ANOTHER MASS shooting: 3 killed, sorry, gunman WASNT Muslim

badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
edited January 2015 in A Moving Train
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/multiple-shootings-reported-idaho-suspect-captured-28142432#.VLHxv3R-OEU.twitter



Idaho Gunman Kills 3 in Multiple Shootings
By STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press Jan 11, 2015, 1:29 AM
MOSCOW, Idaho — A gunman killed three people and wounded another during a shooting spree Saturday at three locations in Moscow, Idaho, the authorities said.

The suspect, 29-year-old John Lee, was captured in the afternoon following a high-speed chase in nearby Washington state.

Moscow Police Chief David Duke said Lee killed his adoptive mother, 61-year-Terri Grzebielski, at her home before heading to Northwest Mutual life insurance.

The gunman shot David Trail, 76, a Moscow businessman, and Michael Chin, 39, of Seattle. Trail died at Pullman Regional Hospital. Chin was treated for critical wounds at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow before being flown to a Seattle hospital, Duke said.

The shooter then drove to an Arby's restaurant and asked for the manager. When she appeared, he pulled out a gun and opened fire. The manager, 47-year-old Belinda Niebuhr, died at the Moscow hospital.

Duke said that Trail, the brother of a former Idaho state representative, was Lee's landlord. He said there were "some issues" regarding the apartment, but didn't know of any eviction proceeding.

Chin was discussing business with Trail when the gunman arrived. Duke said Chin was shot in the arm and leg.

Investigators were trying to determine if there were any links between Lee and the Arby's manager.

"We know he didn't work there," Duke said. The chief said that the surviving workers did not recognize Lee.

Duke told The Associated Press later that police have determined that Lee's parents ate at the restaurant and knew the manager well.

Kelsey Stemrich said she was working at a cafe near Arby's when she and a customer heard three gunshots and then saw people running from the restaurant. She says they took down the license plate number of a car seen pulling away from the Arby's and called it into police.

Few details were available Saturday on Lee's background. Duke said that he had been adopted at birth and he recently returned to Moscow after living for a few years in the Midwest.

Police in Washington spotted the suspect's black Honda and a chase involving multiple agencies ensued. Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins said the pursuit lasted nearly 25 miles and Lee's vehicle at times topped 100 mph before crashing off Highway 195 north of Colfax and rolling to a stop.

Lee was taken to a Colfax hospital for treatment of minor injuries before he was booked into the Whitman County Jail on a charge of felony eluding. Investigators had yet to recover the gun. Duke said it was probably still in the car and detectives were awaiting a search warrant Saturday night before looking for it.

Moscow authorities had yet to announce any Idaho charges late Saturday, saying the investigation remains active.

Moscow is a city of about 25,000 people in northern Idaho. It's about 10 miles from Pullman, Washington.

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Comments

  • I started to get pissed when I read this headline.. But then I saw it was you posting it.. Somehow that made the "Sorry, the gunman wasn't Muslim" part less offensive.. WTF is with THAT effect?? However.. I was watching the news this morning covering the anti-terrorist March in France, and they brought up a good point. No one here ,( in the U.S.) respects the law enough to abide by it anymore. I think they have something there. And now, I will go read this article.
  • Wow.. Watch it come up that this guy is mentally disturbed!
  • The article says he was adopted.

    Can we be 100% sure he's not a Muslim? :D

    (Likely a bad joke- it's directed at the title of the thread and to Badbrains who's been beating himself up lately. I'm genuinely sorry for the victims of this most recent, but by no means last, mass shooting).
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Wow. What a horrible emoticon. It was supposed to be a shit eating grin and it looks like the 'pleasuring one's self' option. Yikes.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    Wow. What a horrible emoticon. It was supposed to be a shit eating grin and it looks like the 'pleasuring one's self' option. Yikes.

    Our old smiley friends can be found here, Thirty:

    http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7

    Yeah, another crazy shooting. Damn...

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  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    TB we won't judge. And it is natural.
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  • rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Wouldn't the pleasuring ones self smiley be blind Thirty?
  • rr165892 wrote: »
    Wouldn't the pleasuring ones self smiley be blind Thirty?

    Depends on your faith!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
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