shooting at my work yesterday

megatron
megatron Posts: 3,420
edited February 2010 in A Moving Train
so i was sitting in my office talking to a co-worker about a possible meet up for bowling after work when we were interrupted by a loud BOOM. i remember thinking a semi tire must have blown out because our office is in the middle of an industrial area. then the second boom went off followed by a cocking sound. after more booms and noticing people jumping to the ground i was like..hmmm. yea we're getting shot at. i peeked my head out my window to see a dude in all black with a shotgun unloading into a car parked 20 ft from my office door. then he casually trotted off. it was pretty nuts. i wasn't scared just more shocked i guess. kind of laughing like "is this really happening".
i ran over to the main office and kept everyone inside while someone called the cops. thank god no one was hurt but if the shooter would have missed the car we have very thin walls and someone could have been killed. my buddy was smoking a cig right by the car and nearly shit himself.
we think it was some baby momma drama or something and hopefully not a crazy ex employee. either way it was pretty crazy. i didn't feel safe last night at home. i used to keep a gun at home due to my old roommate being held up at gunpoint in our parking lot but the girl i was seeing wouldn't sleep in the same room as one so i put it in a safe at my dad's. think i might go get it now...
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    shit :shock:

    Was anyone hurt? Did the police get him?
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    no everyone is fine. they have the guy on camera entering the property but no arrests yet
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    ties em off wrote:
    no everyone is fine. they have the guy on camera entering the property but no arrests yet

    Good.

    That must've been terrifying :shock:
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    it was too shocking to be scary at the time. looking back now it's creeping me out. i feel bad for a lot of the workers that are scared now. it sucks. morale is low
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    ties em off wrote:
    it was too shocking to be scary at the time. looking back now it's creeping me out. i feel bad for a lot of the workers that are scared now. it sucks. morale is low

    Jeez I can imagine...

    It's good that no one was hurt but here's hoping he doesn't come back :?

    Has security been stepped up at all?
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  • megatron
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    we think we know the reasons it happened and the situation is resolved. he shouldn't be coming back
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    ties em off wrote:
    we think we know the reasons it happened and the situation is resolved. he shouldn't be coming back

    Good.

    Hope your week gets better :thumbup:
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  • MD97728
    MD97728 Posts: 115
    wow - crazy shit man. anything can happen anywhere. i live in the city and people are always bashing it but they don't get it -- there are drugs and lunatics EVERYWHERE even in their nice little suburbs. you just never know - makes you appreciate the day. ahhhh eddie just came on the radio as i'm typing. no gunshots at my job, hot coffee and eddie on the radio. it's a good morning!
  • CJMST3K
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    When was this? Was anyone hurt in the car he was firing into?
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  • megatron
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    CJMST3K wrote:
    When was this? Was anyone hurt in the car he was firing into?

    yesterday around 4. car was empty. it seems clear it was just a message being sent with no intent of hurting anyone.
    we're just happy it ended with no injuries
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    ties em off wrote:
    so i was sitting in my office talking to a co-worker about a possible meet up for bowling after work when we were interrupted by a loud BOOM. i remember thinking a semi tire must have blown out because our office is in the middle of an industrial area. then the second boom went off followed by a cocking sound. after more booms and noticing people jumping to the ground i was like..hmmm. yea we're getting shot at. i peeked my head out my window to see a dude in all black with a shotgun unloading into a car parked 20 ft from my office door. then he casually trotted off. it was pretty nuts. i wasn't scared just more shocked i guess. kind of laughing like "is this really happening".
    i ran over to the main office and kept everyone inside while someone called the cops. thank god no one was hurt but if the shooter would have missed the car we have very thin walls and someone could have been killed. my buddy was smoking a cig right by the car and nearly shit himself.
    we think it was some baby momma drama or something and hopefully not a crazy ex employee. either way it was pretty crazy. i didn't feel safe last night at home. i used to keep a gun at home due to my old roommate being held up at gunpoint in our parking lot but the girl i was seeing wouldn't sleep in the same room as one so i put it in a safe at my dad's. think i might go get it now...

    shhhhhhhhh there are some people on here that don't thing gun's should be kept or legal :shh:

    Godfather.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    Godfather. wrote:
    ties em off wrote:
    so i was sitting in my office talking to a co-worker about a possible meet up for bowling after work when we were interrupted by a loud BOOM. i remember thinking a semi tire must have blown out because our office is in the middle of an industrial area. then the second boom went off followed by a cocking sound. after more booms and noticing people jumping to the ground i was like..hmmm. yea we're getting shot at. i peeked my head out my window to see a dude in all black with a shotgun unloading into a car parked 20 ft from my office door. then he casually trotted off. it was pretty nuts. i wasn't scared just more shocked i guess. kind of laughing like "is this really happening".
    i ran over to the main office and kept everyone inside while someone called the cops. thank god no one was hurt but if the shooter would have missed the car we have very thin walls and someone could have been killed. my buddy was smoking a cig right by the car and nearly shit himself.
    we think it was some baby momma drama or something and hopefully not a crazy ex employee. either way it was pretty crazy. i didn't feel safe last night at home. i used to keep a gun at home due to my old roommate being held up at gunpoint in our parking lot but the girl i was seeing wouldn't sleep in the same room as one so i put it in a safe at my dad's. think i might go get it now...

    shhhhhhhhh there are some people on here that don't thing gun's should be kept or legal :shh:

    Godfather.
    are you referring to me and the rest of us that think that guns should be kept in a safe?? nobody in that other thread said guns should be taken away or illegal...i'm not going to rehash my opinions here, i stated them plainly enough in the other gun thread..

    i am glad that the original poster is safe and that nobody got hurt...
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    ties em off wrote:
    so i was sitting in my office talking to a co-worker about a possible meet up for bowling after work when we were interrupted by a loud BOOM. i remember thinking a semi tire must have blown out because our office is in the middle of an industrial area. then the second boom went off followed by a cocking sound. after more booms and noticing people jumping to the ground i was like..hmmm. yea we're getting shot at. i peeked my head out my window to see a dude in all black with a shotgun unloading into a car parked 20 ft from my office door. then he casually trotted off. it was pretty nuts. i wasn't scared just more shocked i guess. kind of laughing like "is this really happening".
    i ran over to the main office and kept everyone inside while someone called the cops. thank god no one was hurt but if the shooter would have missed the car we have very thin walls and someone could have been killed. my buddy was smoking a cig right by the car and nearly shit himself.
    we think it was some baby momma drama or something and hopefully not a crazy ex employee. either way it was pretty crazy. i didn't feel safe last night at home. i used to keep a gun at home due to my old roommate being held up at gunpoint in our parking lot but the girl i was seeing wouldn't sleep in the same room as one so i put it in a safe at my dad's. think i might go get it now...

    shhhhhhhhh there are some people on here that don't thing gun's should be kept or legal :shh:

    Godfather.
    are you referring to me and the rest of us that think that guns should be kept in a safe?? nobody in that other thread said guns should be taken away or illegal...i'm not going to rehash my opinions here, i stated them plainly enough in the other gun thread..

    i am glad that the original poster is safe and that nobody got hurt...

    ha ha ha!! EZ bronco I was joking. :lol:

    Godfather.
  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    How frightening. I am like you, at the time of incidents like that, I tend to act and not get afraid, its after that I freak out. I could save an entire building of people, rescue kids from pools, etc. and not think about it at all, just act, but afterwards, I shake real bad.
    I am glad everyone is okay. The owner of the car likely knows who did it.
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