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pnwmom

(110,241 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:35 PM Jun 2014

Unconfirmed report: concealed carry permit holder died in Las Vegas Walmart shooting. [View all]

If this is true, then a concealed carry holder lost his life because he got into a fight with the cop-shooters, while the rest of the Walmart customers quite sensibly ran away and saved their lives.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/metro-identifies-officers-among-five-killed-northeast-las-vegas-ambush

Two Las Vegas police officers were killed Sunday in an apparent ambush in a pizza restaurant that spilled over to a nearby Walmart store, where the two shooters committed suicide after shooting and killing a woman.

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One officer was reportedly dead at the scene, while the other died later in surgery at University Medical Center. Both were uniform patrol officers assigned to the Northeast Area Command. Beck was a senior patrol officer who had taught Advanced Officer Skills Training and at the Metro academy.

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Witnesses at the scene reported hearing shots fired in quick succession inside the Walmart.

At a news conference at about 1 p.m. Assistant Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the male shooter, described as a tall white man, yelled “everyone get out” before shooting.

One unconfirmed report is that the two exchanged gunfire with a citizen who was carrying a concealed weapon, and that one of the shooters was injured.

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So the only thing that can stop good guys with guns are bad guys with guns? MohRokTah Jun 2014 #1
I wonder if this person was shot by police or the two gunmen? Ilsa Jun 2014 #2
The police were dead in the restaurant across the street. pnwmom Jun 2014 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker Jun 2014 #4
Maybe this crap will get LEOs more involved Ilsa Jun 2014 #5
How would anything except collection of all guns have stopped this? nt Logical Jun 2014 #11
It's happening. JaneyVee Jun 2014 #6
Your conclusion does not follow from the paragraphs you quoted Schema Thing Jun 2014 #7
If you read the article, none of the people who ran away from the shooters pnwmom Jun 2014 #15
What makes you believe it was a permit holder? jberryhill Jun 2014 #22
so an average Joe with a gun in his pants in wally world isn't enough to stop a killer? NightWatcher Jun 2014 #8
If it's true sarisataka Jun 2014 #9
Or he could have just as easily caused the loss of even more.... VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #10
I will wait for facts but it is Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #12
You are going to wait for the facts yet you invent upaloopa Jun 2014 #32
*She* sarisataka Jun 2014 #13
It's already been held to be a *bad* thing, if true, on this thread: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2014 #19
Thanks DashOneBravo Jun 2014 #33
There's no evidence of that. The shooters killed each other. n/t pnwmom Jun 2014 #14
Read your own link... sarisataka Jun 2014 #18
They ran into Walmart telling everyone to get out. If she had gotten out with everyone else, pnwmom Jun 2014 #21
You do not have enough details Jenoch Jun 2014 #23
I said in the OP that it was an unconfirmed report. pnwmom Jun 2014 #24
This armed citizen may have helped prevent... LeafsFan17 Jun 2014 #16
The shooters were apparently a couple of meth-head white supremacists friendly_iconoclast Jun 2014 #20
I just read your link. Sounds like a good guy with a gun helped stop this. dilby Jun 2014 #17
The Shooters were Right Wing Nut Jobs! LeafsFan17 Jun 2014 #25
CC victim was shot from behind... Historic NY Jun 2014 #26
Just read the comments on that. They make Discussionist look like the Oxford Union... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2014 #27
huh? It's reported that a woman was killed, not a man. progressivebydesign Jun 2014 #30
so any comments on post 26 at this point? snooper2 Jun 2014 #28
"the only difference between a hero and a corpse is a well placed bullet" LanternWaste Jun 2014 #29
Sorry, but the latest news says it's untrue. progressivebydesign Jun 2014 #31
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