Gunman opens fire on swimmers in Wisconsin

[Praxius]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...wisconsin_shootings_080801/20080801?hub=World

NIAGARA, Wis. -- A man wearing camouflage clothing and carrying an assault rifle walked out of the woods and gunned down four young people who had gathered at a river to go swimming, killing three of them and wounding one.

More than 100 law enforcement officers from at least 10 agencies searched Friday for the gunman, a middle-age man who was last seen near the town of Niagara in northern Wisconsin, across the state line from Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Officers set up roadblocks and evacuated an unknown number of homes.

Nine young adults had gathered near a railroad bridge on the Menominee River when the gunman came out of the woods and opened fire about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Sheriff Jim Kanikula.

Authorities have not determined a motive. The sheriff said there was no communication between the gunman and his victims.

The shooter was only 7 to 10 feet away from one victim when he fired, the sheriff said.

On Friday, two of the bodies remained at scene about three miles west of Niagara because of fear that the shooter was still in the area.

The dead were identified as Tiffany Pohlson, 17; Anthony Spigarelli, 18; and Bryan Mort, 19. A fourth victim, 20-year-old Daniel Louis Gordon, was wounded.

Niagara is about 210 miles north of Milwaukee.

 

[karrie]

fuh-rick.

 

[Stretch]

problem/reaction/solution scenario.......?

 

[Praxius]

problem/reaction/solution scenario.......?

Well last time I did that, I got bitched out for hi-jacking the thread, so I figured I would leave it open for others to create their own path.

I don't need to make this into another gun debate, as there is already one going on in another thread. But if someone else wants to, by all means.

It's the news section, this was news, I felt some might find it interesting, so I posted it. Feel free to post whatever you like to start it off.

 

[Stretch]

Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
Marinette County Sheriff Jim Kanikula did not immediately release the suspect's name, motive or details of the arrest.
Posted Aug 1, 2008 09:21 AM PST
Category: RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS


I suspect the motive was to give the gun-grabbers another media event to use to derail the Second Amendment.

 

[Scott Free]

Oh thank god he didn't have a knife!

 

[scratch]

Man arrested in lakeside ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
Marinette County Sheriff Jim Kanikula did not immediately release the suspect's name, motive or details of the arrest.
Posted Aug 1, 2008 09:21 AM PST
Category: RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS


I suspect the motive was to give the gun-grabbers another media event to use to derail the Second Amendment.

I don't think it will ever happen.

 

[scratch]

Oh thank god he didn't have a knife!

S.F.: and that means what,sir?

 

[L Gilbert]

Someone should hunt him down. Oh, it did say that law enforcement types are hunting him. Must be with the intention of killing him, though. That is what hunting is for right? If all you wanna do is capture him, then it isn't hunting, right? lol

 

[karrie]

Too bad they 'tracked' rather than 'hunted' him in the end. I truly hoped they'd find him refusing to lay down his gun. Alas, he went with them. Damn.

 

[L Gilbert]

tracking = hunting = killing don'tcha know. heh

 

[karrie]

tracking = hunting = killing don'tcha know. heh

no no... we've tracked animals before where it didn't involve killing them. Track them through the bush, capture them, and lock them up. Sure, it was just cattle that'd broken out, but, the same applies here. :lol:

 

[L Gilbert]

no no... we've tracked animals before where it didn't involve killing them. Track them through the bush, capture them, and lock them up. Sure, it was just cattle that'd broken out, but, the same applies here. :lol:

But that's not real tracking.
lol Sorry. Was just echoing a certain other poster. :smile:

 

[scratch]

But that's not real tracking.
lol Sorry. Was just echoing a certain other poster. :smile:

Next news flash from Iowa, then Arizona, then North Dakota......just on and on and on........

 

[talloola]

I don't have much to say, as I am still thinking about the 'bus' incident, now this, how
devastating, those poor young people, just trying to have a nice afternoon at the
swimming hole.

 

[lone wolf]

As the economy worsens, and desperation takes bigger chunks out of rational thought, more people are going to flip out.

 

[scratch]

As the economy worsens, and desperation takes bigger chunks out of rational thought, more people are going to flip out.

Bingo! On the button.

 

[talloola]

Bingo! On the button.

Well, OK, but I hate to take the responsibility and blame for a sickening crime such as this and the bus incident as well, and put it on something other than the perpetrator. It doesn't matter what his excuse is, he is a human taking the lives of other humans, and
not allowing them to live, if he is so frustrated with his life, take 'IT' and not someone
elses, he isn't that wacked out , as he is making sure he saves himself.

 

[scratch]

Well, OK, but I hate to take the responsibility and blame for a sickening crime such as this and the bus incident as well, and put it on something other than the perpetrator. It doesn't matter what his excuse is, he is a human taking the lives of other humans, and
not allowing them to live, if he is so frustrated with his life, take 'IT' and not someone
elses, he isn't that wacked out , as he is making sure he saves himself.

He is (so he thinks) brave when taking the lives of others, but too afraid and a coward to take his own life.

 

[missile]

If we're blaming this on the economy----the shooter could still amble into his nearest WalMart and buy his ammo ,just one of the major necessities of urban life.