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Five people have been killed an one injured in a shooting overnight in Manchester, Ill., KSDK-TV reports.
Details of the shootings were not immediately clear, but WLDS radio quotes Illinois State Police as confirming that 5 people were shot to death in a home in Manchester, a village of 350 people located is 85 north of St. Louis.
WLDS quotes Winchester police as saying that a suspect is in custody. The radio station also reported that the suspect, who was on the run for two hours, was captured following a high-speed chase and exchange of gunfire. The suspect has been hospitalized.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/24/manchester-illinois-5-dead-shooting/2108991/
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)and of course this has nothing to do with Chicago, so why even bring it up?
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)plus i'm originally from and currently live in the Shitcago MSA. mention of illinois makes it relevant to me and the only worthwhile thing in this cornfuckin state is the economic powerhouse that is its largest city.
amazing how people get worked up about gun deaths in some places but they squeak nary a peep when it concerns the mass murder epidemic in the "mistake by the lake."
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)it's like totally irritating LOL.
that goes for "wow, just wow" too.
YEAH, REALLY.
cali
(114,904 posts)and no, hon, I never say "wow, just wow".
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)i do admire your tenacity and gumption though.
mucifer
(23,542 posts)I work in many neighborhoods mostly impoverished areas. Most of the people I meet at work are AMAZING. I am constantly learning from them.
I will say that our mayor sucks and our governor is in way over his head.
But, I love Chicago.
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)and yes, "tiny dancer" is a shitbird.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)As a happy resident of Chicago, I'd like to wish you a good morning, and a good afternoon after that.
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)i'm from the damn place and I can't fucking stand it.
too many bland, humorless fucks there now.
they've turned it into Ohio Regional Shopping Center or some shit like that.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)So tedious.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...if you could read the article it stated 85 Miles Northwest of St. Louis. Sheesh...bad enough yet another 5 people are no longer alive and many others in that small town have had their lives shattered...
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)it's in the state of illinois.
in high school english class, they make most students write a compare and contrast paper.
goes like this:
take two similar things (e.g. two cities in the same state).
compare and contrast those things.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)The shooting occured 300 miles from Chicago. 5 more people have died from senseless violence...does it matter where it happens? Compare and contrast those things with the families who are trying to find out why their loved ones died...
Peace...
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Two "cities" in same state, only one (Manchester) has population of 300, and the other (Chicago) has population of around 3 million.
These "cities" are more than 250 miles apart, and it would take three hours and forty-five minutes or so to get between the two.
Actually, one of them is not even a city.
It's sort of like Barneveld, New York, an upstate village with population 323, and New York City (population over 8 million). Same thing.
Are you nuts or just rabid about your disgust with the city of Chicago?
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)when will the accusations of "exploiting" stop and when will the realization that these things are actually happening begin?
Larkspur
(12,804 posts)the shooter should be declared an enemy combatant. He took down 5 people and who knows how many more he would have killed.