Eyewitness: man with assault rifle, bullet proof vest @ Santa Monica College update: Up to 6 dead

[flamingdem]

Last edited Fri Jun 7, 2013, 07:35 PM - Edit history (7)

"He was calm and looking for targets"

"calm cool and collected" "he got out of his car in the intersection and started blasting in all directions"
"multiple weapons"

Note: People are still being told to shelter in place at 1:20 PST

Second shooter being sought (They aren't sure how many there were)

Update: one dead, four hospitalized - not clear if the shooter is included in those numbers
Also: probably related two men dead in house fire near campus

Live Streaming Link

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/live-video/

[lpbk2713]

1. "Quiet loner ... always kept to himself."

[flamingdem]

2. Described as "caucasian"

Hmmm. Gun nut? Obama had JUST driven by 20 minutes earlier

[flamingdem]

3. A red SUV was shot up and it went through a brick wall

3 are in the hospital - 2 critical 1 serious - including shooter - many witnesses say there were 2 shooters so all schools in Santa Monica are on lockdown.

Not impacting POTUS visit

[flamingdem]

4. Theory: They wanted to take a shot at Obama, couldn't

and then just starting shooting any target.

Obama had crossed a couple of blocks from where it happened 20 minutes earlier.

[malaise]

8. Ding ding we have a winner

Same thought crossed my mind

[flamingdem]

9. Wow, they took away an Asian male in cuffs

So it might be another kind of crime, but the timing!

.. okay now they're saying the Asian guy was on campus looking for his girlfriend.
He probably didn't have a student ID lol ...

He was wearing all black, sometimes being "cool" has consequences

Breaking: 1 suspect in 2 possible home invasions w/ fire set. 2 car jacks, includ. 1 near SM College Lib. Shooting left 3 wounded in spree.

[flamingdem]

5. A house by the college is on fire after multiple gunshots heard

wtf?

People saw a car swerving down the street from that house

On Pico

[The Magistrate]

6. Appreciate The Up-Dates, Ma'am

[flamingdem]

7. This is my

hood!

[zappaman]

12. Have I ever seen you at The Daily Pint? n/t

[flamingdem]

14. probably!

[KansDem]

16. Say, I might be out your way next year!

How about a DU meetup at The Daily Pint?

http://thedailypint.net/

[flamingdem]

17. I'm in! Would love to meet with fellow DUers - normally

it's pretty calm around here!

[KansDem]

18. !!

[flamingdem]

20. Let me know! Daily Pint will have to be alerted we're taking over

[zappaman]

19. Anytime!

Great beer and scotch selection!

[flamingdem]

21. Indeed, we should do a DU meetup

I tried one time to meet up at Trip on Lincoln for Chris Hayes visit but most DUers live on the East Side, I think.

[KansDem]

22. Let's DU it!!!

[flamingdem]

23. ya gotta get out here! Summertime is nice

Twilight concerts at the pier, all kinds of fun

[zappaman]

26. and a great lineup this year at the pier!

Jimmy Cliff!?!?!

[flamingdem]

29. I'm going to that for sure

DU meetup for Angelenos for that?

[whatchamacallit]

44. You may have seen me

Eww...

[zappaman]

49. !

[flamingdem]

10. Two men found dead in the house fire near SMC

huh?

This is getting weirder. NOTE: there is only 1 homicide most years in Santa Monica!

POTUS still has to drive right by this to get to Santa Monica airport..

[zappaman]

11. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that Obama is in town nearby.

[flamingdem]

13. They are re-routing him away from the college, whew!

Instead of using the chopper it will be by vehicle, it'll be a traffic nightmare on the 405.

The newsbroadcaster: "this has nothing to do with Obama's visit" -- now he's late for the meeting with the Chinese

[kentuck]

15. Good guys with guns...

Or bad guys with guns?

[temporary311]

24. They're all good guys with guns

until they aren't.

[Celldweller]

25. assault rifle?

That's impossible. California has some of the strongest gun laws in the nation.

[flamingdem]

28. Two witnesses described an AR-15

Students sheltered in place in the gym are doing yoga to relax.

[Kingofalldems]

31. Well isn't that clever.

That's an old one used by NRA gunners many times here. Thanks for the memory.

[flamingdem]

35. I didn't catch that

first time. What's that really supposed to mean? Imagine how much worse it would be if we didn't have strict laws.

[Kingofalldems]

36. An official NRA talking point

whenever there is a shooter in a state with gun control.

[Hoyt]

61. Sounds like you are attracted to them.

Did you run out and buy a bushmaster during their "renew your man card" ad campaign?

[Vinnie From Indy]

62. Do you think what kind of gun killed these seven people

matters at all to the deceased and the probably hundreds of lives that will be forever impacted by their absence. One thing I can guarantee you is that if it were your son or daughter or wife or husband laying dead in the morgue, you would not be such a smug asshole and I doubt you would go around telling everyone "Well, at least the media described the firearm accurately!"

[nomorenomore08]

67. Yeah, "extra-evil"? How childish...

[kestrel91316]

59. Obviously they aren't strong enough.

[DesertFlower]

27. again?

[flamingdem]

30. LA Times: Santa Monica College students describe moments of terror in library

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-monica-shooting-student-20130607,0,3634409.story

Andrey Priadkin was studying for finals in the Santa Monica College library when he heard the screams.

"I figured that something happened to one of the students or employees," the 34-year-old said. "The one female was screaming really loud. I was sitting near the emergency exit, and since I thought it was someone injured, I just went over toward the main entrance to see what happened."

Priadkin said students then began running toward the emergency exit. "I realized maybe I should do the same," he said.

He was about 20 feet outside the building when he realized he had left his belongings behind. He turned back, but the door was locked. He peered in a window and saw a man inside.

"I saw a guy wearing all black, holding a big gun. He looked very calm," Priadkin said. "I stared at him. I'm thinking maybe he's a police force."

[zappaman]

32. One of my co-workers has her kid in daycare nearby.

It's in lockdown still.
Fucking horrible that this happens seemingly daily here in the U.S.

[flamingdem]

33. More details coming out

A Lebanese family, two sons. Don't know if this is confirmed.

http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/Multiple-Victims-At-Santa-Monica-College-Shooting/37725

[zappaman]

34. Yeah saw that.

Serious police presence now on Centinela.
Apparently there is a house there with relatives?

[flamingdem]

38. Police Chief just said that up to 6 are dead

Much worse than thought, I thought it was just the three in the hospital plus gunman

[malaise]

41. So it's the same man who killed the two people

and started the fire. Six dead - here we go again

[flamingdem]

42. It's 7 if the gunman is included, he's still on the sidewalk dressed in black not being moved yet

with copters showing that, or they were.

Up to nine in total, one just died in the hospital.

That's a mass shooting as far as I'm concerned.

[malaise]

45. Course it is

This is madness.

[zappaman]

43. Plus the 2 who were in the house when it burned.

He must have killed them (family) and then decided to take out some random people.
Fucked up.
Centinela and Palms is shut down right now with a huge police presence.

[flamingdem]

46. They're calling it a crime spree

There is a person of interest in custody. Probably just because he was dressed all in black. He is Asian and said he went to the campus to look for his girlfriend. Saw him being taken away in cuffs, thought to myself that wearing all black can be a problem considering how nuts with guns favor that look.

[BainsBane]

39. Let me guess: an AR15

[flamingdem]

40. Yes, the Police Chief confirmed this

It's a Lebanese family so someone said, that the gunman is from, his killed his dad and brother, set fire to the house and went on a shooting spree, according to some witnesses and the dead may reach up to 9 depending on who survives. I think it's already 7 if the gun man is included.

[malaise]

47. It's a Lebanese family

Anyone seen Issa???

[flamingdem]

50. .

issa him issa him i knewdit

[BainsBane]

48. Gun nuts heads are going to explode

A CNN reporter just called the AR-15 the civilian version of the M-15.

[flamingdem]

51. Why do they go gun nut over that?

[BainsBane]

52. They love to point out how stupid everyone is for

not knowing intimate details about types of guns. They claim the AR-15 isn't an assault rifle. They claim there is no such thing as an assault rifle.

[flamingdem]

53. That must be related to post #37 from a "gun admirer" I believe

Celldweller (157 posts)
37. Do you know

if it was one of the "extra-evil" ones with a bayonet lug or collapsible stock or the flash hider? Those ones are REALLY bad.


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Made no sense to me what this DUer is implying with this. Along the same lines I presume

[hack89]

56. Most assualt weapons bans are based on cosmetic features

and not on the actually lethality of the weapons. For example, the AR-15 used at Sandy Hook was a legal rifle because it didn't have features like a "bayonet lug or collapsible stock or the flash hider.".

[Hoyt]

63. That's the problem. Laws try to appease gun lovers. Quit codling them

and outlaw all semi-autos with detachable mags, or that hold more than say five rounds. That'll shut most gun shops down, yahoos will lose interest in dang things.

[hack89]

64. That's nice Hoyt. nt

[BainsBane]

57. Yeah, that relates to Feinstein's bill

I feel kind of sleazy for being able to translate gun nut.

[IADEMO2004]

60. Modern sporting rifle said my former Facebook friend

She changed since high school and got ugly on the inside.

[derby378]

77. Don't care much for that nomenclature, either

It's a rifle, plain and simple. I understand why some folks are throwing around the MSR line, but that doesn't mean I have to use it.

[Arugula Latte]

54. The gun nuts in this country don't care about the carnage.

They'd rather go hump their "precious"

[flamingdem]

55. Domestic violence was reported at that house

by dead man's wife, probable father of the killer.

[AndyA]

58. Obviously, the shooter NEEDED an assault rifle

(So he could kill more innocent people.)

Sympathies to the victims and their families--f*ck you, NRA and Congress who won't implement responsible, reasonable gun laws to minimize the chances of this continuing to happen. Everyone in Congress who won't do something about changing the gun laws in this country has blood on their hands tonight. (Again.)

[hack89]

66. No law proposed by Congress would have removed this shooters gun.

none of them are retroactive - they don't remove a single gun from circulation.

[Hoyt]

68. And you sure can't count on gun lovers to do right thing.

Need to ban the dang things in all states unless permanently disabled from working.

As to there are already a bunch out there, might be true. But why screw around another decade so that gun yahoos can put millions more on street. We are going to have to deal with guns sooner or later. Australia is a good model.

[hack89]

69. That's nice Hoyt. nt

[CokeMachine]

73. Same shit different day for particuliar poster(s).

Notice how a couple of the bansalot echo chamber -- nevermind not worth the hide.

Have a good weekend!!

[BainsBane]

71. What does it say that these mass shootings are now so common

This isn't even major news anymore?

[Decoy of Fenris]

79. They've been this common. In the information age, they're just more reported.

Also, they make for easy filler during a slow news day.

[kestrel91316]

65. A friend of mine works a couple blocks from there. He's ok, says it has been absolutely

pandemonium there today.

[flamingdem]

70. The map of the mayhem is very wide

I can see how that would have happened with all the rumors and misinformation. In fact it really was horrible, must have been terrifying

[flamingdem]

72. Damn, this guy was a bad shot, "hundreds and hundreds" of rounds at every location

Thank goodness he was not!

[malaise]

74. 70 shots in the library alone

Had a duffle bag full of ammo

http://abcnews.go.com/US/santa-monica-shooting-premeditated-shooter-ready-battle/story?id=19354258

"I would presume anytime someone puts on a vest of some sort and has a bag of loaded magazines as an extra receiver, has a handgun and has a semi automatic rifle, carjacks folks, goes to a college, kills more people and has to be neutralized at hands of police -- I would stay that's premeditated," Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said.

Police officials said they had unofficially identified the suspect, but they did not release name because they were working on notifying his next of kin.

They did confirm that the alleged shooter would have turned 24 years old today and that he, along with another family member, had a connection to Santa Monica College.

Santa Monica Police Department spokesman Sgt. Richard Lewis described the suspect as being "heavily armed" and "ready for battle." Lewis said at least 70 rounds were fired in the Santa Monica Library alone.

[flamingdem]

75. I guess that means he didn't practice

That must be nearly the amount of ammo that the Aurora killer shot, just crazy, turns out I know someone who lives right near the house where it started who had to get out of their house last night, copters until late, scary and painful to live near the site and have to think about it from now on.

[malaise]

76. He sure can't shoot - thankfully

Must have lost his nerve - clearly wanted to be dead before his birthday

[flamingdem]

78. Yes, seemed like he was imitating others but

wasn't cut out for that degree of raw rage. The imitation part bothers me, have to wonder how many others aspire to similar acts, seems like one per month these days.