Montreal school shooting Options

[Hellfighter]

I have a bit of the jitters right now since I was on my way to do chores in the very area of the shooting this morning but got lazy and ended up staying at home[ For those of you who don't know, I live in Montreal]. I just turned on the tv to watch msnbc news and there I see video of what horror was emerging a few hours ago in downtown area of Montreal. It's incredibly fortunate the superb police force here reacted fast against the shooter[s]. So far it appears no students have been killed, but 6 confirmed critical, 2 seriously, 4 stable- two gunmen dead. Right now the police are sweeping the area to see if any other shooters are possibly lurking about. Let's hope for the best for these young kids caught up in this tragedy.

This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 09/13/06 2:51pm

[Pancakes]

I dont want to seem insensitive, but those snipers are posers! DC had the original student/people snipers...but i do hope those kids are alright, i would imagine it really really really sucks to be shot by a sniper rifle

[Hellfighter]

I dont want to seem insensitive, but those snipers are posers! DC had the original student/people snipers...but i do hope those kids are alright, i would imagine it really really really sucks to be shot by a sniper rifle

I don't know what a 'poser' is young meowman, but it's really not the time to make comparisons as to which kind of mass murderer is/was more 'original' or 'badder'. Furthermore there were no snipers and no sniper rifle involved-so far it seems to be a lone gunman -columbine similarities > he ended up in the school atrium shooting kids as they lay down.... and from what we're seeing on tv in interviews with kids who fled the campus and/or witnessed the shooter they're not saying how the kids they saw got shot feel it "really really really sucks". They're generally in shock and making frenzied phone calls to see if friends they lost contact with in the escape are not among the injured. To add to the confusion, it was hard to make such cellphone calls what with the heavy transmission traffic.

I went to the area tonight since I had things to do in the area. Right now 1 block is cordoned off to everyone and to traffic up to 3 blocks away, other than that due to the light rain here nobody is in that section. We'll see what happens tomorrow but I suppose all prayers are for the critically wounded to make a recovery. Thankfully given the situation everyone who couldkeep this tragedy to a minimum did their best; cops, paramedics and the teachers who instantly directed the kids to barricade their classrooms. The maniac was cornered in his final position fairly quickly given how large that campus building is. Talking to a friend within a block when shots rang out, the cops were quickly evacuating everyone in the area to a safety boundary. Sensibly, the school is being shut down for one week also.


This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 09/13/06 8:52pm