Disgruntled gunman shot two people at Radio Shack

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Disgruntled gunman shot two people at Radio Shack

#1 Postby Anonymous » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:43 am

Mall shooter kills 2, self

Friday, November 19, 2004 Posted: 7:42 AM EST (1242 GMT)

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) -- A gunman fatally shot two people and wounded a third inside a Radio Shack store at a strip mall Thursday night, then shot himself to death, police said.

Another customer and an employee managed to escape uninjured from the store at the Gateway Shopping Center, police spokesman Bill Proffitt said.

Police did not identify the gunman, but police spokesman George Kajtsa said the man "had some mental issues, according to his family."

"He was involved in some kind of a road rage incident today that the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department is investigating," Kajtsa said. He had no other details, other than that the incident occurred well before the evening shootings.

Proffitt said investigators did not know the gunman's motive or whether he knew his victims. The Tampa Tribune previously reported that the gunman was a former Radio Shack employee, but Proffitt could not confirm that.

Shopper Kenneth Powell, 23, and store worker Joanna Cruz, 19, died at a nearby hospital, athorities said. Employee James Dolan, 30, remained in surgery late Thursday for what Kajtsa called "severe" injuries.

Powell "just made it to the store, pretty much in the wrong place at the wrong time," Kevis Murphy, who identified himself as the shopper's uncle, told WTVT-TV of Tampa. "The Lord has his way of doing things and he'll work it out somehow."

Police would not identify the type of gun used.

The store is located between a department store and a supermarket, and the shopping center -- which houses several stores -- was essentially shut down because of the police investigation, Proffitt said.
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#2 Postby Anonymous » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:44 am

This breaks my heart.


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#3 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:45 am

Kinda reminds me of that standoff in South Irving that happened last Friday (11/12) where 2 people were killed. Police believed that a 25 year old man shoots his mother before killing himself.
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#4 Postby CaptinCrunch » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:55 am

Very sad for the family's :cry:
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#5 Postby nystate » Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:41 pm

This is the link to the actuall 911 call made (WARNING- it is VERY disturbing)- http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/19/911_audio/index.shtml
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#6 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:28 pm

It was sad to hear at least two of the people moaning in pain in the background. One was obviously Joana Cruz, the only female victim, and the other may have been James Dolan, who survived but is now blind in one eye after emergency surgery.
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#7 Postby DaylilyDawn » Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:59 pm

The gunman's cousin said the the gunman was not the kind of person who would do things like that. When a person has mental problems and says he is going target shooting, attention to his actions should be paid. This has been on our evening news for a couple of days now on Tampa television station that I get, Channel 8.WFLA
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#8 Postby Brent » Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:07 pm

:( :cry: :(
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#9 Postby southerngale » Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:10 pm

How incredibly sad! You just go to work one day and go shopping one day... :(
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