted on 12/24/2011 3:08:43 PM PST by dynachrome
FORT MYERS - Fort Myers Police responded to a shooting at Edison Mall in Fort Myers on Friday that left one person dead. As of late Friday night, the suspected shooter is still on the loose.
The shooting occurred around 9:00 p.m. outside the entrances of Macy's and JCPenney.
Police say the victim, 25-year-old Thomas Arthur Goodman, suffered multiple gunshot wounds from a high-powered assault rifle. They say they believe the shooter shot around 50 to 60 rounds at him.
Officers at the scene performed CPR on Goodman until Lee County EMS arrived. He was transported to Lee Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Several rounds were found around the aisles of the parking lot. Police say all the shots came from one vehicle but don't know how many shooters were involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbc-2.com ...
(50-60 rounds fired? yikes)
Yes—50-60 rounds is a heck of a lot, especially in what is probably a crowded mall!
Hmm...I'm guessing the old "it just went off" defense is right out.
The “I was just cleaning my gun” defense may be hard to pull off here.
Sounds to me like someone shooting an AK-47 gangsta’ style. Gangsta’ shooting (Diversity style) has been said to save more lives than on the scene medical personnel.
Don’t worry the cops got a good ID on the perps. “A grey four door with a bunch of GUYS in it”
Worked for sears in that mall 30 years ago.
I left the ft myers/cape coral area in 1983. It was getting too crowded back then.
They are all probably deaf, too, if they were firing from inside the vehicle.
What a shame. When is this going to stop?
My heart goes out to his family.
Wow, just seeing that picture makes want to shoot someone. Wearing those will help me get laid, and when I flirt with the unemployment lady, I’ll get an extension.
<\channelling emBHOLDERned black trash>
If it’s a mall then they’ll have video.
In any case, it looks like it is a “scum on scum” and no net loss to society.
http://www.whosarrested.com/florida/lee-county/fort-myers/lcdc/361631-thomas-arthur-goodman
I completely misread that King. I thought you said “wearing those shoes will help me get laid by the unemployment lady who will agree I need an extension—teehee
Not the longest rap sheet I’ve ever seen, but he certainly ran in the wrong groups. Drug related killing, perhaps?
I got an unexpected e-mail from Berta Farra herself this morning, offering guaranteed extensions! I can forward it on request.
Picture of the victim is a mug shot.
Ft. Myers seems to be getting pretty dangerous in the last two years -
Fire away. Inside sources reveal I could use an extension. Maybe 2.
“Ft. Myers seems to be getting pretty dangerous in the last two years”.
I despise the Fort Myers-Lee County area. It seems to be populated either snobs in gated communities or rednecks.
The Lee County Sheriffs Department are a bunch of gun-toting borderline paramilitary rednecks too.
if I didn’t have family in the area, I’d avoid it.
The law of the jungle dictates that some are hunters and some are the prey of hunters. It is natures way of maintaing balance, no net loss here.
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