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whatever it statrted out as...it ended with 9 people shot in front of the Empire state building *NM* Aisha Send a noteboard - 24/08/2012 10:48:01 PM

In addition, one of the two dead was the shooter, and the other was not a random victim, but someone the shooter knew and was angry at (it sounds as though the shooter was fired from a job a while back after altercations with the victim, so the shooter came back months later with a gun). The shooter injured others with the attack, thankfully not killing any of them (and some of the wounded bystanders may have been hit by police accidentally when the police killed the shooter, from what I've read), but I don't think this meets the qualification of "mass shooting" either in scope or in scale.

Still sad, of course, and unfortunate while at the same time lucky that no one else was killed. But more of an individual homicide gone out of control than a mass shooting or even an attempted mass shooting, from the sound of it.
Aisha - formerly known as randschicka
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*EDIT* Another mass shooting in America...no big deal, another day another drama.... - 24/08/2012 08:34:52 PM 684 Views
Could you link to a serious article? - 24/08/2012 08:38:37 PM 304 Views
serious link - 24/08/2012 08:44:42 PM 427 Views
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9 people shot and 2 dead isnt a mass shooting? - 24/08/2012 10:44:40 PM 328 Views
Funnily/Horribly enough, the additional casualties are apparently NOT from the original shooter... - 25/08/2012 12:32:36 AM 354 Views
Noticed that, too; hopefully some folks lose their badges over it. - 26/08/2012 02:17:35 AM 378 Views
Really? - 27/08/2012 03:13:17 PM 308 Views
To not shoot into a crowd? *NM* - 27/08/2012 03:54:20 PM 131 Views
I hope I would do better if trained to do so, yes. - 27/08/2012 07:33:48 PM 329 Views
Their marksmanship was abysmal. They shouldn't be carrying guns. - 27/08/2012 10:02:18 PM 301 Views
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Re: +1 - What happened in Norway was a mass shooting/killing. - 25/08/2012 05:12:20 PM 349 Views
<3 *NM* - 25/08/2012 05:22:31 PM 132 Views
+1 *NM* - 26/08/2012 01:44:49 AM 119 Views
Agreed. - 26/08/2012 02:16:03 AM 292 Views
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whatever it statrted out as...it ended with 9 people shot in front of the Empire state building *NM* - 24/08/2012 10:48:01 PM 154 Views
Re: Terminology - 24/08/2012 11:08:03 PM 388 Views
300 people die in this country every hour, so actually it isn't a big deal - 24/08/2012 11:22:33 PM 318 Views
Yup. - 25/08/2012 06:59:04 PM 303 Views
I would not put it THAT way. - 26/08/2012 02:35:49 AM 366 Views
New article - 25/08/2012 05:28:00 PM 328 Views

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