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muriel_volestrangler

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15. Nevertheless, this is the first LBN thread with a link in the OP
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 03:58 PM
Jan 2017

so it looks like LBN is working as designed. This was the thread that let people read the news.

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Still an active scene. Possible 2nd shooter surrounded by police in parking garage. Mika Jan 2017 #1
My mantra in such situations is always "No Martyrs!" haele Jan 2017 #9
Just please don't kill the killer(s)... TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 #2
why do these threads keep getting locked? they are the epitome of LBN Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #3
Good question. dgibby Jan 2017 #5
I was thinking same thing exactly---why locked? Mods? wordpix Jan 2017 #7
I'm guessing it was because the original OP still needed a link? Rhiannon12866 Jan 2017 #10
No link to the news story in the old thread. No link tends to result in a lock. n/t Decoy of Fenris Jan 2017 #11
I posted with a link, with the 5 dead update, and a link to local news. LOCKED. Mika Jan 2017 #14
Nevertheless, this is the first LBN thread with a link in the OP muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #15
Probably because of duplication. MicaelS Jan 2017 #45
Well don't lock the threads B2G Jan 2017 #47
Locked threads directed to locked threads B2G Jan 2017 #46
Since the other thread was locked: Miami Herald reporting that local law enforcement has requested Coventina Jan 2017 #4
Esteban Santiago IDd as Airport Gunman, 26 years old Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #6
Ch 10 news now reporting 5 dead brooklynite Jan 2017 #8
one issue---repealing ACA will prevent million$ from getting mental health care wordpix Jan 2017 #12
Shooter was supposedly US military HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #29
Passengers now evacuating tarmac area; exiting airport and crossing adjacent RR tracks brooklynite Jan 2017 #13
the gun owners will get a buzz about the kind of guns, effectiveness, reloading times etc nt msongs Jan 2017 #16
The sad thing is this is now an every day occurrence in America. Initech Jan 2017 #23
Just spoke with my father okwmember Jan 2017 #17
Always valuable to post this during breaking news events. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #20
That is excellent sarisataka Jan 2017 #21
CBS Miami reporting passengers in another terminal heard gunshots as well... brooklynite Jan 2017 #18
5 dead, 13 injured on the way to area hospitals, one gunman in custody per MSNBC. n/t Rhiannon12866 Jan 2017 #19
Miami Herald now saying there is a second shooter at large: Coventina Jan 2017 #22
the local ABC reporter was right near when more shots broke out on live TV Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #25
Ironically sarisataka Jan 2017 #26
they have (right now live) an airline pilot saying there was 2nd shooter, he just said Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #27
now they have more people saying there was a second shooter, describing it in detail Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #28
Good guy with a gun in the wrong place situation? haele Jan 2017 #33
I doubt we ever will know Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #36
Authorities now saying there was no 2nd shooting. Eugene Jan 2017 #24
I guess people are pretty sure he's not a Muslim. Just another "mental health issues" (tm) case ck4829 Jan 2017 #30
another pic Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #32
You can buy the same scarf from Free Soldier Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #37
Vets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan used those scarfs for sandstorms. haele Jan 2017 #39
I agree. Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #41
according to catsudon Jan 2017 #43
The picture on the left MosheFeingold Jan 2017 #48
Well, I like the look. Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #31
thats not him Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #34
Israel: attacker sympathizer to terror groups LittleBlue Jan 2017 #35
That's interesting. Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 #38
Well, we can eliminate Juan Epstein as a suspect MosheFeingold Jan 2017 #49
And we can eliminate Jose Padillo...hes in Supermax Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #51
CBS is saying that the shooter contacted the FBI Eugene Jan 2017 #40
Look at this melman Jan 2017 #44
It's also the Jesus, One Way finger thingie. And others uppityperson Jan 2017 #54
Sure it is melman Jan 2017 #55
I buy that. Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #56
Well, shit MosheFeingold Jan 2017 #50
Redditor at airport during the shooting: christx30 Jan 2017 #42
Wayne? Wayne? moondust Jan 2017 #53
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