Odessa And Midland Shootings Reported | Talking Points Memo

discobot · August 31, 2019, 10:45pm

Police say there are “multiple gunshot victims” in Odessa and Midland, Texas after one or more suspects opened fire, according to the Associated Press.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1245823

dr_coyote · August 31, 2019, 10:49pm

Dammit.

Again. And again. And again, ad infinitum.

lastroth · August 31, 2019, 10:53pm

Hey Greg and Ken why don’t the two of you roll over to West Texas and show them how two good guys deal with this.

marby · August 31, 2019, 10:55pm

and it won’t change anything in Texas . . . . the legislature voted this week to relax gun laws.

southerndem · August 31, 2019, 10:56pm

Email

Police arrested a North Carolina university student who admitted to planning a mass shooting at his school, authorities said Wednesday.

Officers charged Paul Steber, a 19-year-old freshman at High Point University in North Carolina, with two felony counts of having a gun on campus and an additional count for making threats of mass violence on Tuesday after a classmate reported him, police said.

Steber allegedly had ammunition and two firearms – a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and a double-barrel, 12-gauge shotgun – in his dorm room when he was arrested. Authorities said he dose not appear to have any criminal history.

teenlaqueefa · August 31, 2019, 10:58pm

USA! USA!!! US…

Aw, fuckit.

lastroth · August 31, 2019, 10:59pm

Well then is Mike Conaway still at home in the 11th? Is he retiring or planning to run for reelection?

menocchio · August 31, 2019, 10:59pm

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a video game is a good guy with a video game.

southerndem · August 31, 2019, 10:59pm

Shooter white male with blond hair Shocked
confirmed on MSMBC

katscherger · August 31, 2019, 11:04pm

Enough.

dr_coyote · August 31, 2019, 11:04pm

I’m in W TX. Almost certainly victims in Midland & Odessa are part of my own undergrad students’ personal circles.

And no: Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick (who literally used “allow CHL on campuses”! as a cynical tool to drive GOP base turnout) will do nothing.

deerpath · August 31, 2019, 11:04pm

ljb860 · August 31, 2019, 11:05pm

Again and again and again Thoughts and Prayers…

Bull Phucky

DO SOMETHING NOW, assholes.

southerndem · August 31, 2019, 11:06pm

Per MSMBC 5 dead, 21 injured Shooter killed
3 police officers injured
USA USA USA

dogmaalsocatma · August 31, 2019, 11:08pm

Nor-fucking-again…

southerndem · August 31, 2019, 11:08pm

Dump best job creator, Funeral homes and hospitals

bboerner · August 31, 2019, 11:10pm

Of what are you referring? The Lege isn’t in session.

Oh man. I’m sorry.

Cc @lastroth

the_loan_arranger · August 31, 2019, 11:11pm

I use this to illustrate the concept of ironic juxtaposition:

http://laughterizer.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/9/8/5098219/9855857.jpg?560

left_in_washington_state · August 31, 2019, 11:12pm

Shit…i go offline for two hours…tune back in to this. I have no words left …soon I will have no tears left.

southerndem · August 31, 2019, 11:12pm

Boy the freepers just don’t understand…Where is the good guy with a gun???
o: Openurmind

Even I’m getting kinda tired of this everyday. I’m still shocked people just stood there and did nothing. What good is open carry?
How can a guy shoot 30 people in Texas? I thought they had open carry. Not one person thought to shoot this guy?