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ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts) Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:06 PM Jun 2016

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Hostage situation in Amarillo, TX now...

....listening on scanner broadcast.

Hostage situation happening now at local Amarillo Walmart at Georgia and i27. Suspect is former Walmart employee. Stay clear of the area. Officers are on scene and securing the area. SWAT making entry....

Breaking on DU....

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Hostage situation in Amarillo, TX now... (Original Post) ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 OP

It's over. He's dead. BlueNoMatterWho Jun 2016 #1

UPDATE: Gunman shot dead after taking hostages at Texas Walmart; suspect may have been ex-employee BlueNoMatterWho Jun 2016 #2

Well that escalated quickly. Just another day in America. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #3

You can bet that if the person is of foreign background, Trump will be bursting at the seams with Southerncomfy Jun 2016 #4

What kind of dumb shit does this in Amarillo, Texas... NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #5

I don't have a problem with cops taking assholes out if they're taking hostages. cwydro Jun 2016 #6

No, me neither. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #7

I didn't think you were actually. cwydro Jun 2016 #8

BlueNoMatterWho

(880 posts)

1. It's over. He's dead.

Reply to ChisolmTrailDem (Original post)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:09 PM

Jun 2016

BlueNoMatterWho

(880 posts)

2. UPDATE: Gunman shot dead after taking hostages at Texas Walmart; suspect may have been ex-employee

Reply to ChisolmTrailDem (Original post)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:10 PM

Jun 2016

Of Somali descent.

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)

3. Well that escalated quickly. Just another day in America. nt

Reply to BlueNoMatterWho (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:12 PM

Jun 2016

Southerncomfy

(117 posts)

4. You can bet that if the person is of foreign background, Trump will be bursting at the seams with

Reply to ChisolmTrailDem (Original post)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:17 PM

Jun 2016

glee

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

5. What kind of dumb shit does this in Amarillo, Texas...

Reply to ChisolmTrailDem (Original post)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 03:12 PM

Jun 2016

just a few days after a mass shooting that is still on the news all the time. You have to know the cops couldn't wait to take this guy out.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

6. I don't have a problem with cops taking assholes out if they're taking hostages.

Reply to NaturalHigh (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 03:14 PM

Jun 2016

Threatening people with guns may result in death.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

7. No, me neither.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 03:17 PM

Jun 2016

Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to criticize the cops.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

8. I didn't think you were actually.

Reply to NaturalHigh (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 03:20 PM

Jun 2016

I agree with you on the idiocy of someone doing this at this point in time (or any time for that matter.)

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