Another sniper victim? (8:40 AM ET)

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Just in, someone shot in front of a school in Prince George's Co., MD. Peter, STAY HOME!

-- Anonymous, October 07, 2002

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Benjamin Tasker Middle School. Vic shot twice in chest and again in abdomen. 13-year old boy. No evidence of link--YET.

-- Anonymous, October 07, 2002

His mother carted him off to the hospital, still alive.

Pretty sure the announcement last night was to carry on normally, including sending your kids to school. Good advice, for someone else.

-- Anonymous, October 07, 2002


This is so sad. I hope that the authorities catch this sick bastard soon.

Good thing that the mother was still around so that she could take her son to the emergency room. God, I would simply die if it were my son.

-- Anonymous, October 07, 2002


Boy Critically Hurt in Md. Shooting

Oct 7, 9:17 AM (ET)

BOWIE, Md. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded Monday outside a school, authorities said. Police hunting for a serial sniper in neighboring Montgomery County rushed investigators to the scene.

The boy was shot in the chest and abdomen outside Benjamin Tasker Middle School shortly after 8 a.m., Prince George's County emergency officials said.

His mother took him to Bowie Health Center, a small hospital. A Maryland State Police helicopter was to fly the child to a hospital specializing in traumatic injuries in children, authorities said.

"The child is suffering from extensive blood loss and is in critical condition," said Mark Brady of the county fire department.

On Wednesday and Thursday, five people were shot to death by a sniper in a 16-hour span in Montgomery County. A sixth victim was killed Thursday in Washington, D.C. On Friday, a woman was shot and wounded in Virginia.

"We are certainly very concerned about this situation in Prince George's County," Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose said. But he stressed that it was too early to know whether the shooting was related.

Montgomery County investigators were being sent to Bowie, Moose said.

In Bowie, police cars surrounded the building and officers put up crime scene tape and searched the campus.

-- Anonymous, October 07, 2002


Don't worry, OG, I'm being careful.

I gather that ballistics tests indicate that all these DC area shootings, including the one in Virginia, are related.

It will be interesting to see if the anti-death penalty people stick to their arguments in this case.

-- Anonymous, October 08, 2002



I expect the gun-control advocates are out in force.

-- Anonymous, October 08, 2002

I saw a lot of postcards in the mail last night from Yoko Ono. They pointed out that there were something like 800,000 people killed with guns since Lennon had been killed. The front of the cards showed a pair of bloody spectacles like Lennon wore.

-- Anonymous, October 08, 2002

Did she happen to mention how many had been killed by automobiles?

-- Anonymous, October 08, 2002

She has a new album out. As you can guess, I have no idea what it's called, nor do I care. I do sympathize with the poor stereo systems that have to play it, though.

-- Anonymous, October 08, 2002

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