Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/us/colorado-springs-shooting/index.html

How long before it'll have to be a famous person on one end of the gun or the other for a spree shooting story to make the news. This one already seems to have been relegated to tomorrow's (or even Monday's) "in case you missed it" spots.

Didn't happen, but still chilling IMO
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/us/minnesota-foiled-school-massacre-john-ladue/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/us/colorado-springs-shooting/index.html

― nomar, Saturday, October 31, 2015 6:07 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So reports coming out now that someone called 911 to report this guy, saying he was carrying a gun and looked like he was in a bad way, and was told, "Hey, this is an open-carry state, we're not sending cops for that."

Compare and contrast, of course, Tamir Rice and John Crawford, who definitely did have cops sent to check it out in an open carry state, and who shot them on sight.

fuck the USA

Bettis said she recognized the gunman as her neighbor — whom she didn't know by name — and that before the initial slaying she saw him roaming outside with a rifle. She called 911 to report the man, but a dispatcher explained that Colorado has an open carry law that allows public handling of firearms.

i'll hazard a guess that this might have been an overreach on the part of a dispatcher that maybe cares a lil too much about gun rights

like, if someone's calling to report that a guy is walking around with a gun, that means someone is concerned about it enough that it probably merits investigation. i'm not sure something with such a potential for a bad (awful, horrifying) outcome as "guy walking around with a gun" is the sort of thing that a dispatcher typically has the discretion to ignore completely

what's going on in paris?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34814203

https://twitter.com/mathieuvonrohr/status/665275757569163264

Mathieu von Rohr Verified @mathieuvonrohr

#Paris shooting happened at a concert venue named "Le Bataclan" (11ème), eye witness tells @BFMTV "everybody was running"

fuck

yeah calling family to see if fine, 10ième/11ième is their neighborhood

I've been to Le Bataclan.

Conflicting reports of a shooting (ABC) and a shootout (AP) at the moment.

*rumours* of explosions at the stade de france wtf

you know that type of person who is like 'i don't have a cellphone i don't need it cellphones are dumb', well i really wish he had a cellphone right now.

i wonder what's up with the football game then

chances are he'll be fine VHS but that must be nervewracking all the same :( xp

Twitter is useless in these situations - half the people are talking about three separate grenade attacks near the stadium, half about one major explosion.

Was about to post this on the Charlie Hebdo thread... but we'll wait to see what this is about.

eagles of death metal apparently playing at le bataclan tonight btw

The BBC report still says it was at a Cambodian (presumably) restaurant:

At least one man opened fire with an automatic gun at the Cambodge restaurant in the 11th district.

The Associated Press ‏@AP 38s39 seconds ago
BREAKING: 2 explosions heard from Paris stadium during France-Germany football match.

Camilla Schick ‏@CamJourno 9m9 minutes ago
A BBC journalist at the scene in #Paris says he can see 10 people on the road either dead or seriously injured.

yeah none of the photos look like le bataclan xxp

everyone safe for me.

god i thought it would take longer than a few months to go through this again.

French news are really on their toes and not saying much, I'm getting most of the stuff from UK/US and I am not certain I can trust it just yet.

That and why are websites like Mashable reporting on this, gtfo.

everyone safe for me.

very glad to hear it!

3 distinct shooting scenes reported, I have hard time believing this is not a terrorist attack.

So far the best coverage, if you can translate some french on your own: http://www.liberation.fr/france/2015/11/13/fusillade-dans-le-10e-arrondissement-de-paris_1413313

Seth Porges ‏@sethporges 20 minutes ago
If in #Paris, stay the F away from canal side of La République area. A man w AK-47 just gunned down multiple people & on run. Yes I'm okay

18 deaths already.

hostage situation at the Bataclan

i'm in tears

fuck fuck fuck

fuck, was at République earlier today

Witnesses are talking about "5 or 6" shooters.

Stade de France is being evacuated apparently? That's 80k people.

fuck

the canal tonight would have been loaded with people

The first reports of gunmen screaming «Allah akbar» are coming in.

sky news reporting 26 dead and 60 hostages at le bataclan

This is happening about 200m from my place, can hear tons of sirens

jesus

sorry 26 dead *in total* across paris xps

Football match stops when explosion heard (Vine):

https://twitter.com/sluggahjells/status/665287250805137408

Staying in a flat 3 minutes from the Petit Cambodge right now. Had been wondering what all the police sirens were. Fuck.

What is the deal with the stadium explosion? Seems like no one hurt over there?

http://images.scribblelive.com/2015/11/13/2c8167ad-8935-4406-82f9-773d2eb6e20b_800.jpg

police reporting 15 dead at the bataclan jfc

Heard there's at least three dead from the explosions at the stade de France, many more injured

probably time for a new thread

this is horrific
stay safe out there Parisian ilxors