[Vision2020] 3 wounded in Houston college shooting

[Wayne Price]

Different sides of the same coin:

And no one was armed and could defend themselves.







On Jan 22, 2013, at 1:29 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> On the good-news side, nobody was killed, huh Mr. Crabtree?
> 
> Courtesy of CNN at:
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/justice/texas-college-shooting/index.html
> 
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> 3 wounded in Houston college shooting
> 
> CNN) -- Three people, at least two of them students, were wounded in a
> shooting on a Texas community college campus Tuesday, a school spokesman
> said.
> 
> One of the shooters at the North Harris Campus of Lone Star College was
> among the wounded and is in custody, spokesman Jed Young said. The other
> shooter fled the campus, he said.
> 
> Authorities were searching for a suspect in a wooded area next to the
> campus, a law enforcement source said.
> 
> A fourth person at the college suffered a heart attack during the
> shooting, according to a federal law enforcement official who received
> reports from the scene. Reports indicate the shooting occurred at the
> school's library, the official said.
> 
> "The police believe the danger has been mitigated," Young said.
> One suspect is in custody, Harris County Sheriff's Office spokesman Thomas
> Gilliland said in a written statement. "Their role in this incident is
> under investigation."
> 
> There were more than 10,000 students on the campus at the time of the
> shooting, Young said. The campus was evacuated and closed for the
> remainder of the day, according to a post on the school's website.
> 
> "I'm still hoping that all of my friend are OK," said Amanda Vasquez, a
> freshman at the college who heard at least six shots go off while she was
> in English class. "I didn't really see any of my friends afterward. I was
> just trying to get to my parents."
> 
> Police and emergency responders swarmed an entrance to the campus, aerial
> video from KPRC showed.
> 
> Lone Star College student Brittany Mobley told CNN affiliate KHOUthat she
> saw the shooting.
> 
> "I saw two dudes basically get into an altercation and ... the dude that
> shot, he basically got angry and you know started shooting the other guy,"
> said Mobley. "A lot of people heard a lot of shots."
> 
> Medical personnel were seen treating at least two people and moving them
> to ambulances. One person appeared to be handcuffed to a stretcher.
> 
> Students were jogging away from some buildings, with their hands up in the
> air, presumably in response to police instruction.
> 
> "I heard no less than five shots and I just ran," one student told CNN
> affiliate KTRK. "My heart was pounding. I was praying I wouldn't hear
> anymore shots. I was with a bunch of other people running and someone
> yelled out, 'don't push!' People were crying, I had tears in my eyes."
> 
> Another witness told KTRK he saw blood on the ground and someone shot in
> the leg.
> 
> "Beside him, there was one guy in handcuffs," he said.
> 
> "I just heard somebody screaming and then after that I heard the shots,"
> another student told KPRC.
> 
> A spokesman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the governor's office was
> monitoring the situation.
> 
> "His thoughts and prayers are with those who have been impacted,"
> spokesman Josh Havens said.
> 
> The Lone Star College system is the largest institution of higher
> education in the Houston area, and the fastest-growing community college
> system in Texas, according to its website.
> 
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> 
> STORY HIGHLIGHTS
> 
> - Two students were shot in crossfire, a school spokesman says
> 
> - One suspect has been arrested, and another fled the campus, the spokesman says
> 
> - Student: "I just heard somebody screaming and then after that I heard the shots"
> 
> - Someone suffered a heart attack during the shooting, a law enforcement official says
> 
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> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
> 
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>   
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still 
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
> 
> - John Lennon
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