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« on: August 05, 2012, 01:09:25 PM »

Breaking on CNN right now. Potentially multiple shooters.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/reports-of-people-shot-at-sikh-temple-in-oak-creek-qc6cgc0-165059506.html
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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2012, 01:21:47 PM »

Confirmed 1 dead, 3 injured.
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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2012, 01:30:47 PM »

Jeez...this is awful. Condolences to the families of those affected.
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2012, 01:32:41 PM »
« Edited: August 05, 2012, 01:43:48 PM by Romney/Ryan 2012! »

The gunman was the fatality.

Update: potentially 2 other gunmen holding hostages.
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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2012, 01:48:10 PM »

Just terrible....
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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2012, 01:49:34 PM »

7 dead including the shooter. There was only 1 shooter.
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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2012, 02:07:46 PM »

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Well that's just f--king great.

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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2012, 02:27:23 PM »

This is horrible.  My condolences to all those affected.
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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2012, 02:30:31 PM »

7 dead including the shooter. There was only 1 shooter.

Jesus.
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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2012, 02:32:27 PM »

My condolences. RIP to the six victims.
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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2012, 03:07:31 PM »

Horrifying.  My condolences to the victims.
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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2012, 03:49:26 PM »

He must have thought they were Muslims.  Tongue
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2012, 04:18:16 PM »

My prayers are with the victims.  The violence going on in this country is inconceivable.
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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2012, 04:32:22 PM »

Wow this is horrible. Sikhs basically take the brunt of anti-Muslim bigotry in America.
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« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2012, 04:34:30 PM »

It's very likely this was a hate crime but we can wait a few hours to learn more about the shooter and any background there is about him...
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« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2012, 04:36:11 PM »

He must have thought they were Muslims.  Tongue
He probably did actually, I cant think of any reason anyone would hate sikhs.
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« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2012, 04:39:38 PM »

He must have thought they were Muslims.  Tongue
He probably did actually, I cant think of any reason anyone would hate sikhs.

This is a well established pattern. After 9/11, it was Sikhs who were mostly targeted by anti-Muslim bigots. But we can wait and see what the case was here.
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« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2012, 04:42:44 PM »

Sbane has more or less posted what I was thinking... except one thing, why do these happen in your country much more than anywhere else? This is a very serious question so I am eagerly awaiting the inevitable moment when this thread gets derailed into yet another pointless debate about weapons access.
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« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2012, 04:43:31 PM »

If I'm remembering one of the police briefings correctly the suspect is a white man.
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« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2012, 04:57:15 PM »

I just saw this thread. This is awful. I can't imagine what there is about Sikhs to possibly hate, and I hope the bastard who did this is brought to a swift and lifelong justice so he can sit and stew and think about what he's done.
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« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2012, 04:58:46 PM »

I just saw this thread. This is awful. I can't imagine what there is about Sikhs to possibly hate, and I hope the bastard who did this is brought to a swift and lifelong justice so he can sit and stew and think about what he's done.

He was shot dead by police.
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« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2012, 04:59:17 PM »

I just saw this thread. This is awful. I can't imagine what there is about Sikhs to possibly hate, and I hope the bastard who did this is brought to a swift and lifelong justice so he can sit and stew and think about what he's done.

He was shot dead by police.

In that case I hope he is suffered to do so in whatever afterlife might await him.

I don't know what made me think they caught him alive. That's almost never how these things go.
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« Reply #22 on: August 05, 2012, 05:02:37 PM »
« Edited: August 05, 2012, 06:07:35 PM by phk »

The most likely issue here is that turban-wearing Sikhs look more like bin Laden than actual Muslims do.
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« Reply #23 on: August 05, 2012, 06:00:05 PM »

So another person targeting Muslims? Great.
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« Reply #24 on: August 05, 2012, 08:44:13 PM »

Terrible thing, it was obviously all over the news here. Only 6 miles from where I live so you could hear the sirens all day from other departments coming in as backup.
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