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Retail Slave
Nov 24, 2011


bef posted:

This is just terrible, my heart goes out to all those that died of runny poo.

diarrhea: the smelliest killer.

Amos Moses
Oct 13, 2012


GreenBuckanneer posted:

It's not like he just pulled out a random gun, he apparently stole the cop's gun (which imo is really rare)

Prior police scanner chatter indicated the suspect possessed his own firearm. The cops firearm has been secured by Cambridge PD

DreamShipWrecked
Jan 10, 2013


Gay but Spooky posted:

89 people will die in auto accidents (in the US alone)
5000 people will die of HIV/AIDS (in the US)
5333 people will die from diarrhea (in the world)

Those are due to human negligence, though. Either through insufficient research or just plain old human error, they aren't intentional. These kind of things hit harder because it's a person deliberately going about seriously fucking people up.

Maybe we'll learn something from these incidents and the States will change for the better. Likely not, but I play roulette.

Lt. Dans Legs
Jul 3, 2008


ThatPazuzu posted:

I had to sip on some water for a few minutes after reading this; I felt like I was going to throw up. Where's Lovedump/the Friendzone when you need it?

The Return Of Lovedump would be great for a time like this. I want to feel Pork Lift's sweet caress.

Number_6
Jul 22, 2006


Gay but Spooky posted:

89 people will die in auto accidents (in the US alone)
5000 people will die of HIV/AIDS (in the US)
5333 people will die from diarrhea (in the world)

5000 AIDS deaths a day in the USA? Uh, no. CDC says there were 15,000 deaths of AIDs-positive people in all of 2010, not all of which were AIDS-related. That's about 40 a day. Which is still a tragedy, but nowhere near 5000 a day.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm

GreenBuckanneer
Sep 15, 2007


Amos Moses posted:

Prior police scanner chatter indicated the suspect possessed his own firearm. The cops firearm has been secured by Cambridge PD

Oh Okay. I heard wrong.

StandardVC10
Feb 5, 2007


Fuck this, couldn't some of the country's apparently massive number (well, >3 ) of crazy assholes have waited until next week?

Lt. Dans Legs
Jul 3, 2008


Number_6 posted:

5000 AIDS deaths a day in the USA? Uh, no. CDC says there were 15,000 deaths of AIDs-positive people in all of 2010, not all of which were AIDS-related. That's about 40 a day. Which is still a tragedy, but nowhere near 5000 a day.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm

Just ignore the guy, he's been trolling the Boston Bombing thread and has moved onto this one after a ban.

Edited for dumb.

Lt. Dans Legs fucked around with this message at Apr 18, 2013 around 20:18

Tempest815
Oct 6, 2006


Fuck you, April. Spent the first half watching North Korea waggle their cocks around and now the second half is a non-stop shit show.

Tomorrow we'll have a head on collision of two trains, one full of nuns and the other pediatric chemo patients.

Petey
Nov 25, 2005


NBC reporting the officer has died.

https://twitter.com/NBCConnecticut/...094897596112898

Volume
May 2, 2008


Lt. Dans Legs posted:

Just ignore the guy, he's been trolling the Chicago Bombing thread and has moved onto this one after a ban.

Some one bombed Chicago too?

Fautzo
Jan 2, 2012


Wow, what a fucking tragedy marathon.

edit: Wow, i just realized the awful pun I just made. I meant marathon as in TV shows, not actual running marathons. Sorry about that.

Fautzo fucked around with this message at Apr 18, 2013 around 20:27

Kafka Esq.
Dec 31, 2004


CNN, too.

edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fiE_IY0X0o#t=101s

Kafka Esq. fucked around with this message at Apr 18, 2013 around 20:16

Edged Hymn
Feb 3, 2009


Volume posted:

Some one bombed Chicago too?

Don't jinx it.

spicy key chain
Apr 18, 2013


Cambridge Police twitter confirmed fatal shooting.

God damn can this week just end already.

bef
Mar 1, 2010


Lt. Dans Legs posted:

Just ignore the guy, he's been trolling the Chicago Bombing thread and has moved onto this one after a ban.

Wait, source?

Lt. Dans Legs
Jul 3, 2008


Fuck, Boston, sorry bout that.

Suckthemonkey
Jun 18, 2003


Posting from 56, across from crime scene. Police cars are everywhere and a bunch of guys with flashlights are walking around Stata. Doesn't look to be over soon.

seventeen
Jan 1, 2005


My stepfather is on the MIT police and is currently responding.

I also work at MIT in a building nearby. Going to be a really tense week on Amherst Alley

A Fancy 400 lbs
Jul 23, 2008


CNN just said he's dead too, looks to be confirmed(Or it could just be CNN fucking up again).

ToastyPotato
Jun 23, 2005


Did this happen in the one spot on campus that has no cameras or something?

GreenBuckanneer
Sep 15, 2007


A Fancy 400 lbs posted:

CNN just said he's dead too, looks to be confirmed(Or it could just be CNN fucking up again).

Nope, Cambridge Police confirming it.

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003


Official police statement:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/cpd/Aler...alshooting.aspx

quote:

Police DA Investigating Fatal Shooting

CAMBRIDGE -- Massachusetts State Police and Cambridge Police are investigating a fatal shooting this evening in Cambridge, Middlesex Acting District Attorney Michael Pelgro and Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas announced this evening.

An MIT campus police officer responding to a report of a disturbance in the area of Vasser and Main streets was reportedly shot. According to authorities, the officer was found evidencing multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to the hospital and pronounced deceased.

Authorities launched an immediate investigation into the circumstances of the shooting.

There are no other victims. No arrests have been made. The investigation remains ongoing.

A Fancy 400 lbs
Jul 23, 2008


GreenBuckanneer posted:

Nope, Cambridge Police confirming it.

Dammit CNN, why do you have to be right about shitty things and wrong about good things?

General Battuta
Feb 7, 2011


seventeen posted:

My stepfather is on the MIT police and is currently responding.

I also work at MIT in a building nearby. Going to be a really tense week on Amherst Alley

I worked right near there until the past spring. This is so awful.

ComradeCosmobot
Dec 3, 2004


This wouldn't have happened if that officer had had...

Amos Moses posted:

The cops firearm has been secured by Cambridge PD

Damnit.

Pastrymancy
Feb 19, 2011


quote:

Cambridge Police ‏@CambridgePolice 2m
00:11 Report of possible SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE at MASSACHUSETTS AVE & PLEASANT ST in #CambMA

Please be alert if you're in this area!

Bellmaker
Oct 17, 2008


What the shit is going on this week holy shit

Crimson Sox
Jan 15, 2008


ComradeCosmobot
Dec 3, 2004


Pastrymancy posted:

Please be alert if you're in this area!

That'd be down near the Post Office in Central Square.

Hockles
Dec 24, 2007


Pastrymancy posted:

Please be alert if you're in this area!

Why do I have a feeling that this is also very near Petey.

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003


Pastrymancy posted:

Please be alert if you're in this area!

These have been happening almost hourly all week. Luckily, they also update us when (if) everything is clear.

Also, that's Central Square. How do you tell something is suspicious when everything is suspicious?

Forer
Jan 17, 2010


Carlos Samano ‏@csamano 43s
According to scanner radio app, they got the shooter in custody #MITshooting



This is the second tweet I found talking about the same thing, maybe it's over?

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012


Re: "suspicious packages", I walked past one of the ones mentioned in the CPD tweets. It was a child's sweatshirt. Corner of Mass Ave and Pleasant, it's probably an empty 40 in a paper bag.

Amos Moses
Oct 13, 2012


Did anyone just hear that suspect description for the black mercedes SUV carjacking in Cambridge?

It was on the BPD Scanner.

Fabulousity
Dec 28, 2008


Amos Moses posted:

Did anyone just hear that suspect description for the black mercedes SUV carjacking in Cambridge?

It was on the BPD Scanner.

Two young armed Middle Eastern men has been said multiple times. The owner of the Mercedes was able to get away.

wlvrn
Aug 31, 2001


I'm listening to the scanner right now and it sounds like they're still after whoever it was.

Something about a car jacking of a black SUV. SUV owner drove them around a bit before fleeing and the car jackers taking off with the car. Two middle eastern males both with guns (quoting what I'm hearing on the scanner). Hard to tell if this is related to the shooting at MIT or what.

EDIT they're saying that they made the guy pull into a gas station to buy gas (with cash) and that's how he got away. They then took the SUV and headed off. Now they're talking about surveillance footage from the gas station. This is fascinating to listen to (in a morbid way).

wlvrn fucked around with this message at Apr 18, 2013 around 20:33

Lt. Dans Legs
Jul 3, 2008


Forer posted:

Carlos Samano ‏@csamano 43s
According to scanner radio app, they got the shooter in custody #MITshooting



This is the second tweet I found talking about the same thing, maybe it's over?

http://emergency.mit.edu/ is saying he isn't in custody yet, just updated a few minutes ago.

quote:

Friday, April 19, 2013. 12:28 AM
Update on shooter situation. Responding agencies are actively investigating the situation, which remains very fluid at this time. Police continue to sweep the campus. Stay indoors and remain inside until further notice.

Amos Moses
Oct 13, 2012


Fabulousity posted:

Two young armed Middle Eastern men has been said multiple times. The owner of the Mercedes was able to get away.

Ahh, when they said one was darker skinned and they were both armed I was thinking of the boston bombers but we don't
know the nationality of those guys.

Ignore me.

ComradeCosmobot
Dec 3, 2004


wlvrn posted:

I'm listening to the scanner right now and it sounds like they're still after whoever it was.

Something about a car jacking of a black SUV. SUV owner drove them around a bit before fleeing and the car jackers taking off with the car. Two middle eastern males both with guns (quoting what I'm hearing on the scanner). Hard to tell if this is related to the shooting at MIT or what.

Reportedly this was near the Shell station down near the Micro Center (Magazine and Memorial).

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