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Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:01 am to lovingbama
Wow ! The lead story on ABC radio national news. Doug Limerick just said 17 severe injuries, fwiw.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:01 am to lovingbama
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:02 am to lovingbama
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From what I'm hearing they have a house at Watermelon Road and Rice Valley Road that is blocked off with crime scene tape and they are out there taking pictures, there must have been shots fired there because they have those numbered markers all over the yard. They have 1 lane of Watermelon Rd blocked.
Wonder how this all ties together?
Hope they find this guy.
If there is a connection, hopefully it is where the asshat offed himself.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:09 am to Bulskinator
Awful. Prayers sent. Hope they get this bastard immediately.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:14 am to Bulskinator
I'll never understand why someone feels so selfishly that they should control the fates of others
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:15 am to Five0
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Funny, if someone had one handy I bet that guy would have shot a lot less than seventeen people.
Yeah, if only there had been MORE bullets flying in a crowded area, that would have been better.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:18 am to Stonehog
From USA Today.
The newspaper quotes an unidentified source close to the investigation as saying events elsewhere in downtown Tuscaloosa earlier may have led to the shooting, but does not elaborate.
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I am sick to my stomach about this...
The newspaper quotes an unidentified source close to the investigation as saying events elsewhere in downtown Tuscaloosa earlier may have led to the shooting, but does not elaborate.
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I am sick to my stomach about this...
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:22 am to Bulskinator
shite.
frick that guy.
Thoughts and well wishes to those injured.
frick that guy.
Thoughts and well wishes to those injured.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:24 am to Five0
Jesus. Thoughts to those affected.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:24 am to Slippery Slope
I used to live in Kileen, TX, home of a similarly horrible deal at a Luby's cafeteria-style restaurant. Hell on earth for those trapped inside, unarmed, and I'm praying for them and their families.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:27 am to NBamaAlum
With the vid and pics out, hopefully, they catch this guy with the quickness. Also hope the victims all pull through. 
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:28 am to Five0
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Funny, if someone had one handy I bet that guy would have shot a lot less than seventeen people.
In your mind, what is a dreaded "assault rifle". I'll wagerthis shooter did not have an actual assault rifle.
Not sure exactly what point you are trying to get at with this post, but it appears that he is carrying an AR 15 or something similar in the surveillance footage.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:29 am to Alahunter
Crimson and White Account...
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Ryne Chandler, a trained Emergency Medical Technician, was at 1831—next door to Copper Top on Temerson Square—when he heard the gunshots.
“I heard the shots, and then one girl came [into 1831] limping, another guy came in and fell right to the floor with a gunshot wound to the back,” Chandler said. “I’m an EMT, so we checked him out, made sure he was still breathing…outside Copper Top, there were two or three girls with graze wounds. Then someone said that someone was bleeding in the back of Copper Top. They had someone in the back, and he had one or two shots in the leg…I spent 10 or 15 minutes treating him. [When I arrived] they had a tourniquet on his leg…there was an ungodly amount of blood.”
Chandler said Tuscaloosa Police Department responded quickly and allowed him to carry on treating the victims.
“TPD was on the scene real quick. They did a good job…as soon as I told them I was an EMT they let me take over and treat people,” he said.
Chandler said he saw six people total who were shot. The three girls were grazed, and their injuries were not life threatening. He said the nature of their wounds led him to believe they had been hit with some kind of buckshot.
“The girls that were shot, it was mostly into the lower ankles, and that’s what makes me say buckshot…it looked like they had been hit with BB’s. Small entry wounds, small exit wounds,” he said.
The other wounds Chandler treated were more serious.
“One of the wounds I saw was probably a quarter- to half-inch around. That was probably the most serious. The shot in the back took out a half-inch gash but didn’t penetrate into the abdomen,” he said.
However, Chandler said he heard more than five shots, more than a shotgun can hold. He also described the popping sound of the gunshots as continuous.
“I heard more than 5 shots. When I turned around, I wasn’t thinking gunshots…I was thinking party poppers or something,” he said.
Willie King, a senior majoring in public relations, was at Copper Top when the shooting occurred and also described the gunshots as continuous popping sounds.
“All the sudden we heard like a balloon pop – what we thought was a balloon pop – and so I ducked down a little bit, and my friend Emily ducked down with me. Then maybe two seconds later we heard ‘pop pop pop pop pop pop pop,’” King said.
“At that point we’re all getting pushed to the back and we were all trying to duck down and run at the same time. I fell down and people were like running over me and running on me, and I managed to slide away, get back up and run to the back because we all thought there was an exit at the back.”
King said there is no exit in the back of Copper Top, only a cooler, so everyone was trying to duck and hide anywhere they could. He and his friend took cover behind a speaker while everyone was trying to get in contact with the police.
“So we’re all lying down, everyone has blood on them, no one knows if they were shot or not because of the adrenaline going through all our veins,” King said. “We laid back there for I don’t know how long, it felt like an hour but it was probably like 10 or 15 minutes. The police finally showed up, we go back in the front and we see one guy on the ground bleeding.”
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Ryne Chandler, a trained Emergency Medical Technician, was at 1831—next door to Copper Top on Temerson Square—when he heard the gunshots.
“I heard the shots, and then one girl came [into 1831] limping, another guy came in and fell right to the floor with a gunshot wound to the back,” Chandler said. “I’m an EMT, so we checked him out, made sure he was still breathing…outside Copper Top, there were two or three girls with graze wounds. Then someone said that someone was bleeding in the back of Copper Top. They had someone in the back, and he had one or two shots in the leg…I spent 10 or 15 minutes treating him. [When I arrived] they had a tourniquet on his leg…there was an ungodly amount of blood.”
Chandler said Tuscaloosa Police Department responded quickly and allowed him to carry on treating the victims.
“TPD was on the scene real quick. They did a good job…as soon as I told them I was an EMT they let me take over and treat people,” he said.
Chandler said he saw six people total who were shot. The three girls were grazed, and their injuries were not life threatening. He said the nature of their wounds led him to believe they had been hit with some kind of buckshot.
“The girls that were shot, it was mostly into the lower ankles, and that’s what makes me say buckshot…it looked like they had been hit with BB’s. Small entry wounds, small exit wounds,” he said.
The other wounds Chandler treated were more serious.
“One of the wounds I saw was probably a quarter- to half-inch around. That was probably the most serious. The shot in the back took out a half-inch gash but didn’t penetrate into the abdomen,” he said.
However, Chandler said he heard more than five shots, more than a shotgun can hold. He also described the popping sound of the gunshots as continuous.
“I heard more than 5 shots. When I turned around, I wasn’t thinking gunshots…I was thinking party poppers or something,” he said.
Willie King, a senior majoring in public relations, was at Copper Top when the shooting occurred and also described the gunshots as continuous popping sounds.
“All the sudden we heard like a balloon pop – what we thought was a balloon pop – and so I ducked down a little bit, and my friend Emily ducked down with me. Then maybe two seconds later we heard ‘pop pop pop pop pop pop pop,’” King said.
“At that point we’re all getting pushed to the back and we were all trying to duck down and run at the same time. I fell down and people were like running over me and running on me, and I managed to slide away, get back up and run to the back because we all thought there was an exit at the back.”
King said there is no exit in the back of Copper Top, only a cooler, so everyone was trying to duck and hide anywhere they could. He and his friend took cover behind a speaker while everyone was trying to get in contact with the police.
“So we’re all lying down, everyone has blood on them, no one knows if they were shot or not because of the adrenaline going through all our veins,” King said. “We laid back there for I don’t know how long, it felt like an hour but it was probably like 10 or 15 minutes. The police finally showed up, we go back in the front and we see one guy on the ground bleeding.”
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:31 am to Funky Tide 8
Let's not go down the gun rights path just now.
An individual did this. If someone is out to hurt people, they're going to find a way.
An individual did this. If someone is out to hurt people, they're going to find a way.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:31 am to Funky Tide 8
After enlarging the photograph and looking at how the gunman is holding the gun I'm guessing he's carrying a AK 47.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:33 am to allin2010
Thank god for that EMT. How could some do something like this 
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:33 am to TenTex
Video of the guy leaving.
What is your point? Stopping an active shooter is not easy, but it is pretty simple.
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Not sure exactly what point you are trying to get at with this post, but it appears that he is carrying an AR 15 or something similar in the surveillance footage.
What is your point? Stopping an active shooter is not easy, but it is pretty simple.
This post was edited on 7/17/12 at 8:35 am
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:33 am to TenTex
Yep, looks about right.
Posted on 7/17/12 at 8:34 am to TenTex
Didn't read he whole thread but hope everyone is ok
And just read he had an assault rifle? What was this dudes beef? Was he just a crazy a-hole. frick this guy..
Is he dead yet?
And just read he had an assault rifle? What was this dudes beef? Was he just a crazy a-hole. frick this guy..
Is he dead yet?
This post was edited on 7/17/12 at 8:36 am
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