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Family Research Council shooting leaves security guard wounded
A security guard at a conservative Christian lobbying group housed in a busy downtown Washington office building was shot and injured late Wednesday morning, police say.
The shooting took place either near or at the offices of the Family Research Council, which is located at 801 G Street, about a block west of the Verizon Center.
The guard, who was shot in the shoulder, was conscious and breathing after the incident. A suspect, who ABC 7′s Jennifer Donelan reports was led out of the building in handcuffs, is in custody.
The suspect was taken into custody by the FBI and was being interviewed. Officials say that they not sure about a motive, however, sources say that the suspect walked into the office, made a statement and opened fire.
It is not known that the suspect said; however, multiple sources tell Donelan that the overtones of his statement led to federal law enforcement officials becoming involved in the investigation.
dba...vagabond trader
August 15th, 2012
Rumor has it the lefturd is a genuine teabagger about FRC being against gay marriage.
norman einstein
August 15th, 2012
FFS, I thought IOTW wasn’t going to post all these “crises”.
It just gives the anti-gun lobby ammunition, pardon the pun.
scr_north
August 15th, 2012
Let’s see a “christian family lobby group” eh? I wonder how long it will take to MSM to:
a) find out the shooter was one of Obama’s and the Democrats supporters that did the shooting;
b) bury that information;
c) blame it on Palin or Romney and finally;
d) Mayor Bloomberg to demand stiffer gun control laws
no really
August 15th, 2012
o/t h/t holder’s people:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120815/NEWS0107/308150032
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seventeenth paragraph:
He was not surprised he was attacked but said he is taken aback at the age of his assailants.
“I didn’t think kids could do something like this,” he said. “They should be punished.”
Neighbors and police remain shocked at the brutality of the crime.
“It was a heinous crime but it was not a hate crime,” said North College Hill Police Chief Gary Foust of the teens, who are all black.
He said several residents have called police inquiring if Mahaney was specifically targeted because he is white. He was not, the chief stressed.
TheWriteAmerica
August 15th, 2012
By this time tomorrow, the mainstream media will have completely swept this story under the rug, or somehow turned it into an indictment of the Tea Party.
Xavier
August 15th, 2012
[heart wrenchingly over dramatic liberal newscaster] “…proving that even those who have caused our current gun crisis are not immune to it”
Diann
August 15th, 2012
Oh, he probably was some Tea Party conservative who is unhappy about Obamacare passing and …
Um…
D’oh!
RosalindJ
August 15th, 2012
Oh. He was carrying a Chick-Fil-A bag too.
Xavier
August 15th, 2012
Reports coming in shooter was 6′ and 240 lbs – wounded guard did a great job disarming him.
Stranded in Sonoma
August 15th, 2012
………..um……….wow.
dba...vagabond trader
August 15th, 2012
Wow, FRC is a “hate” group according to SPLC.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/family-research-council-labeled-hate-group-by-splc-over-anti-gay-rhetoric.php
dba...vagabond trader
August 15th, 2012
Confirmed:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/paul-wilson/2012/08/15/huffpo-attacks-family-research-council-hate-group-less-three-hours-afte
Plain Jane
August 15th, 2012
When I heard FRC headquarters, I could have written the profile and motive of the shooter. But I’m not lamestream media, so I didn’t.
FRC is a terrific organization. First hand knowledge of their impeccable pro-life credentials.
p.s. The shooter couldn’t have used a firearm, could he? I thought it was illegal to use a firearm in D.C.
Xavier
August 15th, 2012
They’ve released a name, Floyd Corkins.
Now I’m not going to speculate at all here but y’all might want to do a little search and see if anyone by that rather un-ordinary name pops up in the Northern Va. area.
Xavier
August 15th, 2012
Now, I’m not a professional researcher, but numerous sources are confirming the name, and there seems to be only ONE Floyd Corkins in the U.S. – so I’m somewhat confident this link to an Arlington Va. school is referencing the same man:
“Tuckahoe teachers Kim DiNardo, Mimi Kramer-Roberts, Floyd Corkins, and Sara Antognoli study GPS coordinates on the Mall during the back-to-school Washington, D.C. GPS scavenger hunt.”
http://www.apsva.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1368
General Ripper
August 15th, 2012
Who was it on here just earlier this week that predicted that Obama’s hateful followers would listen to his hateful rhetoric and take it to the next step with hateful violence against Conservative groups?
They should get a BigFurHat post of the year award. Seriously. We all know that the true psycho nutjobs all come from the Left. This asshole that shot the guard at the Family Research Council was spouting anti-Conservative talking points right from Obama’s campaign. These Libtard automatons are just going to get worse as the campaign reaches its climax.
Meanwhile, its up to us Conservatives to copy/paste the Fox News link about this Leftist terror attack and email it to every damn Libtard that we know. Serves ‘em right for always projecting their hateful Libtard fantasies onto us law-abiding Conservatives.
Billy Fuster
August 15th, 2012
When Romney wins there will be an epidemic of left-wing hate crimes that will be downplayed by the media.
Dan
August 15th, 2012
Before the shooter in the Wis. hit the ground, the FBI had the narrative of him being a neo-nazi. Now in this incident they are saying they don’t have a statement at this time. Very possible this was not scripted by the government as most others are. This does not match their blame game agenda. How dare a liberal nut job throw a wrench into their plans.
Death_By_Farts
August 15th, 2012
If I am correct, DC has some of the strictest gun laws in the USA.
This shooting is proof that gun laws DO NOT WORK.
mkultra
August 15th, 2012
Another hateful homely homicidal homo, no doubt.
Flaming Hetero!
August 16th, 2012
Let’s see, the motive for Holmes’ rampage still hasn’t been determined, and it was quickly classified as an incident of “domestic terrorism,” but despite the Furious Fairy’s obvious intentions and motives, they’re having a hard time deciding whether or not this incident was?
dba...vagabond trader
August 16th, 2012
Ahhh, the charge is now “assault with a deadly weapon.” Guess whoever determined it was “domestic terrorism” has been deported to the gulags.