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Post by Zynx on Mar 13, 2005 22:41:18 GMT -5
I'm sure all of you have heard about the massacre in the hotel in Brookfield, Wisconsin. For me, this was WAY too close to home. One of my best friends not only works at that hotel, but his father is its manager and both were working there on Saturday. Luckily, they were fine. Another one of my friends however was at the meeting and his grandfather died on the scene. I haven't talked to him yet since Friday before this happened, but I can't imagine that he is sleeping easily after seeing that carnage.
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Post by TreasureFinder on Mar 13, 2005 23:00:52 GMT -5
Actually, I have not heard of this event. Could you provide a link?
This isn't the same thing as the shooting at a church, right? How tragic...
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Post by DRottenI on Mar 13, 2005 23:15:24 GMT -5
I didnt hear about this either, the only shooting i've heard of this month was a one at some court house
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Post by Swordmasterdragoon on Mar 14, 2005 0:10:47 GMT -5
yeah zynx. bein from wisconsin i've also heard about it and i'm from the fox valley area. tragic event.
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Post by Magicman on Mar 14, 2005 0:20:18 GMT -5
I'm in the same boat as TF and DRI =/
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Post by Dark on Mar 14, 2005 11:41:30 GMT -5
I'm in the same boat as TF and DRI =/ Yeah, same here. Sounds horrible though.
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Post by Zynx on Mar 14, 2005 11:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by Dark on Mar 14, 2005 12:02:48 GMT -5
No motive? All I can say is I feel sorry for the kid who witnessed his grandfather getting killed. You should go see how he's doing.
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Post by Knight of Lodis on Mar 14, 2005 13:57:48 GMT -5
Thats pretty crazy. I feel bad that the minster and his 16 yr old son died. These incidents don't surprise me so much anymore because people are capable of doing crazy shit now. In Richmond, VA we used to be the 3rd highest crime rate in the nation 5 years ago. People were getting caped in broad daylight each day downtown for whatever motives I have no idea. We seriously had 2-3 murders a day.
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Post by Locke on Mar 14, 2005 15:26:17 GMT -5
Jeez man. It's a sad, sad world we live in. Although, if you all care to recall history lessons, humans have been just as savage, if not more so, since days long past. It's not so surprising as it is saddening. We are really nothing more than beasts.
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Post by Sokar468 on Mar 14, 2005 18:41:01 GMT -5
What's really too bad about that incident is that the age range of victims was so wide.
We live in a country with violence, but we are still better off than most. Still, it's unfortunate that there are people who are unable to resolve things without violence.
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Post by ThE NaTuRe BoY on Mar 14, 2005 20:30:29 GMT -5
Worlds can not be conceived for what you must feel right now... I am truly sorry for your loss. I hope they found out why he did that. Like Dark said, maybe you should give your friend a call or something. I know if something tragic like that happened, I'd really just want someone to talk to.
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Post by TreasureFinder on Mar 14, 2005 22:19:42 GMT -5
El Paso (my ugly-as-sin city) has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
Unfortunately, Juarez, the our Mexican counter part, has a pretty high crime rate. In fact, you can see Mexico quite clearly from my high school.
Oh, and the shooting at the hotel was the same one as at the church...I think they were having some sort of function.
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Post by Swordmasterdragoon on Mar 16, 2005 21:12:30 GMT -5
the man killed the pastor because of a sermon he made a few weeks ago. the sermon went somethin around the lines of the pastor said that if that there was suffering in your life that you weren't praying enough or weren't strong enough in your faith.
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Post by Zynx on Mar 16, 2005 21:17:42 GMT -5
Just as a little update, my friend still isn't back to school yet and I am not surprised by that all that much. His grandfather was shot a total of four times right in front of him. It will take my friend years to recover emotionally from something like that. I can't even stand to see dead relatives so even the idea of one being killed violently in front of me is incomprehensible.
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