The shooting has started down here in VA! UPDATE-shootings are by the SAME guy

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Police confirm shooting at Michael's

Authorities have confirmed a shooting at Michael's Craft Store in Spotsylvania County. They have no additional information at this time, as they have recently arrived on the scene.

Yesterday's shooting of five people in Maryland have area residents concerened, and some say they will stay indoors.

We will keep you posted as the investigation unfolds.


:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :( :( :(
 
What is going on in this world!!!!!!!
 
Blondie,

How far are you from the ones yesterday? Stay safe makes me scared way down here to even go outside! Stay safe and I love your clipart.
 

Here's what they are releasing..........

A woman was shot and wounded outside a store at the Spotsylvania Mall this afternoon. The shooting occurred about 2:30 p.m., outside Michaels Arts & Crafts, which is near the front of the mall off State Route 3.

Authorities at the scene said the woman was loading purchases into the back of her car when she was shot in the back. Police said the shot came from the other side of the mall entrance, in the vicinity of a Pizza Hut. There was no immediate information available about the victim's condition, although she was desribed as breathing and speaking. There was no immediate information about a possible suspect.

The shooting was similar to the series of shootings that occurred Thursday in Montgomery County, Md., but authorities were not confirming a link. Area police, however, were stopping vehicles similar to the one being sought in Maryland--a white van or panel truck. During the shooting spree in Montgomery, a shot was fired into a Michaels, but no one was struck. Five others were fatally shot later in Montgomery.
 
OMG!.....

Now, did he go north or south? Stay safe everyone, and he WILL GET CAUGHT!!!!!!
 
Man you guys!!! Be careful out there :(
 
.......you know this is the kind of thing that spawns "Copy Cat" crimes.

So, everybody will have to be looking out.

I don't want to be "Doom and Gloom" but this is the world we live in for now.
 
Just heard on the DC Metro news that the bullet from the Fredericksburg, VA shooting does not appear to match the bullets from the Montgomery County, MD shootings. That makes me think it's a copycat. Whether it is the same guy or a copycat, it is unsettling.
 
I hope there won't be anymore shootings, the madness has to end. :(
 
I heard this news on the way home from the grocery store tonight. Then I switched stations and I heard John Lennon's "All We Are Saying.......Is Give Peace A Chance". It was so fitting for the times we live in now that it made me cry. :(

Stay safe Blondie, and all my friends here on the DIS. Scary, scary world we live in. :( :(
 
I was thinking of you Blondie when I saw this tonight. I tried to see if I recognized the van when they showed the shot of the Michaels parking lot. While I was waiting for my daughter at gymnastics, I saw 4 helicopters heading your way, not the ones from Quantico either. This is all just SO crazy. With all of the construction in our area, every other car fits the description, doesn't it?

You guys stay safe.
 
2 Micheals stores involved? Hpw odd! I really cant make sense of any of it. Disgruntled employee? Just a random nut? Copycat? Terrorist? I dont get it!

By the way, I'm a former Micheals employee. I never dreamed a chain like them would be involved in something like this.

Nobody's safe!
 
Okay. Is it just me or are any of you thinking this could be more than one person working together? I keep wondering if this could be the next wave of terrorism. After all it does have us terrified - at least it is scaring me. And I'm in Oklahoma! The gunman or gunmen are marksmen.

Ooooohhh. It's frightening. Be very aware of what is happening around you. I think we were getting too comfortable again.
 
MerryPoppins -- Terrorism -- That is exactly what this is! Now grant you -- it likely is one of our own terrorising these communities but it doesn't make it any less scary! I heard this morning that they are looking for a man from NC -- but are not sure if it is connected with these shootings or not?

And I PRAY that it is not Terrorism connected to 9-11!!!!!!!!:mad:
 
Here's what they have from the first round of shootings;

The Associated Press

(Undated-AP) -- The five victims in the Montgomery County shooting spree have been identified by police.

Investigators say 55-year-old James Martin of Silver Spring was shot Wednesday night at the Shoppers Food Warehouse parking lot in Glenmont.

The man who was killed while mowing grass in Rockville Thursday morning is identified as James "Sonny" Buchanan of Abingdon, Virginia.

Relatives say he runs a small landscaping business and regularly cuts the grass behind Fitzgerald Auto Mall.

Police say Prenkumar Walekar, who's 54, was shot while pumping gas into his taxi at a Mobil station in Aspen Hill. He is from Olney.

The woman shot in front of the Leisure World post office is identified as 34-year-old Sarah Ramos.

Investigators say Lori Lewis-Rivera of Silver Spring was killed while vacuuming her minivan at a Shell station in Kensington.

Each was killed with a single shot to the upper body or head.

Police are still looking for the shooter, who they say is probably an experienced marksman.

And locally, closer to me;

Spotsylvania authorities say a 43-year-old woman was shot in the parking lot of Michael's craft store Friday afternoon at about 2:30pm.

Sheriff's Major Howard Smnith at a press conference this evening says the Spotsylvania woman was shot in the right side of her back. He says the bullet exited her body below her left breast.

Smith says the woman was putting packages in the back of her Toytoa minivan when she was shot. She then let out a scream and another woman came to help her and then ran into the store and aksed someone to call 9-1-1.

The woman is conscious and was transported to Mary Washington Hospital.

She has since been flown to Invoa Fairfax Hospital and is stable condition. They are not releasing her name.

Authorities from the county sheriff's office, FBI, ATF and state police searched the cordoned off parking lot for any evidence.

Smith would not comment on the evidence found at the scene other than the minivan itself. He says what was collected is being sent to the ATF lab in Maryland for comparison to a series of shootings in Montgomery County, Maryland that left five people dead.

Authorities do not know what type of weapon was used and would not speculate on it until the ATF lab gets a look at fragments.

Smith discounted earlier reports of a siting of a light-colored, possibly grey or silver, new, mid-sized car, speeding away.

Authorities area asking for the public's help, if anyone saw anything out of the ordinary in the area of Michael's and the mall at about 2:30 p.m.

They can call crime solvers at 540-582-5822.
 
I heard this morning that they are looking for a man from NC -- but are not sure if it is connected with these shootings or not?

They just had some breaking news on the TV and said that they are looking for a NC man in connection with the shootings. But they stressed that he is not a suspect. Yeah right! I sure do hope they get this guy!
 
Breaking news on CNN: 4 of the victims were killed witht the same weapon. They are waiting results on the other two.
 














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