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Bay County School Board Hostage situation

beachmouse avatar
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Man takes hostages, shoots at Bay County School Board meeting

Starting a little after 2 p.m., the man addressed the school board briefly, before using a can of red spray paint to paint a large "V" with a circle around it on the wall of the building. The man pulled out a gun, and released the women and children from the room, taking the others hostage. Tensions built while the man questioned the school board. Shots were fired, and SWAT teams responded and burst in.

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/city-35730-panama-school.html

One man has been taken out of the School Board offices on a stretcher and appears to be dead, according to a reporter on the scene. The reporter was told the only injured person was the gunman.

No citizens were injured, according to the latest reports.

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scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#2
WTF!!! 😱
Beach Fanatic
#3
WTF!!! 😱

apparently the man's wife had been fired; and the Superintendent was the target, according to a person who was in the room....
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#4
That sure as hell doesn't help her find another job!

Seriously, has ANYONE ever taken a former employer (or anyone) hostage and gotten their job back or gotten a better one?

I sure hope they don't have kids. :(

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This is now front page news on MSNBC. They are reporting that Ginger whacked the guy with her purse, so between that, the spray paint, and the gun the comments are a predictable cluster.

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Alicia Leonard avatar
SoWal Insider
#5
He's been reported as dead.
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#6
One of the school board members tried to knock the gun out of his hand with her purse, it's on channel 7 right now.
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#7
Wow, they cut it just as he leveled the gun at the superintendents head and started to squeeze the trigger. Salvage Santa took the gunman down.
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#9
Channel 13 is showing the footage now. Apparently the gunman's wife was a teacher for Bay county and was laid off or fired.
beachmouse avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#10
One of the school board members tried to knock the gun out of his hand with her purse, it's on channel 7 right now.

Even though there are like 50 ways this was an extremely stupid thing to do, there's still something awesome about it.

wmbb.com - CRISIS VIDEO: Gunman Hit with Purse
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#11
Even though there are like 50 ways this was an extremely stupid thing to do, there's still something awesome about it.

wmbb.com - CRISIS VIDEO: Gunman Hit with Purse

I couldn't believe she did it.

I can't believe how much of the footage they showed right up to when he fired.
Bobby J avatar
Beach Fanatic
#12
Wow! Ginger is my new hero!
Minnie avatar
Beach Fanatic
#13
What amazes me is the woman, that was told to leave that was closest to him and goes back to get her purse.

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Matt J avatar
SWGB
#14
What amazes me is the woman, that was told to leave that was closest to him and goes back to get her purse.

That purse goes with everything.
Beach Fanatic
#15
the people in that room are very fortunate that no one else was killed...especially Ginger...what was she thinking? Hurrying out and calling the cops would have been a much better choice. She's lucky he did not shoot her as she lay on the floor...
kitlit avatar
Beach Fanatic
#16
When I first saw the footage on MSNBC, it actually filmed all the way through him shooting at 2 or 3 people, and then getting shot himself and going down. I actually replayed it because the words were harder to hear towards the end, and when I replayed, the video stopped at the point SWGB mentioned, and only had audio.

It was fairly surreal, and pretty horrific to watch. He seemed so calm while he was pulling the trigger. It's going to be hard to shake that image from my mind for awhile. I feel so, so sorry for everyone involved. Desperate people do crazy things. And everybody pays the price.

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Beach Fanatic
#17
the people in that room are very fortunate that no one else was killed...especially Ginger...what was she thinking? Hurrying out and calling the cops would have been a much better choice. She's lucky he did not shoot her as she lay on the floor...

Ginger is dumb as a sack of rocks.

The smart lady was the one who got on all fours and crawled out.

Ginger: Do not bring a purse to a gunfight.

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Beach Fanatic
#18
Ginger needed to put a brick in her purse, like Ester on Sanford and Son.

I don't know anything about Ginger's intelligence, but I'd take her on my team any day. She risked her own life to try and protect the rest of the board members. Imagine what she would do to try and protect the kids, who had left the meeting just prior to the gunman entering.

If the rest of the board members had jumped on the gunman when Ginger whacked him, the incident may have ended before the shootings.
You can call her dumb, but she gets a star in my book.

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Beach Fanatic
#19
My hero is Husfeld.

He tried to keep the situation from escalating and stalled for time till the calvary could show up.

Ginger, in my opinion, made things worse, fortunately none of the good guys were hurt.

I once knew a woman (Nettie Jean) who carried a brick in her purse. She kept it in a sock so she could get leverage.

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kitlit avatar
Beach Fanatic
#20
In case you're wondering what the V is from:

V for Vendetta (2006) - IMDb

I recognized the V, but I thought it was kind of an odd reference for him to make. The movie, although great, was not that popular, and it's kind of a more obscure graphic novel.

Interesting that he chose to use that... :idontno:

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