Don't we have someone on here who works in Orlando?

Anyway, what is up with these shootings?! Jeez, two in two days of a large scale.

11/6/2009 1:25:26 PM

Lucyinthesky is in that area i think

11/6/2009 1:26:15 PM

yup, she's in Orlando

11/6/2009 1:27:46 PM

Quote :

"TOO MUCH DISNEY WORLD"

11/6/2009 1:28:52 PM

JJ misinterpreted the words of encouragement from Stan Van Gundy

11/6/2009 1:29:10 PM

Haha, I just told ncstatetke it was probably JJ fed up with his PT.

11/6/2009 1:29:58 PM

didnt they say like 7 were shot?

11/6/2009 1:31:30 PM

My station has been fortified and defensive measures are in place. If anyone attempts to infiltrate my perimeter, they will be dealt with by force. This is your first, last, and only warning.

Tango Charlie, out.

11/6/2009 1:36:15 PM

The city is on complete lockdown as they search for the shooter. It's insane here. They shut down all major roads downtown.

11/6/2009 1:41:22 PM

when i saw it i was wondering if you worked downtown

11/6/2009 1:41:48 PM

No, but I live in the downtown area and may have to sleep at a friend's house tonight if they don't find the killer soon. My friends who work downtown are on lockdown and may have to sleep at work.

11/6/2009 1:43:22 PM

Sounds like it was a dude who got laid off or something... This happened in San Jose a year ago when I lived near there...

[Edited on November 6, 2009 at 1:44 PM. Reason : guy got laid off, shot up the HR people]

11/6/2009 1:44:01 PM

wow. sleeping at work on a friday sounds absolutely horrible.

at least you can hopefully make it to a friend's house if you can't get all the way downtown!

11/6/2009 1:44:07 PM

^^ This is the really scary thing about this economy. Some people go batshit after a layoff. We've had to amp our security due to unbalanced former employees who don't like to take their bipolar meds.

And yeah, HR people get the worst of the worst. My HR friend got hit in the face by a disgruntled former employee.

[Edited on November 6, 2009 at 1:45 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2009 1:45:16 PM

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"wow. sleeping at work on a friday sounds absolutely horrible."

Not as bad as getting shot to death on a Friday.

11/6/2009 1:46:28 PM

well yea, thats true.

11/6/2009 1:47:04 PM

I don't like the CNN website layout.

Hope everyone is ok except for the shooter!

11/6/2009 1:47:52 PM

I HATE the new CNN webpage layout

11/6/2009 1:48:09 PM

!

It's almost like they made it HARDER to find the stories. WTF mate?? The way it was was FINE!

11/6/2009 1:49:10 PM

I KNOW IT IS RETARDED. it is so horrible

and i hate how they changed the "crime" section to "JUSTICE"

i'm probably the only person that bothers, but whatevs.

11/6/2009 1:49:31 PM

Yeah, the new layout is lame. Kinda like the new facebook layout. Extra clicks.

11/6/2009 1:50:18 PM

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"Sounds like it was a dude who got laid off or something"

they said there were reports of a employee who hadnt worked there in a while being on the 8th floor

11/6/2009 1:50:31 PM

If you get laid off, find another job. People are remarkably stupid sometimes. I wish there was an intelligence test for owning a gun, but that would be unconstitutional.

11/6/2009 1:53:27 PM

haha what a bitch on cnn

"What type of work did he do for you?"

"Transportation engineering work"

"Can you give me specifics? I'm not a transportation engineer."

11/6/2009 1:54:25 PM

LOL Nice.

11/6/2009 1:55:36 PM

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""wow. sleeping at work on a friday sounds absolutely horrible." Not as bad as getting shot to death on a Friday."

I think it would be hard to sleep at work when there's a potential shooter in your building.

11/6/2009 1:57:01 PM

Gun sales in Texas and Florida will have a slight upswing this month.

11/6/2009 1:57:52 PM

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"and i hate how they changed the "crime" section to "JUSTICE" i'm probably the only person that bothers, but whatevs."

you ain't the only one

but i'm easily perturbed by stupid shit so whatevs

11/6/2009 1:59:00 PM

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"Gun sales in Texas and Florida will have a slight upswing this month."

I thought everyone in Texas was issued 10 guns at birth.

11/6/2009 1:59:50 PM

That's true. Texan mothers give birth on top of a bed of assault rifles and the doctors slap the baby with a mac10 while wearing full-bodied camouflage.

11/6/2009 2:04:10 PM

one of the people i follow on twitter works in the same building and was tweeting it as it happened.

11/6/2009 2:18:16 PM

seriously?

i would have been hiding in a closet or something not tweeting

11/6/2009 2:18:55 PM

yeh, we get it. conservative babies are born with an assault weapon, college degree, and silverspoon. and liberal babies are born with half a brain.

11/6/2009 2:19:25 PM

I saw this when I was at the gym earlier... at first I thought it was a clip from yesterday and some copter got ballsy and flew into military airspace to get a good shot, but then they panned out and I could tell it was some florida-esque city with tall buildings....


foo's be loosin' they shit!

11/6/2009 2:21:31 PM

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"yeh, we get it. conservative babies are born with an assault weapon, college degree, and silverspoon. and liberal babies are born with half a brain."

Touchy much?

I was making a commentary about Texas laws.

And the shooter is now in custody. yay!

11/6/2009 2:26:32 PM

nah, just making a joke. people are stupid, crazy, etc no matter their political persuasion.

good news that this guy is in custody

[Edited on November 6, 2009 at 2:28 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2009 2:28:47 PM

Yeah, but I don't think anyone mentioned politics. Just geography.

11/6/2009 2:29:43 PM

i hear the kid (a MEXICAN) turned himself in at his mother's house and that all is well

also, 2 dead, 6 injured...and a double murder somewhere else in Orlando that may or may not be related

11/6/2009 2:30:17 PM

really? was the nationality of the suspect necessary ?

11/6/2009 2:31:13 PM

^^

only i get to call them messicans\


^ pretty sure shes joking

[Edited on November 6, 2009 at 2:31 PM. Reason : asdfas]

11/6/2009 2:31:23 PM

^^this is chit chat, of course it was

i'm a closet racist. duh.

11/6/2009 2:31:26 PM

Good thing I hold gunzz

11/6/2009 2:31:50 PM

Latin people other than mexicans get very offended when you call them mexicans

Try it sometime

11/6/2009 2:32:07 PM

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"Yeah, but I don't think anyone mentioned politics. Just geography. "

DAMMIT. YOU AND YOUR SPECIFICS

going along generalities: gun toting floridians & texans are typically conservatives/republicans

11/6/2009 2:32:17 PM

JASON RODRIGUEZ

ok maybe he's puerto rican

11/6/2009 2:32:53 PM

Given the demographics of Orlando, Puerto Rican is a more likely guess. There aren't a ton of Mexicans here.

11/6/2009 2:35:20 PM

do you live close to Gateway Park? that's where the business was that he was shooting up.

11/6/2009 2:35:54 PM

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"really? was the nationality of the suspect necessary ?"

sure, why not. just like many social behaviors, crimes should be broken down into groups as well (including sex, race, ethnicity, etc) to determine any trends, associations, connections, etc.

11/6/2009 2:36:11 PM

^^ I live a mile away.

11/6/2009 2:36:47 PM

That's it missy. You're coming to stay with us tonight. Just to be safe.

11/6/2009 2:37:21 PM