Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (20247)	7/21/2012 5:27:02 PM
From: longnshort	5 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

How about a crowded restaurant

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (20247)	7/21/2012 5:42:10 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

Do weapons in a church make sense? AURORA, Colo. -- Police say they still don't know why an enraged driver raced into an Aurora church parking lot Sunday, crashed his car and then wordlessly opened fire on church members who were rushing to help him. The gunman, Kiarron Parker, 29, of Denver, shot and killed 67-year-old Josephine Echols, the mother of De Lono Straham, the pastor of The Destiny Christian Center, Aurora police spokesman Frank Fania said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference. Echols' nephew, an off-duty Denver police officer who was attending a church service, pulled his gun and exchanged gunfire with Parker, Fania said. ...... Police are still puzzled about why Parker, who had a long history of convictions for drug possession, illegal weapon possession and resisting arrest, opened fire on people leaving the church just before 3 p.m. Sunday. "We don't know why the gunman did this," Fania said. "We believe that there was no connection with the gunman to this church." Fania said investigators are hoping that toxicology tests, which detect drug and alcohol use, may "shed some light on why he acted the way he did." Just before the shooting, a male friend said Parker had become upset on nearby Dartmouth Avenue, Fania said. "We're not sure why he became upset," Fania said. Parker jumped in his gray Dodge Charger and tore off, the friend told police. The friend, worried about Parker and what he might do, tried to drive after Parker but lost him, Fania said. Witnesses said Parker came tearing around a corner into the church parking lot, leaving curving tire burns before he crashed into a car. As churchgoers ran up to check on the man, Parker pointed a handgun at a man from the church and pulled the trigger, but the gun jammed, Fania said. While Parker tried to clear the jam, the churchgoer was able to escape. Unfortunately, Echols, a longtime nurse, arrived just as the Parker fixed the gun and he repeatedly shot her, Fania said. ....... Meanwhile, Straham, the pastor, said he hurried to protect people inside the church, "Once I heard the gunshots, I got everybody hidden into two separate rooms," Straham told 7NEWS. "I kind of looked back and saw the gunman just firing." Children screamed as Straham ushered them to cover. ........... Straham said his cousin, Milow, "took the door once we secured everyone and began to exchange fire with (the gunman)." "It was very fortunate because (Milow) normally doesn’t even carry his revolver," Straham said. "I believe my cousin saved a lot of people’s lives that day." Straham said he heard a scream and thinks it was his mother perhaps trying to distract the shooter. ....... thedenverchannel.com