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US Capital In Lockdown

#1 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:40 pm

Breaking News: US Capitol Building in Lockdown as search starts for
armed man.

(This one came from a guy from an "hqda.army.mil" email address. Haven't heard anything on the radio. And since I'm at work, can't check Fox News or MSNBC.)
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#2 Postby southerngale » Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:43 pm

Oh my! It's on Fox News right now. I just tuned in. Police are searching for a 140 pound armed gunman. They have orders to take him down as warranted.

He's in the Cannon House Building and also had a backpack.
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#3 Postby Lindaloo » Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:44 pm

What the heck? What is going on today?!! Lots of bad news.
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#4 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:51 pm

Oh boy! :roll:
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#5 Postby Stephanie » Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:59 pm

It's not a full moon either. I hope they get this guy quickly!
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#6 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:08 pm

News on the radio just said they didn't know if it was male or female (chances are better that it's a male though). Either ran past or avoided going through a security checkpoint. Had a backpack and what looked like a .38 caliber gun.

This person is either totally mental, totally committed to killing someone, totally suicidal, or all three.
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#7 Postby StormCrazyIowan » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:14 pm

Oh my gosh! I hope they catch him/her before they hurt anybody!!!
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#8 Postby southerngale » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:40 pm

GD....they're looking for a man and a woman. They've given a description of both of them.
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#9 Postby southerngale » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:41 pm

**BREAKING NEWS**

Preliminary reports are that 2 suspects are in custody and they found a "toy" gun. It looks like this event is over.
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#10 Postby JetMaxx » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:42 pm

That's scary news....I hope to the Lord they stop them before someone gets hurt! :(
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#11 Postby stormy » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:48 pm

they have just caught the 2 ppl. we leave in a worlk of crazy ppl.
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#12 Postby JetMaxx » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:51 pm

They are extremely warped if the gun is really a toy. Not only will they spend years in federal prison for a stunt like that....but risked being shot to death by Capitol police who had no idea the gun wasn't real.

Those two people under arrest are among the craziest on earth.
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#13 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:53 pm

Good! Glad they caught them.
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#14 Postby ameriwx2003 » Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:13 pm

It was a Halloween costume:):):)

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031030/D7UGMS880.html
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#15 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:15 pm

ameriwx2003 wrote:It was a Halloween costume:):):)

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031030/D7UGMS880.html


*slapping hand on forehead*
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#16 Postby stormchazer » Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:16 pm

ameriwx2003 wrote:It was a Halloween costume:):):)

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031030/D7UGMS880.html


Trick-or-Treat!! In this day an age, if true, those folks were stupid.
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#17 Postby pojo » Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:17 pm

Thank goodness that they caught the people. We dont' need armed citizens running around the Capitol.
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#18 Postby wx247 » Thu Oct 30, 2003 4:19 pm

stormchazer wrote:
ameriwx2003 wrote:It was a Halloween costume:):):)

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031030/D7UGMS880.html


Trick-or-Treat!! In this day an age, if true, those folks were stupid.


I believe (and I didn't read the article yet... just what I heard) that there is some sort of party inside that building. So... not really crazy.
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#19 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Oct 30, 2003 4:35 pm

I just heard that too, wx247. They were bringing their costumes with them in preparation for parties tonight and tomorrow.
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#20 Postby ameriwx2003 » Thu Oct 30, 2003 5:06 pm

What amazes me is how this story has changed , we went from a man with a backpack running away from security after his gun was discovered to 2 women with a toy gun as part of there Halloween costume:):)
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