"She knew to shoot below the vest" - Do you really
think so? If I remember correctly, in live situations,
even people who are trained with guns (not military
level, but police and civilians who have practiced)
hit something like 1 out of 5 shots at 10 feet. It is
much more likely that the shot just happened to hit
there than it was a well thought out targeted shot. Of
course, I don't know that because the investigation
hasn't been completed or released, but my point is,
neither do you and you're making a heck of an
assumption.

"She was carrying a gun" - I didn't see the channel 9
report, but their information apparently did cover
that. It also covered that she did a lot of things
that didn't really sound like the actions of a
hardened criminal. Of course, again, I don't know
because I didn't see the report and I haven't seen the
background of this person. Perhaps she was, perhaps
not.  I don't know, and neither do you (unless you
know who the person was or have access to information
that I don't).

A criminal act was committed, that much is obvious.
Everything else is assumption at this point. We don't
know what happened. We don't know what went wrong.
Criminal intent, insanity, panic, etc. We don't know
why this awful thing happened and until some
investigation is done, speculation is not only
useless, it could lead people down wrong paths. Again,
I recommend waiting until you know what happened and
why before you start stating what reforms are an
appropriate response to this situation.

I'd rather not debate this in the public forum any
more, at least not for a few days. Let's let people
grieve and information come out. We've both expressed
our points of view. If you still wish to continue
discussing it let us take it off the list to private
email.

- JGoray, NE

--- James E Jacobsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>         I have heard for at least a decade back that
> Horn Towers was being used to house younger problem
> people and that there was commomly a crime element
> there.  
>         I was in the towers once to visit a women I
> knew who, age about 40, somehow was living there,
> she wasn't a criminal type but I had occassion -on
> entry- to see a very grimmy image of the place,
> grimmy types lurking and seeming to be waiting for
> something.  
>        And this women, age 60, -gimme a break- she
> was carrying a gun and she not only shot a cop to
> death, she knew to shot below the vest.  
>        Oh they didn't think she was a criminal type,
> maybe it was medication!!, etc.  --It was a criminal
> act with criminal preperation and criminal intent. 
>        Jim // Whittier.         
> 


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