guns - 8 kids shot by a kid with a gun - none dead

[ensho]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/06/skating.rink.shooting/index.html?hpt=T2


Police: 8 teens shot at Indiana skate rink


Eight teenagers were wounded in a shooting Friday night at a skating rink in Gary, Indiana, police said Saturday.

Gary Police Department spokeswoman Cpl. Gabrielle King said that a fight broke out during or after the concert at the World of Skates roller rink on Friday, prompting the rink's manager to close up for the night.

"The manager asked everybody to leave, and when they went outside somebody just decided they would open fire and eight young people were shot," she said.

She said those wounded range in age from age 14 to 18. They were taken to local hospitals, although King said none has life-threatening injuries.

She was not certain if any remained hospitalized Saturday. No arrests have been made, she said.

A phone call to World of Skates was not immediately returned.
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"somebody"?

I'm assuming the shooter was a kid. this report is very vague.

[cliffordu]

1. I wonder if it was a real gun, or a pellet gun......

Or someone is an excellent shot.

Minor injuries all around - I assume that any gunshot wound not life threatening is a minor.

Seems purposely vague, and that it doesn't matter to the OP.

[ensho]

3. yes, you would think this would make national news

nt

[Edweird]

5. BB/pellet gun sounds likely. I guess it's vague so that fact isn't apparent.

It wouldn't be as terrifying if it was a bb gun.

But, anything is possible.

[Alias Dictus Tyrant]

6. Survival rates for getting shot are around 85%

It is statistically very plausible that all 8 survived. Unlike in Hollywood, most people that get shot don't die. To reliably kill people with a gun you have to be careful and/or lucky. Handguns aren't nearly as lethal as some assume.

[cliffordu]

8. One victim said he was shot with a rifle.

:shrug:

Maybe it was a Barrett .50 and they were all spectacularly lucky.

[onehandle]

11. Newborn babies should teethe on handguns since they're so safe. nt

[cowman]

13. Mine teethed

on guns at age 4, by 5 she could shoot better than most the people I know and yet she never had the urge to go out and start shooting at people, Now she's a police officer

[YllwFvr]

17. Obviously she grew up to be a death machine

Oh wait, you said police officer. When I have a child I will do the same then, what make and caliber did you choose?

Thank her for her service for me :)

[xchrom]

2. In America that's how we roll: we shoot shit up.

Now if everyone had been armed - we coulda had a REAL blowout.

[SteveM]

10. Did you find anyone advocating "everyone" be armed?

No? I think if you go to the GOP-founded, GOP-led Brady Center, you might find someone who says that; I mean, it's the latest meme.

[proteus_lives]

12. Fail.

Your ignorance is always amusing.

[Bold Lib]

16. No, that's how thug rappers roll.

http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/03/07/22142160.aspx

[The Straight Story]

4. Make a law banning the shooting of others, problem solved - people obey laws (more info here)

:)

8 teens shot after Gary concert
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March 6, 2010
POST-TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Eight teenage boys suffered gunshot wounds late Friday as they exited a popular Gary skating rink after attending a concert.

Gary Police Cpl. Gabrielle King said Saturday "all chaos broke loose" when a fight broke out during the event and security advised attendees to leave Skate World, 4415 W. 5th Ave., in the Commons shopping center.

King said no arrests have been made.

One of the victims told police he was shot in the stomach by a male black holding a rifle. He said the man was wearing a red hat and had dreadlocks.

The wounded were transported to Methodist Hospitals Northlake in Gary, St. Catherine's Hospital in East Chicago and St. Margaret Mercy Health Care Center in Hammond.

http://www.post-trib.com/news/2087664,teens-shot-306.article

[oneshooter]

14. Possibly gang related? n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

7. gungeon

[Bluebear]

9. Roller skating is obviously too dangerous, we must control it.

[Bold Lib]

15. This was a gang event where the "Rappers May Have Incited Violence" Follow THIS Link

http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/03/07/22142160.aspx

Police accused Waka Flocka’s hype man of inciting the crowd by pitting the “East side” against the “West side,” which may have started the fight Police Cmdr. Michael Mallett told the Post-Tribune.
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I think the owner of the facility may have some explaining to do. Why in the world would he/she send 200+ "kids" out to the parking lot after a fight broke out?