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ificandream

(9,320 posts)
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 06:17 PM Jan 2023

Omaha police fatally shoot armed man in Target store

Source: Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man with an AR-15-style rifle opened fire inside a Target store in Omaha, sending panicked shoppers and employees scrambling for safety before he was fatally shot by police Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said the man had “plenty of ammunition” and that evidence suggests he fired multiple rounds, but it wasn’t immediately known if he fired at anyone.

Schmaderer said no wounded people were found, and police had searched through the store “because there were some people hiding in there.”

Cathy Mahannah, a customer, said the scene inside the store was “sheer panic.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/ohmaha-nebraska-target-armed-man-shot-16fbda90977f9c1b2d13ed9ae8fff2d2



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Omaha police fatally shoot armed man in Target store (Original Post) ificandream Jan 2023 OP
hmmmm...must be Tuesday.... bahboo Jan 2023 #1
Or any other day that ends in "Y" groundloop Jan 2023 #3
Suicide by police? sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #2
Bingo DENVERPOPS Jan 2023 #4
That was my first thought! imaginary girl Jan 2023 #10
This was prophesied by the great QB Peyton Manning in many places. GreenWave Jan 2023 #5
The headline should have been: C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #6
Still the people in the store were Cha Jan 2023 #7
Nothing illegal here Simeon Salus Jan 2023 #8
Did it take 4 hours a hundred cops like in Uvalde? nt doc03 Jan 2023 #9
Exercising his 2nd Amendment rights? ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2023 #11
Damn Straight 3auld6phart Jan 2023 #12
Hello Maple Leaf C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #13
Every big box store should have its own heavily-armed paramilitary response team. LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #14
Excellent suggestion. The US Department of Education must have heard your idea, C0RI0LANUS Feb 2023 #15
A country NJCher Feb 2023 #16
We live in a country where kooks and kops have firearms and we're stuck in the middle C0RI0LANUS Feb 2023 #17
Good. raccoon Feb 2023 #18
Was he traveling? Kennah Feb 2023 #19

DENVERPOPS

(8,787 posts)
4. Bingo
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 06:51 PM
Jan 2023

If he didn't fire at anyone, he was doing a suicide by cop, and just wanted to go out in a blaze of glory

C0RI0LANUS

(510 posts)
6. The headline should have been:
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 06:59 PM
Jan 2023

"Man with assault weapon fire opens
fire inside Target store in Omaha, Nebraska, before police execute him".

Assault weapons, firearms, violence.

Murder-Death-Kill

Cha

(296,775 posts)
7. Still the people in the store were
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 07:01 PM
Jan 2023

Lucky it wasn't a Shooter who wanted to Kill Them.

From the article.. they were scared out of their wits.

C0RI0LANUS

(510 posts)
13. Hello Maple Leaf
Tue Jan 31, 2023, 08:10 PM
Jan 2023

Instead of making only assault weapons easy to buy in the US, let's allow Walmart (or any other merchant) to sell hand grenades to the public.

YouTube will demonstrate manipulating the safety pin, pulling the arming pin, and then tossing the activated explosive into a crowd of people.

What's taking so long?

LudwigPastorius

(9,095 posts)
14. Every big box store should have its own heavily-armed paramilitary response team.
Wed Feb 1, 2023, 12:38 AM
Feb 2023

This would also cut down on shoplifting and people parking in the disabled spots without a permit.

/s
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