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villager

(26,001 posts)
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:20 PM May 2014

Shooting reported at Hyatt Regency on Clearwater Beach

Source: Tampa Bay Times

A Clearwater police spokeswoman says there has been a shooting at the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa on Clearwater Beach.

Avoid the area. It's unclear if police have anyone in custody. Traffic also is affected as police have several streets blocked off. Police are not letting drivers cross the Memorial Causeway to the beach.

Police put the hotel and at least one neighboring motel in lock down during the shooting. Several businesses in the area reported hearing gunshots and crowds of people running from the scene. There were conflicting reports about the nature of the shooting.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/shooting-reported-at-hyatt-on-clearwater-beach/2181519



According to Twitter accounts there may still be an active shooter there...

Details coming in, hazy, etc.

Quite the weekend.
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Shooting reported at Hyatt Regency on Clearwater Beach (Original Post) villager May 2014 OP
"Active shooter, "Three separate shooting scenes..." villager May 2014 #1
Where are all the good guys with guns? Politicalboi May 2014 #2
The only possible solution is guns in bars, schools, and churches! villager May 2014 #3
Here! Here! Politicalboi May 2014 #8
"Dems in congress with a spine" is about as realistic as "Hobbits walking down my street" villager May 2014 #9
...^ that 840high May 2014 #15
YUP! FiveGoodMen May 2014 #27
We have a few with a spine. bearssoapbox May 2014 #19
Can you afford to buy Congress? Cuz short of storming the Bastille, that's the only way. nt valerief May 2014 #21
If we had maintained a progressive tax structure FiveGoodMen May 2014 #28
Right, but you have to buy Congress for a progressive tax structure. nt valerief May 2014 #29
So who did that the first time? FiveGoodMen May 2014 #30
Neat. Thanks! nt valerief May 2014 #31
Probably not getting shot at. SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #6
Damn! SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #4
Let us know if you hear anything... villager May 2014 #5
Will do. SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #7
I drove a cab around there until about a month ago. Fuddnik May 2014 #10
It was the garage, several suspects in custody, one on the loose. Fuddnik May 2014 #11
Thanks for the updates... villager May 2014 #12
Video teach1st May 2014 #13
Update: Three seperate shootings. Fuddnik May 2014 #14
If only EVERYONE had guns, then there could have been MORE shootings. valerief May 2014 #22
Another bloody day in Gun Crazy America. How might this sh!t affect tourism??? blkmusclmachine May 2014 #16
That's actually a really good question - TBF May 2014 #25
I live in Clearwater....there are too many guns in Florida! Sancho May 2014 #17
That's what happens when you have a criminal for a governor. nt valerief May 2014 #23
2 inured, 8 in custody rollin74 May 2014 #18
America, where you have more right to take a life with a gun than to live. liberal N proud May 2014 #20
And you don't even need the required militia! nt valerief May 2014 #24
:( shenmue May 2014 #26
Sounds like the perps SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #32
 

villager

(26,001 posts)
1. "Active shooter, "Three separate shooting scenes..."
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:23 PM
May 2014

...according to other updates on an ABC news site...

 

villager

(26,001 posts)
3. The only possible solution is guns in bars, schools, and churches!
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:27 PM
May 2014

And anyone mourning the dead is of course to be sneered at and called "a gun-grabber!"

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
8. Here! Here!
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:43 PM
May 2014

Damn parents just can't get over it. Gotta cry and make a fuss.

I still say let them have their guns, just make it hard to get ammo. The cows already out of the barn here, so make them have to register their ammo, and EVERY year audit their weapons and ammo. I am all for getting rid of guns, but if we make it harder and more expensive, buy insurance, bullet proof windows at home so you don't shoot your neighbors "by accident".

That's how we win, as long as we can get enough Dems in congress with a spine.

 

villager

(26,001 posts)
9. "Dems in congress with a spine" is about as realistic as "Hobbits walking down my street"
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:44 PM
May 2014

in terms of likelihood. Alas.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
28. If we had maintained a progressive tax structure
Tue May 27, 2014, 03:20 PM
May 2014

then maybe no one would be able to buy Congress.

This has been a long time coming.

 

SevenSixtyTwo

(255 posts)
4. Damn!
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:30 PM
May 2014

We were just out there today for lunch at the Gondolier restaurant. I work in the Hyatt and area buildings along the beach.

 

villager

(26,001 posts)
5. Let us know if you hear anything...
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:32 PM
May 2014

It's still unclear what the scope of today's incident -- surely the next one will be tomorrow or the day after -- really is...

 

SevenSixtyTwo

(255 posts)
7. Will do.
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:39 PM
May 2014

I'm sure I'll hear all about it tomorrow. My bet is the parking garage but I don't know. I've seen some tense moments in there. And I'm sure you're right. It's not the last incident. Not too long ago, at a Condo down the bch, one of the painters lost his cool and tried to take out a security guard with a claw hammer. He cut his arm on glass from the guard shack and bled out in an elevator. Not a pretty sight.

Fuddnik

(8,846 posts)
10. I drove a cab around there until about a month ago.
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:45 PM
May 2014

Still have cabbie friends working the beach. Hope they're safe.

I'm driving part-time for Uber now, and was thinking about going over there this evening and try to pick up some fares.

Fuddnik

(8,846 posts)
11. It was the garage, several suspects in custody, one on the loose.
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:53 PM
May 2014
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/pinellascounty/2014/05/26/shots-fired-on-clearwater-beach/9609519/

Sources tell 10 News that several people are in custody and one suspected shooter is at large. He may be in a green Taurus headed South of Clearwater Beach. Police are searching for a man with long dreadlocks, wearing red pants and a black tank top.

Clearwater Police are calling this an "active shooter incident at the beach."

Bridges in and out of Clearwater Beach are being closed to traffic.

Police advise avoiding the area at all costs.

teach1st

(5,928 posts)
13. Video
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:55 PM
May 2014

Edit: I should have checked the links. This video was included on the page Fuddnik linked to above.

Fuddnik

(8,846 posts)
14. Update: Three seperate shootings.
Mon May 26, 2014, 09:25 PM
May 2014

LEARWATER — Three separate shootings occurred on Clearwater Beach on Monday evening, sparking chaos and confusion as people ran for cover.


One of the shootings happened near the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa, according to Clearwater police. The first call came in at 6:48 p.m.

Police ask the public to avoid the area. Police are not letting drivers across the Memorial Causeway unless they can show proof that they live on the beach.

They say they have two people in custody and are still searching for others. At least two people were shot, including one who fled the scene.

Immediately after the shooting, police put the Hyatt and at least one neighboring motel in lock down. Several area businesses reported hearing gunshots and crowds of people running from the scene.

There were conflicting reports about the nature of the shooting, but several people reported it be a conflict between two groups.

A Tampa Bay Times photographer saw police take one man into custody on Gulf Boulevard in Belleair Beach about 8 p.m.

Cody Holdsworth, a 23-year-old server at the nearby Crabby Bill's restaurant, was working the tables outside when she said fights started breaking out on the beach. There were swarms of kids involved, she said.

(snip)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/shooting-reported-at-hyatt-on-clearwater-beach/2181519

valerief

(53,235 posts)
22. If only EVERYONE had guns, then there could have been MORE shootings.
Tue May 27, 2014, 10:34 AM
May 2014

By the "good" guys, of course, against whoever they thought MIGHT be the "bad" guys.

TBF

(31,921 posts)
25. That's actually a really good question -
Tue May 27, 2014, 11:54 AM
May 2014

and one of the only ways we might actually convince people to put some controls on firearms. The only way they seem to care about anything in this country is if it affects profit.

liberal N proud

(60,300 posts)
20. America, where you have more right to take a life with a gun than to live.
Tue May 27, 2014, 09:00 AM
May 2014

The second amendment overrides Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

 

SevenSixtyTwo

(255 posts)
32. Sounds like the perps
Tue May 27, 2014, 06:08 PM
May 2014

are getting off easy. I talked with a gal today that was with a group of friends when it all broke out. People fighting and loud arguments. Then she heard three pops and everyone scattered. Except for people talking about it, all seems back to normal today.

http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/details-emerge-in-clearwater-beach-shootings-20140527/

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