Police in Las Vegas are responding to an active shooter alert at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada.
They said there appeared to be "multiple victims at this time" near the university's Beam Hall building.
Las Vegas police later said the suspect had been found dead.
The university first tweeted at around 11:53 local time (19:53 GMT) that police were responding to reports of shots fired on campus.
Meanwhile another nutcase has killed a half-dozen or so people down in Austin, & injured others over the course of a couple of days, & Police are trying to put together the pieces of this latest spree killer
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:36 am
by TB63
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:31 am
by Raggs
Not a mass shooting (though I'm sure there's been a couple at least in the past week).
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:48 pm
by fishfoodie
Indeed, as of Sunday morning, more than 42,000 people have died from guns in 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive. More than 18,400 of them were the result of a homicide.
Imagine the entire population of Dover, or Bury being killed by a preventable cause ...... every year, & doing nothing about it !
For the UK it's the equivalent of what 8,000 preventable deaths ?
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:06 am
by Niegs
My ‘favourite’ argument for ‘needing’ guns is home protection and criminals with illegal guns (we’re hearing some people on this with a new Canadian crackdown on handguns). But they don’t want to hear how many of those ‘illegal’ guns were stolen from homes and cars of those concerned citizens ‘needing’ them for protection.
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:45 am
by Sandstorm
"You got better Xmas presents than I did! BANG-BANG!!""
Holy shit. 14 year old shot and killed his 23 year old sister (who had a baby in a carrier at the time!) out of jealousy of present numbers. The 15 year old brother then used *his* gun to shoot and wound the 14 year old brother! 14 year old will be taken into custody once released from hospital, 15 year old is being charged with attempted murder and tampering with evidence (he ran and threw his gun away).
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:36 pm
by sockwithaticket
Obviously we don't have all the details, but, on the face of it, it seems a bit harsh to be charging the 15 year old.
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:16 am
by Gumboot
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were almost 43,000 gun violence deaths and more than 650 mass shooting in the USA in 2023.
Fucking insane.
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:57 pm
by Niegs
Sandstorm wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:45 am
"You got better Xmas presents than I did! BANG-BANG!!""
Press conference I saw had a message from the top cop about guns stolen from homes/cars (sounded like both lads' guns were stolen).
And as I'd just said a few days ago, the YT comments were all "It's not about guns, it's about 'their' culture!" ... racists AND 2nd Amendment nuts, ignoring that guns were nicked from 'law abiding' people just like them.
One person was killed and nine others seriously injured in a shooting at Kansas City's Union Station
The incident followed a parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs' victory in Sunday's Super Bowl
Police say they have arrested two armed suspects
Indeed, as of Sunday morning, more than 42,000 people have died from guns in 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive. More than 18,400 of them were the result of a homicide.
Imagine the entire population of Dover, or Bury being killed by a preventable cause ...... every year, & doing nothing about it !
For the UK it's the equivalent of what 8,000 preventable deaths ?
Indeed, as of Sunday morning, more than 42,000 people have died from guns in 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive. More than 18,400 of them were the result of a homicide.
Imagine the entire population of Dover, or Bury being killed by a preventable cause ...... every year, & doing nothing about it !
For the UK it's the equivalent of what 8,000 preventable deaths ?
Have you been to Dover?
Can't say as I have. Is wanting to machine gun the natives a common reaction to traveling thru it ?
Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell has received what thankfully appear to be minor injuries as an innocent bystander during a club shooting incident. 10 people on the receiving end and a 16 year old boy arrested.
Not a mass shooting, but man has gun taken from him by crazy bus passenger who forces the bus to go on a rampage at the point of said gun.
It's fascinating that in chases like this, ALL the police get involved. I've seen takedowns of one driver by 20 cops all with guns drawn. Overkill?
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 2:53 am
by Enzedder
Jaysus Christ - they have more cops in that town than we have in our whole country. And that was just one shift.
You wouldn't dare fart for fear of arrest
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 6:36 am
by tabascoboy
DEVELOPING: At least 9 people shot — including children — in ‘random’ attack at splash pad in Rochester Hills, Michigan; suspect barricaded - Sheriff
This is awful. Rochester Hills is one of the nicest communities in the state of Michigan and statistically one of the 20 safest cities, in the United States. I sincerely mean this, if it’s not safe in Rochester Hills, it is not safe anywhere in America.
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 4:34 pm
by Slick
I see the dad has been charged and is looking at a possible 180 years in jail.
It seems an enormous fucking cop out and diversionary tactic to start going for the parents. Obviously they shouldn’t be letting kids get anywhere near guns but when you have so many legal guns, a mental gun culture and politicians that don’t give a flying fuck, seems a bit much to just pin all the blame on dad
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 4:45 pm
by fishfoodie
Slick wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 4:34 pm
I see the dad has been charged and is looking at a possible 180 years in jail.
It seems an enormous fucking cop out and diversionary tactic to start going for the parents. Obviously they shouldn’t be letting kids get anywhere near guns but when you have so many legal guns, a mental gun culture and politicians that don’t give a flying fuck, seems a bit much to just pin all the blame on dad
Read the rest of the background !
While I agree on the general sentiment of the propblem being societal, the new trend of charging the parents is to be welcomed !!
In this case, the FBI visited the father a year ago, after a threat of a school shooting, which came from a SM account controled by this shooter. When the Feds spoke to the Father, he assured them that while he had weapons, his darling son didn't have un-supervised access to them, & his darling son claimed that his discord account had been "hacked".
Meth head Daddy, going thru a divorce with Meth head Mummy, then decided to buy the affection of his darling son, who brought the Feds to his door, with an AR-15 FOR FUCKING CHRISTMAS !!!!!!
180 years is too kind for this worthless piece of shit who has destroyed four families
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 5:00 pm
by epwc
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 4:45 pm
180 years is too kind for this worthless piece of shit who has destroyed four families
I'm with you on this one
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 5:02 pm
by Uncle fester
One of the victims, Mason Schermerhorn, was autistic. As news of the shooting started to spread, parents posted appeals for information about their children and part of Mason's mother's appeal was instructions on how to calm him down if he was agitated.
Slick wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 4:34 pm
I see the dad has been charged and is looking at a possible 180 years in jail.
It seems an enormous fucking cop out and diversionary tactic to start going for the parents. Obviously they shouldn’t be letting kids get anywhere near guns but when you have so many legal guns, a mental gun culture and politicians that don’t give a flying fuck, seems a bit much to just pin all the blame on dad
Read the rest of the background !
While I agree on the general sentiment of the propblem being societal, the new trend of charging the parents is to be welcomed !!
In this case, the FBI visited the father a year ago, after a threat of a school shooting, which came from a SM account controled by this shooter. When the Feds spoke to the Father, he assured them that while he had weapons, his darling son didn't have un-supervised access to them, & his darling son claimed that his discord account had been "hacked".
Meth head Daddy, going thru a divorce with Meth head Mummy, then decided to buy the affection of his darling son, who brought the Feds to his door, with an AR-15 FOR FUCKING CHRISTMAS !!!!!!
180 years is too kind for this worthless piece of shit who has destroyed four families
Must admit, I didn’t know the last bit! Lock him up
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 6:35 pm
by fishfoodie
No worries, it's been a developing story as they say.
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 12:01 pm
by Slick
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 6:35 pm
No worries, it's been a developing story as they say.
Yup. I still think it’s a cop out from the much, much, much bigger issue
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 2:06 pm
by sockwithaticket
Another school shooting in Baltimore, just the one fatality it seems.
May well be a rash of these as the American school year starts...
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 6:35 pm
No worries, it's been a developing story as they say.
Yup. I still think it’s a cop out from the much, much, much bigger issue
What do they call it, "the art of the possible" ?
There's no feasible way to fix the bigger issue, there's hundreds of millions of guns out there; so the best any single administration can do is nibble at the edges. Achievable goals are to hold those who put the guns into the hands of children, responsible, & a majority of people will support this; then start to bring in basic background checks on people buying guns, so cut down on the number of people with mental health & drug dependency issues who have guns.
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 11:57 pm
by Niegs
Nothing will ever change. Sandy Hook should have been the final straw. The Vegas massacre showed what's entirely possible with people who stockpile assault weapons.
I sometimes wonder - not wish, of course - that maybe if a GOP or NRA big wig had a personal loss in one of these shootings? Would that 'motivate' them to change? But then I feel the establishment and selfish voters would push them out before doing anything substantial. Too many people just don't care unless it personally affects them.
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 10:47 pm
by Enzedder
Saw this dig at at the Republicans (and gun nuts) and thought it very telling
Pro-life would be 20 Sandy Hook students starting college this fall
Re: Another mass shooting in the US
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2024 7:11 pm
by geordie_6
5 dead, including the attacker, in a school shooting in Wisconsin
... racists AND 2nd Amendment nuts, ignoring that guns were nicked from 'law abiding' people just like them.
