MIT Says There's a Shooter on the Loose and an Officer Down on Campus

[cajuncocoa]

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/theres-shooter-loose-and-officer-down-mit/64379/

[sailingaway]

Yeah, there are photos and reports on twitter. Here's The Tech, the student paper twitter account: https://twitter.com/thetech

The Tech ‏@thetech now
Photo from the #MIT shooting #CambMA (warning: potentially graphic) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BILxnGnCMAEFFu9.png:large


The Tech ‏@thetech now
Update on #MIT shooting: the officer was an MIT police officer and was taken to MGH. #CambMA


MIT ‏@MITnews now
There is a report of an active shooter in the vicinity of Bldg. 32 (Stata). Please stay clear of the area. http://emergency.mit.edu
Retweeted by The Tech


The Tech ‏@thetech now
#MIT ALERT: Shots fired near 32 Vassar St (Stata Center), police officer down. Please stay inside.

[Mini-Me]

You have got to be shitting me...DFJKSDFSJKF

[Texan4Life]

"Updated 11:21 p.m.: MIT issued an emergency alert at 10:48 on Thursday night reporting shots fired on the university campus. MIT's school newspaper, The Tech, reports, "Shots fired near 32 Vassar St (Stata Center), police officer down. Please stay inside.""

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/theres-shooter-loose-and-officer-down-mit/64379/


http://i45.tinypic.com/73dqj8.jpg

[better-dead-than-fed]

"is it time to ban guns for cops now?" (https://twitter.com/JustSikko/status/325090963502551040)

[Texan4Life]

...thanks for the merge, cajuncocoa beat me by 1 minute.. probably cuz I was messing around with quote and pic :P

[sailingaway]

The FBI are there per twitter reports.

The shooter apparently is fleeing on foot:

RT ‏@RT_com now
BREAKING: MIT shooter making a getaway "on foot in unknown direction" - RT is following the story as it develops http://on.rt.com/s1s07i

[ChristianAnarchist]

"is it time to ban guns for cops now?" (https://twitter.com/JustSikko/status/325090963502551040)

It's been well past time for banning cops with guns... They kill far too many innocent people.

[cajuncocoa]

The suspect - which the police scanner described very specifically as a 5'11" 200lb "dark skinned white male" wearing a black top making a getaway "on foot in unknown direction" - shot a police officer, who is reportedly being transported to hospital.http://rt.com/usa/mit-shooting-area-cordoned-086/



Say whaaaat? :eek:

[No Free Beer]

lets not jump to conclusions here.

[Keith and stuff]

You have got to be shitting me...DFJKSDFSJKF
Shootings happen all of the time. They aren't surprising. For example, this 13 year police force lady committed a triple homicide in NYC a few days ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMCMPobyGrw

What about what happened in Chicago over the weekend?
Chicago Weekend Shootings: Four Dead Among The 26 Shot Around The City In Weekend Gun Violence
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/14/chicago-weekend-shootings_n_3081840.html

There is also the bomb that recently went off in Iraq.
Iraq: coordinated car bombs kill at least 55
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10877861

[CPUd]

They think it might be someone who just did a robbery.

[bolil]

Picked the wrong week to knock over a 7/11.

[Origanalist]

http://rt.com/usa/mit-shooting-area-cordoned-086/



Say whaaaat? :eek:

Might have bee a light skinned black male.....:rolleyes: derp

[Mini-Me]

http://rt.com/usa/mit-shooting-area-cordoned-086/



Say whaaaat? :eek:

Maybe he's from the Jershey Shore.


Shootings happen all of the time. They aren't surprising. For example, this 13 year police force lady committed a triple homicide in NYC a few days ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMCMPobyGrw

What about what happened in Chicago over the weekend?
Chicago Weekend Shootings: Four Dead Among The 26 Shot Around The City In Weekend Gun Violence
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/14/chicago-weekend-shootings_n_3081840.html

There is also the bomb that recently went off in Iraq.
Iraq: coordinated car bombs kill at least 55
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10877861

Oh, I know, but a shooting on a school campus is a bit different...the first thought that came to mind was that some guy was going to start shooting thirty people up in a gun-free-zone again. Thankfully, that doesn't look to be the case.

[Keith and stuff]

Maybe he's from the Jershey Shore.



Oh, I know, but a shooting on a school campus is a bit different...the first thought that came to mind was that some guy was going to start shooting thirty people up in a gun-free-zone again. Thankfully, that doesn't look to be the case.
100s of blocks in Boston include parts of school campuses. There are 60+ colleges with 250,000 or so students which is a large chuck of the population of the city. It's the college center of the US. It's a really beautiful city, too. There aren't many gun-free-zone type places in Boston. It's more like the whole city is a gun-free-zone :(

I see your point though.

[supermario21]

The officer shot has passed away.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/mit-campus-shooting-90320.html

[Ranger29860]

Shoot out and explosions going off

2 middle eastern young males one described as "dark skinned"

[Texan4Life]

Shoot out and explosions going off

2 middle eastern young males one described as "dark skinned"

source?

[Antischism]

Wow, this week could not get any weirder.

[thoughtomator]

reports of suspects throwing explosives at police and police taking "heavy fire"

either these guys are very heavily armed, or the cops are panicking, or both

[Ranger29860]

source?

scanner

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/6254/web

[thoughtomator]

now one of two suspects, and a second police officer are down - explosives being ID'd as grenades

[thoughtomator]

I'm following this story through these feeds on Twitter FYI if you want to follow:

https://twitter.com/alertnewengland
https://twitter.com/universalhub

[J_White]

hmm, the gun ban failed in Senate and we have another shooter on the loose.
i think these will only stop once new measures are in place !:rolleyes:

[Texan4Life]

reports that they might shut down cell service.. possible unexploded ordnance.

[Texan4Life]

oh snap Homeland Security vehicles rolling in