Maybe the Right to Life people should join with the NRA to form the Right to Short Life Movement.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > from SLATE: > > Texas A&M Shooting Leaves Three Dead > Developing: The suspected gunman and a police constable are among the > confirmed dead. > > By Josh Voorhees | Posted Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at 4:15 PM ET > > Three people were killed Monday after a gunman exchanged fire with > police near Texas A&M University's College Station campus. The dead > included: the shooter, a police constable and a civilian. > > Local police said that a handful of others had been taken to the > hospital for treatment, including at least one other law enforcement > official. > > NBC News reports that both the shooter and the civilian have not yet > been IDed, but that the slain Brazos County police constable was > 41-year-old Brian Bachmann. > > Texas A&M posted an alert on its website at 12:29 p.m. local time > warning the community that an "active shooter" was near the > university's football stadium, Kyle Field. Fifteen minutes later, the > school announced that the suspected gunman had been taken into custody > but nonetheless instructed people to avoid the area. A police > spokesman later told reporters that the suspect was injured in a gun > battle with police. > > Local news outlets The Eagle and KBTX-TV reported Monday afternoon > that at least one other law enforcement official was shot. Details > about the civilians injured in the shooting remains scarce, although > reports suggest that a total of five people were transported to the > College Station Medical Center, three of whom had sustained gunshot > wounds of some kind. > > The Eagle with more details on the afternoon shooting: > > The incident appears to have unfolded about 12:15 p.m. at a house > in the historical district of the city close to George Bush Drive. The > Eagle's police scanner early on picked up dispatchers saying that two > officers were wounded. Initial reports state one was a constable. > Authorities confirmed that the suspect was in custody; it wasn't clear > if gunfire was exchanged. > > At an afternoon news conference, police said that the gunman had > opened fire with an automatic weapon from inside a house. > -- > Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you > should at least know the nature of that evil. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
