Active shooter situation in Austin Area

wakka12

Another day another massacre in USA. Not much information on the story as yet. But seems to be another attack on people at nightclubs. One woman confirmed dead and 3 others with gunshot wounds. Attacks occurred at multiple areas in Austin apparently
http://news.sky.com/story/multiple-victims-after-austin-shootings-10518100

Felix Jones is God

The thing that worries me is that we are no longer surprised or shocked by shooting sprees anymores

wakka12

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

The thing that worries me is that we are no longer surprised or shocked by shooting spree anymore

It really is crazy isn't it. When I was abroad last week Id go to check messages every morning in the wifi at the local bar and my first thought before I checked the news would be I wonder what massacre Ill hear about today..and there was one almost every other day while I was away.. Nice, Baton Rouge ,Fort Myers, Munich,Ansbach ,Tokyo, the Normandy Church, The turkish coup

dr.bollocko

Was 2 different shootings within close proximity.

It's not really a "massacre", is it?

RobertKK

It is all under control, seems to be 1 woman aged in her 30's dead and 4 injured.

It happened on the main entertainment street in Austin. It also happened close to where my accommodation is when I will be there in October.

Bad 24 hours for the Austin area with the balloon crash yesterday and the deaths of 16 people.

lawlolawl

RobertKK wrote: »

It is all under control, seems to be 1 woman aged in her 30's dead and 4 injured.

It happened on the main entertainment street in Austin. It also happened close to where my accommodation is when I will be there in October.

Bad 24 hours for the Austin area with the balloon crash yesterday and the deaths of 16 people.

Ban hot air balloons and streets.

Donald Trump is the man to sort these shootings out.

/sarcasm.

Terrible stuff.

Bubbaclaus

lawlolawl wrote: »

RobertKK wrote: »

It is all under control, seems to be 1 woman aged in her 30's dead and 4 injured.

It happened on the main entertainment street in Austin. It also happened close to where my accommodation is when I will be there in October.

Bad 24 hours for the Austin area with the balloon crash yesterday and the deaths of 16 people.

Ban hot air balloons and streets.

That incident wouldn't have happened if everybody had a hot air balloon.

wakka12

Deleted User wrote: »

It's not really a "massacre", is it?

Well no a mass shooting, but when I made the thread the news story was roughly 'multiple victims in multiple shootings in Austin' with not much other information so they made it sound worse than it turned out to be

drunkmonkey

Yawn!

Austin has about 280 murders and 5000 rapes a year, just another normal day.

Samaris

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

The thing that worries me is that we are no longer surprised or shocked by shooting sprees anymores

Deleted User wrote: »

It's not really a "massacre", is it?

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Yawn!

Austin has about 280 murders and 5000 rapes a year, just another normal day.

It is a rather depressing reaction.

"Only one dead so far? Pff, in my day we had proper massacres.."

fineso.mom

wakka12 wrote: »

Well no a mass shooting, but when I made the thread the news story was roughly 'multiple victims in multiple shootings in Austin' with not much other information so they made it sound worse than it turned out to be

As did you.

pappyodaniel

Austin Massachusetts?

Harry Palmr

Austin Morris?

8-10

6th Street in Austin is probably my favourite place anywhere to go out drinking. Looks like it happened right there after bars closed. crazy stuff

For those who haven't been there, it's the equivalent of having a shooting in Temple Bar

Dyr

Is there such a thing as an inactive shooter?

tupenny

Bambi wrote: »

Is there such a thing as an inactive shooter?

A dead one?

Bubbaclaus

8-10 wrote: »

For those who haven't been there, it's the equivalent of having a shooting in Temple Bar

Good to know. Another place to avoid like the plague.

8-10

Bambi wrote: »

Is there such a thing as an inactive shooter?

Active is referring to the situation not the shooter

wakka12

Bambi wrote: »

Is there such a thing as an inactive shooter?

Yes, when theyre not shooting people any longer

Dyr

wakka12 wrote: »

Yes, when theyre not shooting people any longer

Are they still a shooter then?

8-10

Bambi wrote: »

Are they still a shooter then?

Yep

Felix Jones is God

Technically, every American is an inactive shooter

wakka12

Bambi wrote: »

Are they still a shooter then?

Yep, like when an active rapist is arrested we still call him a rapist when he's in jail

Dyr

8-10 wrote: »

Yep

What if they throw the gun away?

Felix Jones is God

Bambi wrote: »

What if they throw the gun away?

Depends , if they're black shoot them, if white, arrest them and 18 months in medium security

Dyr

wakka12 wrote: »

Yep, like when an active rapist is arrested we still call him a rapist when he's in jail

But "we" don't because we speak english

"active shooter" is just a term the american LEO types came up with for a situation that the american media and public picked up on. Because americans love expert jargon even more than they love guns. Jargon that's then picked up over here by people who know no better


Here in the sensible world, we can just say that there's a gunman on the loose in austin or wherever.

Be sensible.

You should "reach out" to the BBC for clarification

briany

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

The thing that worries me is that we are no longer surprised or shocked by shooting sprees anymores

I think we're getting to the stage now where it's like we hear about a shooting and instead of rushing to turn on the news, we ask, "How many killings?" like how that pair on the League of Gentlemen used to ask, and if it's any less than 5, we scoff and put the remote down.

Unless, that is, the shooter has some sort of gimmick like they're livestreaming or dressed in some sort of outlandish apparel. And not to be facetious here. I really do think that's how it's getting.

8-10

Bambi wrote: »

But "we" don't because we speak english

"active shooter" is just a term the american LEO types came up with for a situation that the american media and public picked up on. Because americans love expert jargon even more than they love guns. Jargon that's then picked up over here by people who know no better


Here in the sensible world, we can just say that there's a gunman on the loose in austin or wherever.

Be sensible.

You should "reach out" to the BBC for clarification

"Active situation" makes a lot more sense to me than when you have the news outlets saying the suspect is "still at large"

What does "at large" mean? Active situation is more descriptive

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Austin Morris?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Motor_Corporation

ceadaoin.

This was 2 separate unrelated incidents. Four women were shot on 6th street and one died. This perpetrator is still at large but it's not an active shooting situation. The other incident took place in a parking garage. A man took out a gun and fired it at another person but was disarmed and tackled to the ground by witnesses. No injuries in that situation, besides the attacker

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/31/us/austin-shooting/

InTheTrees

Another day in the USA.

There were three shot dead yesterday at a party here in seattle. You only get a small number of these incidents making national news, they're usually just local stories.