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| Eight killed, including gunman, in shooting at Texas home 'Cowboys' viewing party |
| 2017-09-11 |
| [Reuters] DALLAS - A gunman killed seven people at a home in a Dallas suburb on Sunday evening before being shot dead by police called to the scene, authorities said. The shooting took place in Plano, a suburb north of Dallas. David Tilley, a spokesman for the Plano Police Department, said the shooter was killed by the first responding officer after an exchange of gunfire. The officer was not injured. Seven people were found dead in the Plano home. Two additional shooting victims were taken to a local hospital. Their condition was unknown. "We’re trying to put all the puzzle pieces together," Tilley said. There was no information yet on the relationship between the suspect and the victims. Local media reports that the shooting occurred at a Dallas Cowboys viewing party could not be confirmed either. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 My mistake, that's what I get for skimming through too fast. Local news apparently did update with more information, it's kind of eerie how similar the two incidents are. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-09-11 21:51 |
| #12 From the updated story at Snomble Throluter4608's link: Relatives confirmed to WFAA-TV (Channel 8) on Monday that one of the victims was 27-year-old Meredith Hight and that her estranged husband was the shooter. "She was a cook, and a quite fine one, and she loved hosting friends and families," said her mother, Debbie Lane. "This was her first opportunity to do it after the divorce, and he didn't take it well." A small photo of the pretty, blond Ms Hight can now be seen at the link. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-09-11 19:38 |
| #11 #5's dallasnews.com link's considerably updated. At first skim it looks to be your typical Plano octomurder. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-09-11 18:45 |
| #10 More on eight dead (As usual, the best and more complete story is from oversea.) With pictures of perps It seems that five of the "adults" were children. Appears to be a domestic dispute. That's a Houston incident from 2015. Plano is a couple of hundred miles away. It's fairly high-income. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2017-09-11 18:17 |
| #9 More on eight dead (As usual, the best and more complete story is from oversea.) With pictures of perps It seems that five of the "adults" were children. Appears to be a domestic dispute. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-09-11 17:09 |
| #8 Names, photographs, and additional information unavailable. It's a known fact that albino Amish people photograph poorly and the AP Stylebook says their names are easily misspelled... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-09-11 11:49 |
| #7 Disgruntled Giants fan? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-09-11 11:37 |
| #6 Seems like an over reaction to running out of wings and beer, but one never knows. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-11 11:24 |
| #5 A neighbor said a friend of one of the homeowners said the violence had been sparked by a domestic dispute, but police have provided no details about the relationships between the victims and the gunman. The couple identified in public records as the homeowners sought a divorce in July. |
| Posted by: Snomble Throluter4608 2017-09-11 11:21 |
| #4 Are we expecting the 8 to be non-stetson wearers? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-09-11 11:07 |
| #3 I saw it on the crawl on the NBC news coverage of the hurricane. But I live in the next-door suburb. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-09-11 09:44 |
| #2 News not in the US media, either. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-09-11 08:06 |
| #1 Names, photographs, and additional information unavailable. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-11 03:33 |