Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Garden State Plaza New Jersey Mall Shooting

Richard Shoop Garden State Plaza New Jersey Mall Shooting
tags: Timeline 2013, Shopping Mall Market, gunman

November 4, 2013 Garden State Plaza New Jersey Mall Shooting In Paramus New Jersey, Richard Shoop, 20, of Teaneck, N.J., entered the Garden State Plaza shopping mall clothed in black in a ballistic vest wearing a motorcycle helmet near closing time at 9 p.m. firing shots before his body was recovered where he evidently shot himself.

He had a gun which looked like an AK-47 assault rifle which was legally owned by probably stolen from his brother he said. As Shoop roamed the mall, confronting shoppers, he fired at least six shots though there were no other injuries. Bullets were fired into an escalator, into an elevator area. A shotgun was recovered and an abandoned backpack. There was some property of retailers that was struck — a facade area — and there were a couple of shots that were shot apparently at security cameras. Police took employees and shoppers to be patted down by a SWAT team before they were escorted outside by armed officers. Kenya mall attackers also destroyed security cameras.

February 25, 2014 Police released information that suspect Richard Shoop was under investigation for a drug probe, and had been arrested six months before for selling a pure form of ecstasy.

.Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_Garden_State_Plaza#2013_shooting


.Updates

Garden State Plaza New Jersey Mall Shooting November 4, 2013 In Paramus New Jersey, Richard Shoop, 20, of Teaneck, N.J., entered the Garden State Plaza shopping mall clothed in black near closing time at 9 p.m. firing shots before his body was recovered where he evidently shot himself. He had a gun which looked like an AK-47 assault rifle which was legally owned by probably stolen from his brother he said. As Shoop roamed the mall, confronting shoppers, he fired at least six shots though there were no other injuries. Police took employees and shoppers to be patted down by a SWAT team before they were escorted outside by armed officers.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/26/nj-police-say-gun-who-fired-shots-killed-self-in-mall-last-year-knew-was-drug/ NJ police say gun who fired shots, killed self in mall last year knew he was drug probe target
Published February 26, 2014Associated Press
HACKENSACK, N.J. –  Police say a New Jersey man who fired shots inside a mall last year before killing himself was under investigation for selling drugs.
Hackensack police released the information about Richard Shoop on Tuesday along with details of a large-scale drug sweep in northern New Jersey.

Investigators say Shoop had sold MDMA to an undercover officer 10 days before he opened fire inside the Garden State Plaza in Paramus last November. No one else was hurt.

Police say a note found after the shooting indicated Shoop knew he was under investigation...s Shoop had also been arrested six months earlier for selling the pure form of ecstasy, known as "Molly."

Pizzeria worker, 20, who opened fire at New Jersey mall is found ...

Pizzeria worker, 20, who opened fire at New Jersey mall is found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound at back of shopping center
Daily Mail · 12 hours ago
Nov 05, 2013 · Pizzeria worker, 20, who opened fire at New Jersey mall is found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound at back of shopping center. 
morning police raided Shoop's family home in Teaneck. A man, believed to be his father Charles, was ordered to drop a screwdriver he had been carrying before being called out at gunpoint with his hands raised above his head. 
According to a report in the New York Post, after dropping to his knees on the front lawn, the man  shouted out: 'Is this because of my son Richard at the mall?
gunman had told shoppers they would not be harmed as he fired shots in the air around them.
'I am heartbroken over this. He called me. This is my f**king kid you have no f**king idea what I'm going through.
'Just imagine if this was one of your kids.'
Witnesses told how the gunman had strolled casually through the mall firing shots into the air and taking out security cameras.
police say they recovered a long-barrel shotgun and a spent shotgun shell from the scene.
The gunman was last seen near the mall's Apple Store. A discarded leather jacket and backpack were discovered in a Lord and Taylor store. K-9 units and the bomb squad are investigating the unopened backpack.
he shooter said: 'I don’t want to shoot anyone here, just let me go.'
  1. NJ mall shooting leaves baffled relatives, friends of gunman searching for answers
    www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-searching-for-gunman-after...
    TEANECK, N.J. — Relatives and friends of a young man who fired shots in New Jersey’s largest mall, trapping terrified shoppers for hours before …
    Shoop left an ambiguous note with his family that raised concern, however. Molinelli would not call it a suicide note, but he said it did “express that an end is coming. It could have been prison. ... It could have been what he did last night. It gave his family reason to reach out to us.”
    Gov. Chris Christie called the shooting a wakeup call for lawmakers to focus on mental health issues as part of a comprehensive effort to reduce gun violence.
    “Obviously that young man went there to end his own life. We may not be that lucky next time,” Christie said. “We need to get to the root causes of what drives a young man like that to drive to Garden State Plaza in that condition.”
     investigators were still trying to determine why he went there.






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  • Police hunt for gunman after shots fired at N.J. mall - CBS News

    Police hunt for gunman after shots fired at N.J. mall
    www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57610809/...after-shots-fired-at-n.j-mall
    Nov 04, 2013 · Terrified people flee Paramus mall, hide inside stores but no injuries reported; witnesses say shooter was wearing all black and amotorcycle helmet






  • Paramus mall worker comes face-to-face with gunman | NJ.com

    Paramus mall worker comes face-to-face with gunman
    www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/11/paramus_mall...
    Paramus mall worker comes face-to-face with gunman . Loading Photo Gallery. ... was wearing a black motorcycle helmet and was carrying a …



    • was wearing a helmet, saw multiple men perhaps with more than one gun
    He was shooting at cameras
    He would have killed me

    This is a remarkable video. Someone filmed this on their cell phone. You see patrons of the Paramus mall where they shooting took place last night slowly walking to the exits while some you can hear laughing in the background. Not at all the Hindenberg moment the newscaster tries to make it out to be while showing the video.
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    Whatever it was or was not, the video below doesn’t show patrons running for their lives or hiding out in storerooms like the MSM is presenting the events. In fact, it’s seems more like some kind of stunt that was pulled and the customers figured it out pretty quick.
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    Check out this witness who says the guy in the helmet was with 4 other men when he entered the mall and that he wasn’t shooting at people, but rather cameras near the ceiling.
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    Is it just my Adobe Flash settings, or does the volume drop out of this video just as he is talking about the shooter targeting video cameras (1:08 mark)
    This video has the full audio and the witness claims the shooter was having a “conference” with the 4 other guys just before walking through the mall, shooting cameras.
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    The witness, Johnny Jimenez, said he saw the shooter hold a conference with the 4 guys he came in with near the Apple store and then start walking through the mall shooting cameras. He also claimed he saw weapons in those guy’s hand as well.


    http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/11/richard-shoop-garden-state-mall-shooter-pictures/
    suspect is aspiring actor/model named Richard Shoop.


    AFP story:
    http://gulfnews.com/news/world/usa/gunman-at-us-mall-found-dead-prosecutor-1.1251547
    [links a chain of deadly seemingly unrelated events]
    nitially recalled September’s tragedy at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where an attack claimed by Somalia’s Al Qaida-linked Shebab killed at least 67 people.
    It was the latest in the epidemic of gun violence plaguing the United States.
    On Friday a gunman opened fire at Los Angeles airport and killed a Transportation Security Administration agent.
    The FBI said he was carrying a note saying he planned to kill multiple officers. The 23-year-old suspect faces a possible death penalty on charges of murdering a federal officer.
    On October 24, a US soldier who opened fire at a Tennessee recruiting centre after being reprimanded for misconduct was indicted on attempted murder charges.
    Three members of the Tennessee National Guard were struck in the crossfire but none suffered serious injuries.
    The October 24 shooting came a month after a massacre left 13 people dead, including the gunman, at a major Navy facility in Washington, D.C. The gunman was shot dead.
    A shooting spree at four homes and a gas station in Texas left five people dead and a suspect in custody on October 29.
    And in a particularly alarming case, an 11-year-old US student appeared in court on October 24 on suspicion of attempted murder after bringing a handgun and 400 rounds of ammunition into school.
    In the latest in a spate of incidents in US schools, the boy also allegedly brought “multiple” knives to the Frontier Middle School in Vancouver, in Washington state.
    That same week police in California shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a pellet gun that officers said looked like an assault rifle.







  • No fatalities in US mall shooting | Sky News Australia

    No fatalities in US mall shooting
    Skynews.com8 hours ago
    ... an 11-year-old US student appeared in court on October 24 on suspicion of attempted murder after bringing a handgun and 400 rounds of ammunition into school…






  • Gunman at US mall found dead: prosecutor - Yahoo News

    Gunman at US mall found dead: prosecutor
    news.yahoo.com/jersey-mall-lockdown-gunman-spotted-shots-heard...
    ... an 11-year-old US student appeared in court on October 24 on suspicion of attempted murder after bringing a handgun and 400 rounds of ammunition into school…

    1. New Jersey mall shooting: gunman found dead, identified - News ...

      voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_11_05/New-Jersey-mall-gunman-is-found...
      ... an 11-year-old US student appeared in court on October 24 on suspicion of attempted murder after bringing a handgun and 400 rounds of ammunition into school…

    • New Jersey mall gunman found dead hours after shooting

    CNN - ‎55 minutes ago‎
    (CNN) -- A gunman who opened fire at a New Jersey mall Monday night later holed up in a back room and shot himself in the head, authorities say.
    Shopping malls »New Jersey »
    NJ mall gunman kills himself, authorities say
    New Jersey Mall Shooter Found Dead - by Nate Rawlings
    Suspect Is Dead in New Jersey Mall Shooting








      1. Huffington Post ‎- by Jade Walker ‎- 3 hours ago
        The man suspected of opening fire in a New Jersey mall on Monday... Molinelli said the body of Richard Shoop, 20, of Teaneck was found in a ...
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    2. Richard Shoop, NJ Mall Suspect: 5 Facts You Need to Know | HEAVY

      www.heavy.com/.../richard-shoop-garden-state-mall-plaza-shooting-nj-...‎

      9 hours ago - A law enforcement source has named 20-year-old Richard Shoop ofTeaneck, New Jersey as the main suspect in the Garden State Mall Plaza ...

    3. Police identify suspect in Paramus mall shooting | NJ.com

      www.nj.com/.../police_identify_suspect_in_paramus_mall_shooting.html‎

      10 hours ago - richard-r-shoop-possible-suspect.JPG Police have identified Richard R.Shoop, 20, of Teaneck, as a possible suspect in the Paramus mall ...

    4. NJ Mall Shooter Found Dead With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

      abcnews.go.com › US‎

      2 hours ago - Richard Shoop, 20, of Teaneck, N.J., was identified by police as the gunman who opened fire inside the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall Nov.

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    6. Breaking: Mall Shooting Suspect Is Teaneck NJ Resident…Update ...

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      9 hours ago - The suspect, Richard Shoop, 20, of Teaneck, N.J., acted alone and apparently never intended to hurt anybody else, authorities said. His body ...

    7. Police Hunt For Teaneck Man In Connection With Garden State ...

      paramus.patch.com/.../active-shooter-in-garden-state-plaza_3aa3...‎

      by Tom Troncone - in 25 Google+ circles
      8 hours ago - (AP Photo/Julio Cortez); Richard Shoop's MySpace.com profile... the incident as Richard Shoop, a 20-year-old restaurant worker fromTeaneck. .... @Not Domino, New Jersey has one of the most stringent gun lawns in the US.

    8. New Jersey mall gunman found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound ...

      www.foxnews.com/.../gunman-opens-fire-inside-popular-new-jersey-mal...‎

      5 hours ago - The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., citing two senior law enforcement ... asRichard Shoop, a 20-year-old restaurant worker from Teaneck, N.J..

    9. Authorities: Body Of Garden State Plaza Mall Shooter Found « CBS ...

      newyork.cbslocal.com/.../authorities-alleged-garden-state-plaza-mall-sho...‎

      15 mins ago - PARAMUS, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – A man suspected of firing multiple ...The body of 20-year-old Richard Shoop of Teaneck was discovered ...

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      by Nathan Francis - in 54 Google+ circles
      9 hours ago - Shoop is 20 years old and lives in Teaneck, New Jersey. Law enforcement said the hunt for Richard Shoop continues in the vicinity of the NJ ...





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    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/mtms42000?action=comments
    the cops are the problem??

    2 Armed Juveniles Detained In Empty Denver School, Police Say

    Commented Nov 5, 2013 at 09:45:12 in Denver

    “Didn't know that, I did a drive by post :) My sentiment still applies though.

    Kids with BB guns, I'm not too worried about that unless they use their playmates or neighborhood cats for target practice.”

    Richard Shoop, New Jersey Mall Shooting Suspect, Found Dead

    Commented Nov 5, 2013 at 12:11:56 in Crime

    “The SWAT teams that greater frightened shoppers with their guns pointed at them was more traumatizing to the patrons than the gunmen who aimed and shot at no one.

    The police are militarized and see things as them against the citizens. It's their own safety thats paramount.

    Why in the world is it OK for them to train their rifles at hundreds of citizens and treat them as suspects?

    Is this standard operating procedure? Is this what they're taught to do in order to protect themselves?

    That is where the outrage should be.

    If a citizen were to point a rifle at another citizen he'd be arrested and thrown in jail.”
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    AEkland on Nov 5, 2013 at 12:39:13

    “The police have sold out and really aren't the police any more; they're a private security company for the entitled; that's corporate rich and politicians only. We only get to supply the pay in their paychecks.




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