University of Arizona shootings

[Clefo]

Now, I know you're thinking this is another news thread, but myself living, gee I don't know, TEN MINUTES from the sight of those shootings and my school being two, perhaps I could provide some insight

 

(Article Here)

 

Well you see.. During the day there were a lot of Helicoptors flying above. A person who rides my bus, apparently, knows one of the victims, lots of police cars driving down our way. What makes things a little bit iffy is that the Democratic candidate for govenor is visiting my school tommarow, that'll probably be talked about a lot

[Jatt13]

i hadn't heard about that. what's with these people? why would they do something like that? it really makes you think.

[Zygomaticus]

Originally posted by Jatt13

i hadn't heard about that. what's with these people? why would they do something like that? it really makes you think.

 

apparently the shooter was a gulf war veteran and had just or almost was failing his nurse class....

 

I feel sorry for the victims and the ones close to them...what an unnecessary waste of life, just because of one persons raving...

[Rogue15]

i have a little sympathy for the shooter...think about it.

 

You've joined the military so that you can go to college to get a career, you get out of military, and you end up failing.

 

i'd probably think about doing the stuff he did, but i wouldn't go through with it!!!

[Zygomaticus]

true that it is a motive to be sad...but a motive to kill...i don't think anything can justify the killing of innocent people who mean you no harm or who have nothing to do with your failure..

[Surfnshannon]

somehow the words....gulf war veteran goes postal after failing his nursing class...almost makes me laugh. sorry. some guy who is training to help people and work in a hospital to save lives...is going around trying to end them. No wonder he is failing....

[Taos]

I heard about this earlier in the day........something about two professors getting shot/killed as well. Is that right?

 

Also, did the shooter kill himself/herself??

 

 

Another sad day in an American learning institution.........

[Crazy_dog no.3]

That's sad.

[Surfnshannon]

ya - its on the cnn.com website. Apparently he killed 3 professors and then shot himself. Students said there were like 15 gunshots heard. They said in the article that they were not sure if the guy was actually a student at the university but there was talk that he was and was upset about something to do with midterms. He was 41 years old.

[Zygomaticus]

well, if he was a gulf war veteran in college, then 41 makes sense, i guess