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Bosonic

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Tue Jan 22, 2013, 03:00 PM Jan 2013

Shooting at Lone Star College in north Houston [View all]

Source: ABC

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A campus spokesperson has confirmed shots have been fired on the campus of Lone Star College in north Houston.

Emergency responders are focused in the area around the campus library. There are unconfirmed reports of three people injured. Medical crews can be seen tending to at least two victims outside the building. Their conditions are not known, nor the nature of their injuries.

There is no immediate information on the shooter.

The campus is being evacuated. Some students are telling Eyewitness News they heard gunshots when they were in cafeteria. They were told to leave campus.

Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8963781

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I just heard "several wounded people" in a breaking news radio report. bullwinkle428 Jan 2013 #1
AP radio news also reporting this as breaking news. n/t BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #2
Feeling confident Plucketeer Jan 2013 #3
Well it has been at least 1 week since we have had a college shooting Botany Jan 2013 #4
Illinois, known for its low incidence of gun crime. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2013 #15
Like usual, this happened in a gun free zone. DesMoinesDem Jan 2013 #16
The insta-apologists are calling Texas a "gun free zone" now!? villager Jan 2013 #17
the college campus might be ..... Botany Jan 2013 #18
No genius, the college is a gun free zone. DesMoinesDem Jan 2013 #20
Where specifically did the poster write that the shooting was impossible? LanternWaste Jan 2013 #36
Oh, if only it wasn't a gun free zone. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #38
Um, "genius," nothing is "gun-free" in Texas, where guns are so easy to get. villager Jan 2013 #58
And like usual, with a gun... LanternWaste Jan 2013 #21
Except it isn't a gun free zone Mike Daniels Jan 2013 #22
That doesn't mean it isn't a designated 'gun free zone'. DesMoinesDem Jan 2013 #32
That's because nimrods with concealed carry permits have NEVER stopped a mass shooting. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #41
And before any of our friends try to bring up Pearl High School... Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #44
Strange. Igel Jan 2013 #54
Where's you sarcasm thingy? momrois Jan 2013 #24
No sarcasm. It's a designated gun free zone. DesMoinesDem Jan 2013 #33
What a fucking stupid post. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #40
What a fucking ignorant post. DesMoinesDem Jan 2013 #50
Do you have a source for this? FleetwoodMac Jan 2013 #56
Yes Duckhunter935 Jan 2013 #55
Same problem as Chicago and D.C. moondust Jan 2013 #45
More Gun Fun to be 'splained away by the Gun Nuts. jpak Jan 2013 #5
Just another day in the USA. We're #1. Chorophyll Jan 2013 #6
Over 30 gun deaths a day in the USA DryRain Jan 2013 #7
And smoking kills christx30 Jan 2013 #48
False equivilencies never help an argument. DryRain Jan 2013 #49
Shots fired at Lone Star College campus Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #8
Fuck guns and the gun nuts. NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #9
Who Would MLK Have Shot? triplepoint Jan 2013 #10
live police scanner feed rollin74 Jan 2013 #11
At this point, why don't they just SirRevolutionary Jan 2013 #12
God damn the gun culture in this country- LeftinOH Jan 2013 #13
Shootings are bad. SCVDem Jan 2013 #14
CNN reporting there were 2 shooters with both gunshot victims being caught in crossfire cbdo2007 Jan 2013 #19
+1 The NRA would be pleased with a Texas-sized shoot out Politicub Jan 2013 #39
Nothing more here to see. Just another college shooting. 5th one this year. ErikJ Jan 2013 #23
Seems to have started with an argument dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #25
stand your ground meets... sanatanadharma Jan 2013 #26
Another act of gun lover murder porn... Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #27
Utter insanity! Ian Iam Jan 2013 #28
Probably not.. jambo101 Jan 2013 #30
UPDATE: One victim "Critical" brooklynite Jan 2013 #29
What is it going to take... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #31
Hey! The Lone Star College Has A Second Amendment Academy! Paladin Jan 2013 #34
Another law abiding gun owner who suddenly wasn't so law abiding anymore. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #35
More American Exceptionalism (TM) on display. Just think - if EVERYONE had been armed, they kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #37
The NRA has the solution for these mass killings... workinclasszero Jan 2013 #42
A students' response to a CNN reporter: csziggy Jan 2013 #43
Smart kid. kentauros Jan 2013 #46
If memory serves in 2009 Texas made it legal for students to pack heat on college stultusporcos Jan 2013 #47
Your memory doesn't serve you. DesMoinesDem Jan 2013 #51
So the law did not pass? stultusporcos Jan 2013 #52
Passed the Senate, but stalled at the House for unknown reasons FleetwoodMac Jan 2013 #57
Two suspects detained after shooting on Texas college campus Eugene Jan 2013 #53
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