View Full Version : Oregon gunman had 'no connection' to victims
Police searched the mall for anyone left injured or hidden inside a store, as the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports
A gunman had no connection to the two people he killed in a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Portland, Oregon, police have said.
The man in his 20s intended to kill as many people as possible, police added.
A third person was seriously injured at the Clackamas Shopping Center and was taken to hospital, Lt James Rhodes of Clackamas County Police said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20698095
Not good!
Note: 12 December 2012 Last updated at 16:18 GMT
AVGWarhawk
12-12-12, 11:55 AM
Shootings like this normally do not have a connection. Random senseless violence.
Jimbuna
12-12-12, 03:22 PM
Shootings like this normally do not have a connection. Random senseless violence.
Wonder what Jason was doing at the time :hmmm::03:
Armistead
12-12-12, 05:12 PM
Shootings like this normally do not have a connection. Random senseless violence.
I don't know, seems it's about half and half. We had a shooting last year at the gas mart up the road. An ex employee came in, shot a customer, shot the owner that fired him in the face, then stood in the parking lot and just started shooting at cars, the storefront, etc...Luckily the others around didn't get hit. The cops pulled up, he killed himself. I was across the street at the other conv. store. Funny, I use both, just depends if I'm coming or going.... In the end, the shooter was the only one that died, but the store owner is still a mess.
Jimbuna
12-12-12, 05:37 PM
I don't know, seems it's about half and half. We had a shooting last year at the gas mart up the road. An ex employee came in, shot a customer, shot the owner that fired him in the face, then stood in the parking lot and just started shooting at cars, the storefront, etc...Luckily the others around didn't get hit. The cops pulled up, he killed himself. I was across the street at the other conv. store. Funny, I use both, just depends if I'm coming or going.... In the end, the shooter was the only one that died, but the store owner is still a mess.
If I were you I'd count myself lucky :sunny:
nikimcbee
12-12-12, 06:11 PM
Wonder what Jason was doing at the time :hmmm::03:
Other side of town for me. (It's a nice mall though) Been too busy at work to pay attention to the story.:doh: From what I've heard, they've had kind of a black out on info. This is what i've heard so far (as of last night) the place is in total lockdown, and police will eventually help people get their stuff back from mall.
Example: gunfire starts, Jim drops purse/ bags of stuff and runs for life. Purse/bags now locked in mall.
Jimbuna
12-12-12, 06:16 PM
Not surprising considering the real life circumstances.
Police have identified the gunman who killed two people and injured one during a shooting at a shopping mall near Portland, Oregon.
Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22, armed himself with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, which jammed during the shooting.
Roberts, who used a stolen rifle and wore a mask, killed himself after firing randomly around the mall.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20698095
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