squarepusher
04-24-2013, 05:37 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/24/manchester-illinois-5-dead-shooting/2108991/
More than Boston bombings, I suspect the FBI is behind this. How come this doesn't make the news? I wonder if he was a radical Muslim?
Illinois mayor's nephew kills 5, dies after firefightDoug Stanglin and Michael Winter, USA TODAY7:07 p.m. EDT April 24, 2013
The shootings took place in a public housing apartment in Manchester, Ill., 85 miles north of St. Louis.http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/04/24/ap-illinois-manchester-shooting-4_3_r536_c534.jpg?1b79b3da202957124496e3768cfb7b67 cdb10c81
(Photo: Ted Schurter, The State Journal-Register, via AP)
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/v2/brightcove/videos.usatoday.net/Brightcove2/29906170001/2013/04/29906170001_2324898307001_thumb-8472674cc654f90d2f0f6a70670032d8_r542_c540x304.jpg ?436a289f03cde4e0ed45f12ec0d66270cf41bc9aThe bodies of five people who had been shot to death were found early Wednesday in a house in a tiny southwestern Illinois town, and authorities said a suspect was injured and taken into custody a short time later. (April 24)
Story Highlights
Police kill gunman after high-speed chase and shootout
Killings occurred around 4:30 a.m. local time Wednesday
A 6-year-old girl was hospitalized in serious condition
The nephew of a small Illinois town killed five people, including two children, in an apartment before dawn Wednesday and died hours later after a high-speed chase and shootout with police, officials said.
The killings happened about 4:30 a.m. in Manchester, a village of 350 people, located about 85 miles north of St. Louis. Mayor Ronald Drake confirmed that the gunman, 43-year-old Rick O. Smith, was his nephew, but that he had not spoken to him in two years, the Associated Press reported.
The Chicago Tribune reported (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-shootings-20130424,0,7030923.story) that the victims were a grandmother, a young couple and their two small children. A 6-year-old girl was seriously wounded, Illinois State Police Lt. Todd Kilby told reporters.
After shooting the others at close range, the gunman "took the 6-year-old out of the residence and put her in the hands of a neighbor," he said.
Kilby would not speculate on a possible motive or discuss any possible relationship between the victims and the gunman.
A neighbor told the Tribune that Smith had been involved in a custody dispute.
The newspaper identified the victims as Joanne Sinclair, 65; her granddaughter Brittany Luark, 22; her boyfriend, Roy Ralston; Nolan Ralston, 5, and Brantley Ralston, 1.
Kassidy Ralston remained hospitalized in critical condition in Springfield, Ill., the Scott County Sheriff's Department said.
The Tribune quoted a son-in-law, Brad Teeter, as saying the shooter broke into the first-floor apartment in the public housing complex and "shot everybody inside." He told the newspaper that he did not know the gunman.
"Scott County is a small community. Fortunately, this type of thing doesn't happen very often," said county state attorney's Michael Hill. "But this is proof that it can happen."
Drake lives a block from where the shooting occurred.
"Big tragedy for this town, I'll tell you," said Drake, according to WLDS radio (http://wlds.com/news/802-breaking-north-greene-winchester-close-schools-after-apparent-deadly-shooting-in-manchester). "I've lived here 43 years; we've never had anything like this go on."
Drake said he learned later that the suspect was a relative.
Manchester, Ill.
Kilby said the gunman had "multiple weapons" in his possession when he was caught about 7:30 a.m. after being wounded during a gunfight with state troopers and Winchester police. Smith, of Roodhouse, about 5 miles from Manchester, died later at a hospital.
Police said they found a rifle, a shotgun and a big knife in his car.
Schools were closed as a precaution in North Green, Winchester and Jacksonville while the gunman was at large.
Contributing: Associated Press
More than Boston bombings, I suspect the FBI is behind this. How come this doesn't make the news? I wonder if he was a radical Muslim?
Illinois mayor's nephew kills 5, dies after firefightDoug Stanglin and Michael Winter, USA TODAY7:07 p.m. EDT April 24, 2013
The shootings took place in a public housing apartment in Manchester, Ill., 85 miles north of St. Louis.http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/04/24/ap-illinois-manchester-shooting-4_3_r536_c534.jpg?1b79b3da202957124496e3768cfb7b67 cdb10c81
(Photo: Ted Schurter, The State Journal-Register, via AP)
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/v2/brightcove/videos.usatoday.net/Brightcove2/29906170001/2013/04/29906170001_2324898307001_thumb-8472674cc654f90d2f0f6a70670032d8_r542_c540x304.jpg ?436a289f03cde4e0ed45f12ec0d66270cf41bc9aThe bodies of five people who had been shot to death were found early Wednesday in a house in a tiny southwestern Illinois town, and authorities said a suspect was injured and taken into custody a short time later. (April 24)
Story Highlights
Police kill gunman after high-speed chase and shootout
Killings occurred around 4:30 a.m. local time Wednesday
A 6-year-old girl was hospitalized in serious condition
The nephew of a small Illinois town killed five people, including two children, in an apartment before dawn Wednesday and died hours later after a high-speed chase and shootout with police, officials said.
The killings happened about 4:30 a.m. in Manchester, a village of 350 people, located about 85 miles north of St. Louis. Mayor Ronald Drake confirmed that the gunman, 43-year-old Rick O. Smith, was his nephew, but that he had not spoken to him in two years, the Associated Press reported.
The Chicago Tribune reported (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-shootings-20130424,0,7030923.story) that the victims were a grandmother, a young couple and their two small children. A 6-year-old girl was seriously wounded, Illinois State Police Lt. Todd Kilby told reporters.
After shooting the others at close range, the gunman "took the 6-year-old out of the residence and put her in the hands of a neighbor," he said.
Kilby would not speculate on a possible motive or discuss any possible relationship between the victims and the gunman.
A neighbor told the Tribune that Smith had been involved in a custody dispute.
The newspaper identified the victims as Joanne Sinclair, 65; her granddaughter Brittany Luark, 22; her boyfriend, Roy Ralston; Nolan Ralston, 5, and Brantley Ralston, 1.
Kassidy Ralston remained hospitalized in critical condition in Springfield, Ill., the Scott County Sheriff's Department said.
The Tribune quoted a son-in-law, Brad Teeter, as saying the shooter broke into the first-floor apartment in the public housing complex and "shot everybody inside." He told the newspaper that he did not know the gunman.
"Scott County is a small community. Fortunately, this type of thing doesn't happen very often," said county state attorney's Michael Hill. "But this is proof that it can happen."
Drake lives a block from where the shooting occurred.
"Big tragedy for this town, I'll tell you," said Drake, according to WLDS radio (http://wlds.com/news/802-breaking-north-greene-winchester-close-schools-after-apparent-deadly-shooting-in-manchester). "I've lived here 43 years; we've never had anything like this go on."
Drake said he learned later that the suspect was a relative.
Manchester, Ill.
Kilby said the gunman had "multiple weapons" in his possession when he was caught about 7:30 a.m. after being wounded during a gunfight with state troopers and Winchester police. Smith, of Roodhouse, about 5 miles from Manchester, died later at a hospital.
Police said they found a rifle, a shotgun and a big knife in his car.
Schools were closed as a precaution in North Green, Winchester and Jacksonville while the gunman was at large.
Contributing: Associated Press