Gunman opens fire in Walmart store; 3 hurt

[RamboLiberal]

Source: MSNBC/AP

RENO, Nev. — A gunman shot three people Friday inside a Walmart store, police said.

The three victims were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The store was evacuated and the shooter remained holed up in the northwest corner of the building, KRNV-TV reported.

Police said they receieved a call around 8:30 a.m. They arrived on scene to find one victim in the store. As more officers entered the store, two other victims were discovered.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39914578/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. I wonder what the beef was this time.

Freakin' idiot.

[Divine Discontent]

25. sadly, looks aren't deceiving here...

http://cmsimg.rgj.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=J7&Date=20101029&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=101029010&Ref=AR&Profile=1004&MaxW=550&MaxH=650&title=0

[Botany]

2. I hope somebody was able to protect the gun.

The sad thing in these cases that often the poor gun is taken into custody and
they get melted down ...... Please think about the gun's right to life! :sarcasm:

[Beavker]

3. Guns don't Kill People! People Kill People

SO STOP GIVING FRIGGIN' GUNS TO PEOPLE!

[fascisthunter]

5. .

too many make too much money off selling arms and manufacturing them.

[liberalmike27]

10. Guns

might not kill people, but they damn sure make it an whole lot easier.

[valerief]

14. If only people could kill guns! nt

[CountAllVotes]

4. these types of "incidents" are becoming so common that ..

soon enough we shall all find ourselves being "screened" wherever we go just to make sure that we aren't carrying some sort of a weapon. It is OUT OF HAND ALREADY. Just wait, its coming idiots with guns out there!

:kick:

[hack89]

22. Actually not

violent crime rates have been on a steady decades for decades. They are presently at historic lows.

[Missy Vixen]

28. It's just fine

till you stop into the store for a gallon of milk and a pack of underwear, and find yourself shot by someone else.

It really doesn't matter that these incidents are at "historic lows" if you're the one staring down the barrel of someone else's gun, is it?

:eyes:

[hack89]

30. But since you are safer than you have ever been in your lifetime

and the odds of it actually happening extremely low perhaps the bigger issue is your irrational fear instead of an actual threat.

[Missy Vixen]

37. Well, let's see here

We were at a party given by one of my husband's co-workers last month during which another attendee decided to bring his pistols out to play. While drunk. We left.

I used to own a business in our hometown. Another business owner in the building (a known white supremacist,) brandished his weapon at me in an attempt to intimidate. The police came. The outcome wasn't fun for him.

Interestingly enough, I was sitting in traffic about five years ago and saw a guy waving a pistol outside of his car window in the next lane.

Prior to that, I was a contractor at the largest software company in the world for over a year; one of my co-workers decided it was appropriate to show up at work packing heat.

I live in a fairly progressive area of the country. It's nothing more than dumb luck that I managed to remain safe during these incidents. Someday, I may not be so lucky.

>the bigger issue is your irrational fear instead of an actual threat<

Perhaps you may want to try this line of reasoning on the family members and friends of those who were shot to death in churches, a gym, McDonald's, college campuses, a picnic at a state park, and multiple other places in which they were doing nothing more than attempting to live their lives. Spree shootings are so commonplace now in this country that they don't warrant wall-to-wall coverage on the news anymore.

Again, you can cite all the statistics you'd like, but the bottom line is the following: As long as innocent people find themselves as target practice by those who either should not own a gun or get access to one, nobody's safe.

[hack89]

39. I never said it doesn't happen

I said it is a very rare event and every year the odds of it actually happening get lower.

In my town of 20,000 there has been exactly one shooting in 10 years.

[AtheistCrusader]

24. Reporting of these instances and your perception of them are more common.

In reality, the incidents themselves are declining.

[saras]

32. depends...

In some states, you are required to carry, right?

[slackmaster]

6. Sounds like a gang hit

Nothing to see, move along.

[onehandle]

7. Based on what? nt

[slackmaster]

9. The lack of life-threatening injuries

It's not that hard to kill people by shooting them with a handgun, even a small one. Gang hits often involve shooting at peoples' legs or arms rather than for center of mass.

[onehandle]

12. So based on nothing.

The gungeon has spoken.

[slackmaster]

16. I speak only for myself

But thanks for trying to make an otherwise pleasant discussion into some kind of idiotic broad-brush personal smear-by-association.

[iverglas]

15. slack seems to be batting zero today

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/10/29/Gunman-wounds-3-at-Nevada-Walmart/UPI-65191288383604/

Walmart reported that one of the wounded was in critical condition. Police described one as a manager at the store.

Reno Police Lt. Mohammad Rafaqat said the gunman might be a Walmart employee.

[TheWatcher]

17. Delete

Waste of time.

[iverglas]

18. and even real gang hits

never ever have other victims. Like, all too often, children in the vicinity.

Nooooo.

[RamboLiberal]

8. Walmart says gunman is employee at Reno store

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Walmart says a gunman holed up at one of its stores in Reno where three people were wounded is an employee at the site.

Walmart spokesman Dan Fogleman also says the three victims are employees and are being treated at a hospital.

He says he had no specifics about their condition but their prognosis is good.

Neither Walmart nor police have released the name of the gunman.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jaRcGfdb6w0qmquVprS9JYRLT9Hg?docId=9f933ea28d1e424ab7e6d0ed61a26ccc

[greiner3]

11. Lol, one more reason not to shop there.

Sorry for the injuries and pain though.

[valerief]

13. Message: Vote for law and order Republicans or else!

:grr:

[rollin74]

19. shooter is a store employee

he has been identified

http://www.rgj.com/article/20101029/NEWS01/101029010

[slackmaster]

20. Wal-Mart is hiring gang members now? No surprise here.

:hide:

[iverglas]

29. ooooh, slack is going all Canuck on us!

Self-deprecating humour, what will be next?




















A gun registry?

[rollin74]

21. suspect in custody

he just surrendered to police a moment ago

[toddwv]

23. Hmmm...the story didn't mention his race or religion

so it's a safe bet that he's white and Christian.

[slackmaster]

26. LOL!

Not very safe, and it's probably irrelevant.

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. Well, he's white

http://www.rgj.com/article/20101029/NEWS01/101029010

though who'd have laid odds on the police lieutenant being called Mohammad, and so presumably Muslim?

[Ticonderoga]

27. Man sounds like this dude

needs to lay off the bite sized Milky Ways for awhile.

[Arugula Latte]

33. Walmart and Gun Nuts and Senseless Violence

What could be more American than that?

:puke:

[2Design]

34. we need more guns and repukes in nevada n/t

[RamboLiberal]

35. Reno Walmart gunman surrenders, police say

A gunman who police said was about to be fired surrendered to police Friday after three employees were wounded in a possible retaliation attack in the Walmart store where the suspect worked, police said.

The move came after police negotiators spoke for two hours by telephone with the man identified as 45-year-old John Dennis Gillane.

Reno police Lt. Mohammad Rafqat said Gillane was taken into custody and will be charged with three counts of attempted murder.

No shots were fired after the three victims were wounded shortly after 8:30 a.m., Rafqat said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39914578/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

[ProudDad]

36. It would be wickedly funny if he bought the gun at Mal-Wart with his employee discount (n/t)

[EmeraldCityGrl]

38. Guess we won't be seeing him on one of those happy Walmart employee commercials.

[medeak]

40. mug shot looked like he had meth prob

(or else he's on the friggin cancer cream am on that makes face a volcano) why the hell walmart would hire someone looking like that?

edited for link:
http://www.rgj.com/article/20101029/NEWS01/101029010

[medeak]

41. shooter about to be fired police say

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/10/29/business-specialized-consumer-services-financial-impact-us-walmart-gunman_8059953.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews