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Man. I hate school shootings, the insane seem to be attracted to places like that. The first thought I had was, "What was a 90 year old woman and a 4 year old doing on a college campus?"
Shooting at my Daughter's school today!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/06/...ex.html?hpt=T2
(CNN) -- One person was killed and three others, including a woman in her 90s and a 4-year-old child, were injured Wednesday in a shooting on the campus of Southern Union Community College in Opelika, Alabama, police said.
All the victims are members of the same family, police said.
Suspect Thomas Franklin May III, 34, was arrested without incident about three hours after the shooting, after he approached a television crew on campus, Capt. Allan Elkins of the Opelika Police Department said.
CNN affiliate WSFA said its crew was on the scene when a man approached reporter Cody Holyoke and said, "I'm the guy you're looking for."
The crew immediately left the area, drove to a nearby parking lot and called 911, WSFA said. Police arrived, took the man into custody and searched his white Jeep, according to the station.
Fatal shooting at Alabama college
Elkins said earlier the shooting was believed to be domestic violence-related and the public was not in danger.
Police didn't provide the relationship between victims and suspect.
Shortly before 4 p.m. CT, police responded to a report of a shooting on the campus, which is about 60 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama, Elkins said.
Officers found a 36-year-old woman shot in the right arm; a 63-year-old woman who had been shot in the upper torso and was later pronounced dead; and a woman in her 90s who was shot once in the back and once in the neck and was flown by helicopter to Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, Elkins said.
In addition to the three adults, a 4-year-old child was cut by flying glass. She was transported to East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika for treatment, police said.
Officers believe the 36-year-old woman is a student who was being dropped off or picked up, but authorities were still trying to confirm that, Elkins said.
All the victims were from Lee County, where Opelika is located,Elkins said.
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If you look at the picture in the video, the building with the white columns in the background, is where my daughter attends class daily. She was supposed to be there studying after class this afternoon, but decided she was tired and went home instead. If she hadn't, she would have been walking through the courtyard at the time this occurred.
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Man. I hate school shootings, the insane seem to be attracted to places like that. The first thought I had was, "What was a 90 year old woman and a 4 year old doing on a college campus?"
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I'm glad your daughter is okay, Dixie. I remember how I felt when Columbine was going on, and that was strangers.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
Thanks, I freaked when it moved on the wire at work, because I hadn't heard from my daughter yet.. Before I could get through to her, she called me and said; "Dad, you won't believe what happened at my school today..." I was just glad to know she was okay, but it was really chilling to think she was just a split-hair decision away from being right in the middle of it. I guess sometimes, blowing off study is a good thing!
Rana (04-07-2011)
I'm glad your daughter is ok.
Rana (04-07-2011)
Thank God your daughter is alright!
I got somthin makes me want to shout, I got soul "I'm super bad"
I think it's telling that he approached a reporter and said that instead of a policeman.....Originally Posted by Dixie
Thank God......but decided she was tired and went home instead.
As others have said, thank God your daughter wasn't there.
Glad your daughter is OK Dixie.
Damn. Well at least your daughter was not harmed - I"m happy to hear that!
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This is awful, Dixie, I hope your daughter is okay, and that this does not leave her feeling unsafe! There is nothing worse than not feeling safe in your environment.http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/06/...ex.html?hpt=T2
(CNN) -- One person was killed and three others, including a woman in her 90s and a 4-year-old child, were injured Wednesday in a shooting on the campus of Southern Union Community College in Opelika, Alabama, police said.
All the victims are members of the same family, police said.
Suspect Thomas Franklin May III, 34, was arrested without incident about three hours after the shooting, after he approached a television crew on campus, Capt. Allan Elkins of the Opelika Police Department said.
CNN affiliate WSFA said its crew was on the scene when a man approached reporter Cody Holyoke and said, "I'm the guy you're looking for."
The crew immediately left the area, drove to a nearby parking lot and called 911, WSFA said. Police arrived, took the man into custody and searched his white Jeep, according to the station.
Elkins said earlier the shooting was believed to be domestic violence-related and the public was not in danger.
Police didn't provide the relationship between victims and suspect.
Shortly before 4 p.m. CT, police responded to a report of a shooting on the campus, which is about 60 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama, Elkins said.
Officers found a 36-year-old woman shot in the right arm; a 63-year-old woman who had been shot in the upper torso and was later pronounced dead; and a woman in her 90s who was shot once in the back and once in the neck and was flown by helicopter to Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, Elkins said.
In addition to the three adults, a 4-year-old child was cut by flying glass. She was transported to East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika for treatment, police said.
Officers believe the 36-year-old woman is a student who was being dropped off or picked up, but authorities were still trying to confirm that, Elkins said.
All the victims were from Lee County, where Opelika is located,Elkins said.
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If you look at the picture in the video, the building with the white columns in the background, is where my daughter attends class daily. She was supposed to be there studying after class this afternoon, but decided she was tired and went home instead. If she hadn't, she would have been walking through the courtyard at the time this occurred.
An Egyptian writer, Ptah Hotep, put patriarchal beliefs as clearly as
anyone in the early civilizations: "If you are a man of note, found for
yourself a household, and love your wife at home, as it beseems. Fill her
belly, clothe her back. . . . But hold her back from getting the mastery.
Remember that her eye is her stormwind, and her vulva and mouth are her
strength."
Ouch, that is frightening!! Glad to here she was out of harms way, Dixie.
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