Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Multiple Car Crash Incidents

Multiple Car Crash Incidents ---

When multiple cars hit each other and then "accidentally" hit bystander pedestrians, or buildings is it always an accident?

September 29, 2015 1 killed, no charges filed against 2 drivers. Durango crashes Sentra onto sidewalk killing toddler in stroller of Starbucks IT worker in Bellevue, WA A 28-month-old girl Sraddha Panchakarla in a stroller was killed in Bellevue on Tuesday when a car jumped the curb during a collision. The mother Bhavya was injured. Dodge Durango, heading south on 140th Avenue Northeast, crossed Bel-Red Road and T-boned a Nissan Sentra that was making a left turn onto Bel-Red Road. Family had moved to Bellevue from India four months ago. Girl’s father was in information technology for Starbucks. girl was an only child and that her family would return immediately to India for the funeral and might not come back.   (Seattle Times) (Kiro TV)

July 10, 2014 4-Year-Old in Stroller Killed, 2 cars smashed in Hit-and-Run Crash  KNBC 4-Year-Old in Stroller Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash. boy was being pushed across the street in a stroller when a driver struck the victim and a family member. Witnesses said the woman was pushing the boy  across the street in a plastic stroller when a man driving a red hatchback struck them. The child was then dragged to the next intersection before the driver turned and left the scene, witness Jeronimo Zaca said. The hit-and-run driver also hit a black pickup truck and a silver compact car that were stopped at the intersection. "It's Not Going to Bring My Baby Back": Man Surrenders in Hit-and-Run That Killed ToddlerThe child was struck and dragged to the next intersection before the driver turned and disappeared boy who was killed, Evan Butterfield, turned 4 years old last month. Witnesses saw the crash and chased after the driver, a man, and his female passenger after they ran away from the car. They caught the woman and held her until police arrived and took her into custody.7-month-old boy in stroller killed in Arlington crash Fort Worth Star‑Telegram Arlington. May 29, 2014. 7-month-old boy in stroller killed in Arlington crash. Police say they are ... The truck careened into the father and stroller, killing David. Baby in stroller hit by truck, killed; witnesses say car ... - KDFW www.fox4news.com May 29, 2014 - Arlington police are investigating the death of a baby boy who waskilled Thursday morning in a chain reaction crash. ... in a stroller who was killed Thursday morning in a two-car crash

May 6, 2014 University City 2 Car Accident Hits Wharton Student Off Bridge Two men seriously injured One car ran a red light, hitting another which swerved towards 27-year-old Zachary Woods who jumped onto a pole, but the car either uncontrollably or steered towards and crashed into the pole and sent the University of Pennsylvania Wharton graduate student falling 60 feet from the bridge. The student later died, while the driver was also hospitalized.

July 30, 2013 2 Cars Crash Into Christian Day Care Center in Kansas City In Kansas City, a Range Rover rear-ended a parked Cadillac Seville which smashed through the front wall of the 2 year old room at the Christian Academy day care center in the afternoon. 2 adults were hut and 3 children were seriously injured. It is highly unusual for an "accident" when the Range Rover made a left hand towards the front of the building in the middle of the block to hit a Cadillac with a driver who some said appeared to be backing up or parking so that it was ready to be rammed into the front of the building. Bystanders help pull out the two children who were trapped under the Cadillac. About 40 children were inside the center. Police say the SUV driver was "approximately 80" years old, while the the driver of the Cadillac fled, but was later found. Evidently it was ruled an accident and not a deliberate coordinated attack as neither of the drivers was identified or charged with any traffic violation.


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Liuzhou China Parcel Bombings

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tags: bombing, china, crime spree, terrorism ruled out

September 29, 2015  Liuzhou China Parcel Bombings  7 killed 51 injured 2 missing building collapsed, vehicles damaged by 17+ bomb blasts. Suspect arrested. Terrorism ruled out At least six people are killed and dozens injured in explosions at 15 locations in Liucheng County in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The explosives were reportedly concealed inside express delivery packages. Chinese officials have identified a suspect, but the motive is not yet known. (South China Morning Post)  

Police arrest male suspect linked to the blasts that killed at least seven people and left buildings damaged across county in Guangxi. police said they had launched a criminal investigation and identified a 33-year-old male suspect, surnamed Wei, from Dapu township. The blasts were triggered by explosive devices hidden in express delivery packages, police said.  targets of attack including the Dapu township government office, supermarkets, malls, a hospital, prison, bus terminal, an animal husbandry staff dormitory and a centre for infectious disease and prevention. authorities had ruled out a terrorist attack (???)  Half of a 4 level building collapsed. Nearby vehicles were also damaged. "We were all very shocked and thought it might be an act of terrorism"  (UPI) Series of Explosions in Southern China Kill at Least 7 New York Times‎ succession of explosions in Shijiazhuang, a city in northern China, ...51 injured, two people were missing. Photographs on Chinese news websites showed a five- or six-story apartment building that had collapsed, apparently from the force of one of the explosions Residents reported over 60 packages that aroused suspicions, and the authorities planned to check them,  2001, the authorities in northwestern China executed a man who was found guilty of killing 47 people by detonating a pile of explosives after long-running disputes with neighbors. Also that year, over 100 people were killed in a succession of explosions in Shijiazhuang, a city in northern China, that the police said was the work of a resident who said he was taking revenge on his ex-wife and other relatives. And in 2011, a man in eastern China who was unhappy with compensation for a demolished home set off three explosions in or near government offices, killing himself and two others. Related in 2001: Shijiazhuang bombings  were a series of bomb blasts that rocked the city of Shijiazhuang, China on March 16, 2001. A total of 108 people were killed, and 38 others injured when within a short period of time several bombs exploded near four apartment buildings. Many doubted the official explanation that it was motivated by the accused's hatred for his ex-wife, ex-mother-in-law and a lover.Explosives killer executed in China - BBC News British Broadcasting Corporation Sep 25, 2001 - The Chinese authorities execute a man convicted of detonating a stockpile of illegal explosives, killing at least 47 people. Ma Hongqing, 51, was shot immediately after being sentenced at a public rally in Shaanxi province in central China, where the blast happened in July. Reports in the Chinese media say Mr Ma blew up the explosives, belonging to a rival illegal producer, after failing in an attempt to steal them. 16 July, after failing to steal explosives belonging to one of his neighbours, Ma Shiping, he threw a detonator into the house where they stored. List of rampage killers - Wikipedia 80-89 killed Ma Hongqing, 50 (马宏清), 07.16 July  Ma Hongqing age 50 July 16 2001 Mafang  China Sentenced to death and executed [120]
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    Daily Misfortune Wednesday, September 30, 2015

    Daily Misfortune Wednesday, September 30, 2015 ---
    Month Misfortune September 2015 ---

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    Headlines:
    1. Russia begins airstrikes against ISIS positions in Syria following President Bashar al-Assad's request.
    2. Battle of Kunduz The U.S.-led coalition dispatches American troops to Kunduz to help Afghan forces combat Taliban militants. (Washington Post)
    3. The American state of Georgia executes Kelly Gissendaner for her role in the murder of her husband despite several appeals and a plea for clemency by Pope Francis. (AP via News 12),(Daily Mail)
    1 Mass attacks: bombing
    1. 7 killed 51 injured 2 missing suspect arrested terrorism ruled out At least six people are killed and dozens injured in explosions at 15 locations in Liucheng County in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
    2. 2006 Mumbai train bombings An Indian court sentences five suspected Islamic militants to death and seven others to life imprisonment for bombing attacks nine years ago on seven Mumbai commuter trains that killed 188 people and wounded more than 800. 
    2 Attacks on police:
    1. 1 killed September 30, 2015 Kanabec deputy fatally shoots Duluth MN man after he calls 911 with threat to kill, charges deputy, punching her in head in Mora attack
    2. Columbia SC: September 30, 2015 Police say Jarvis Hall Pulls Out Gun Shoots Kills Officer Greg Alia at Columbia, South Carolina Mall 
    4 Attacks on school:
    1. 1 injured September 30, 2015 Police: Passerby Argues, Stabs Man Playing with Friend at Soccer Field at at Concordia University in St. Paul MN  
    2. September 30, 2015 1 arrested in Facebook threats against Port Orchard WA jr high school 
    3. September 30, 2015 Pellet gun causes lockdown at Burlington WA elementary school
    4. Harrisburgh SD: September 30, 2015 South Dakota Harrisburg high school principal shot flesh wound, suspected student arrested  
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    1. Russia begins airstrikes against ISIS positions in Syria following President Bashar al-Assad's request.
    2. Battle of Kunduz The U.S.-led coalition dispatches American troops to Kunduz to help Afghan forces combat Taliban militants. (Washington Post)
    3. 2006 Mumbai train bombings An Indian court sentences five suspected Islamic militants to death and seven others to life imprisonment for bombing attacks nine years ago on seven Mumbai commuter trains that killed 188 people and wounded more than 800. (AP via ABC News) (Reuters) (BBC)
    4. 7 killed 51 injured 2 missing suspect arrested terrorism ruled out At least six people are killed and dozens injured in explosions at 15 locations in Liucheng County in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The explosives were reportedly concealed inside express delivery packages. Chinese officials have identified a suspect, but the motive is not yet known. (South China Morning Post)  Police arrest male suspect linked to the blasts that killed at least seven people and left buildings damaged across county in Guangxi. police said they had launched a criminal investigation and identified a 33-year-old male suspect, surnamed Wei, from Dapu township. The blasts were triggered by explosive devices hidden in express delivery packages, police said.  targets of attack including the Dapu township government office, supermarkets, malls, a hospital, prison, bus terminal, an animal husbandry staff dormitory and a centre for infectious disease and prevention. authorities had ruled out a terrorist attack (???)  Half of a 4 level building collapsed. Nearby vehicles were also damaged. "We were all very shocked and thought it might be an act of terrorism"  (UPI) Series of Explosions in Southern China Kill at Least 7 New York Times‎ succession of explosions in Shijiazhuang, a city in northern China, ...51 injured, two people were missing. Photographs on Chinese news websites showed a five- or six-story apartment building that had collapsed, apparently from the force of one of the explosions Residents reported over 60 packages that aroused suspicions, and the authorities planned to check them,  2001, the authorities in northwestern China executed a man who was found guilty of killing 47 people by detonating a pile of explosives after long-running disputes with neighbors. Also that year, over 100 people were killed in a succession of explosions in Shijiazhuang, a city in northern China, that the police said was the work of a resident who said he was taking revenge on his ex-wife and other relatives. And in 2011, a man in eastern China who was unhappy with compensation for a demolished home set off three explosions in or near government offices, killing himself and two others. Related in 2001: Shijiazhuang bombings  were a series of bomb blasts that rocked the city of Shijiazhuang, China on March 16, 2001. A total of 108 people were killed, and 38 others injured when within a short period of time several bombs exploded near four apartment buildings. Many doubted the official explanation that it was motivated by the accused's hatred for his ex-wife, ex-mother-in-law and a lover.Explosives killer executed in China - BBC News British Broadcasting Corporation Sep 25, 2001 - The Chinese authorities execute a man convicted of detonating a stockpile of illegal explosives, killing at least 47 people. Ma Hongqing, 51, was shot immediately after being sentenced at a public rally in Shaanxi province in central China, where the blast happened in July. Reports in the Chinese media say Mr Ma blew up the explosives, belonging to a rival illegal producer, after failing in an attempt to steal them. 16 July, after failing to steal explosives belonging to one of his neighbours, Ma Shiping, he threw a detonator into the house where they stored. List of rampage killers - Wikipedia 80-89 killed Ma Hongqing, 50 (马宏清), 07.16 July  Ma Hongqing age 50 July 16 2001 Mafang  China Sentenced to death and executed [120]
    5. The American state of Georgia executes Kelly Gissendaner for her role in the murder of her husband despite several appeals and a plea for clemency by Pope Francis. (AP via News 12),(Daily Mail)
    6. September 30, 2015 Kanabec deputy fatally shoots Duluth MN man after he calls 911 with threat to kill, charges deputy, punching her in head in Mora attack Minneapolis Star Tribune A sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man who called 911 to say he was going to kill someone. When woman deputy Shanna McIalwain. arrived, suspect crashed his car into a tree, and charged officer, She drew her gun and ordered the man to the ground, but “he ignored the orders and attacked the deputy, repeatedly punching her in the head.” so McIalwain shot and fatally wounded Christen, who was pronounced dead moments later. tags: suicide by cop, assault on cop, officer involved shooting.
    7. September 30, 2015 Police: Passerby Argues, Stabs Man Playing with Friend at Soccer Field at at Concordia University in St. Paul MN  a 26-year-old man was playing soccer with a friend when there was an argument with a passerby that escalated. Linders says the man was stabbed in the back of the arm. he went in to surgery and is expected to survive. Police are searching for a 30-year-old suspect. tags: college incident, random victim attack, sports incident, argument, passerby
    8. September 30, 2015 1 arrested in Facebook threats against Port Orchard WA jr high school Police made an arrest after a threat was posted about a Port Orchard junior high school Wednesday night. ... disturbing Facebook posts about the possibility of a school threat .
    9. September 30, 2015 Pellet gun causes lockdown at Burlington WA elementary school Police taken a 13-year-old boy with a pellet gun at an elementary school into custody. The Skagit Valley Herald reports that Burlington police received a report of a student entering a restroom at Lucille Umbarger Elementary School Wednesday, possibly with a pellet gun
    10. Columbia SC: September 30, 2015 Police say Jarvis Hall Pulls Out Gun Shoots Kills Officer Greg Alia at Columbia, South Carolina Mall ABC News Police investigated a report about a suspicious person at a mall confronted suspect Jarvis Hall who pulled out a gun after a chase and struggle, allegedly shot and killed office Greg Alia
    11. Harrisburgh SD: September 30, 2015 South Dakota Harrisburg high school principal shot flesh wound, suspected student arrested The principal of a South Dakota high school was wounded by a gunshot. The student suspected to be the perpetrator is in custody. Police are trying to determine his motive. The teen did not indicate he had any plans of shooting on social media, nor did he have a record of getting into trouble. RT nydailynews
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      1. Columbia SC: September 30, 2015 Police say Jarvis Hall Pulls Out Gun Shoots Kills Officer Greg Alia at Columbia, South Carolina Mall ABC News Police investigated a report about a suspicious person at a mall confronted suspect Jarvis Hall who pulled out a gun after a chase and struggle, allegedly shot and killed office Greg Alia
      1. Harrisburgh SD: September 30, 2015 South Dakota Harrisburg high school principal shot flesh wound, suspected student arrested The principal of a South Dakota high school was wounded by a gunshot. The student suspected to be the perpetrator is in custody. Police are trying to determine his motive. The teen did not indicate he had any plans of shooting on social media, nor did he have a record of getting into trouble. RT nydailynews
      1. Detroit MI: September 26, 2015 Man claims to be killing spider sets fire to destroy gas pump in Detroit suburb USA Today The man lied about his reasons at first, then admitted he was trying to kill a spider. He apologized and said he was sorry and just didn’t know, it was just stupidity. The gas pump was destroyed
      1. Oklaloosa County FL September 22, 2015 Florida deputy was trying to earn money for family trips beforeshooting death Fox News  A veteran Florida sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed Tuesday while serving a domestic violence restraining order had come out of retirement to earn extra money for trips to Disney World with his young granddaughter. Oklaloosa County Deputy Bill Myers, 64, was shot multiple times in the head and in the back before the suspect died after a confrontation with police.
      2. Waxahachie, Texas: September 21, 2015 Home in  explodes after contractor saws through gas line 4 injured, homes destroyed. CBSDFW The Fire Marshal blamed a contractor sawing through a gas line. Firefighters found a more than 90-percent concentration of natural gas in the neighborhood sewer lines when they ordered evacuating the entire neighborhood. WFAA AT&T confirmed it has been doing work in the area, was speaking with the contractor it hired to do construction in that neighborhood 
      1. September 19, 2015 Family of Davis bar stabbing victim mourn loss, move forward KCRA Sacramento Peter Gonzales, 22, of Hacienda Heights, was killed after a fight broke out about 1:30 a.m. Saturday outside the KetMoRee Thai Restaurant and Bar
      3. Family that lived in Alexander Hung Tran's Utah home found dead with gun Associated Press 9/21/2015  Police in Utah arrested Tran on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, for the fatal shooting of multiple people. SALT LAKE CITY — The third of three victims, including a 2-month-old girl, found fatally shot inside a northwest Salt Lake City home has been identified as a 28-year-old man  Dakota Smith was discovered alongside Heike Poike, 50, and her 2-month-old granddaughter, Lyrik Poike,  Alexander Hung Tran, 32, was arrested after officers found him Friday night inside the home with a gun Heike Poike's 8-year-old grandson wasn't picked up from elementary school earlier that day.Tran lived in the home's basement and allowed the victims to live on the home's main floor, but Chipping didn't know if they paid rent as formal tenants or had some other arrangement.
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      Tuesday, September 29, 2015

      Daily Misfortune Tuesday, September 29, 2015

      Daily Misfortune Tuesday, September 29, 2015 ---
      Month Misfortune September 2015 ---

      Headlines:
      1. 3 killed 2 injured  Men coming out of alley shoot at victims standing next to playground at Chicago Fuller Park memorial 
      2. September 29, 2015 West Virginia: Spike Strips Stop Suspect Goodwill coworker killer Before Aiming at Police and fatal Shooting
      3. Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) At least four people are killed in a bombing attack on Baghdad. (Euronews)
      4. The U.S. Air Force launches air-strikes on Taliban forces within Kunduz. (The Washington Post)
      5. 2015 PKK rebellion Two police officers are gunned down by suspected PKK militants on the streets of Adana, southern Turkey. (Middle East Eye)
      6. Gaza–Israel conflict
      7. At least one rocket is intercepted over Ashdod by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, and is believed to have come from the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)
      8. 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état After a tense standoff, Burkina Faso's military crushed the elite presidential guard and seized the coup's abandoned headquarters. The former head of the guard, Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, had called on his men to lay down their weapons to avoid a bloodbath. Diendéré told Agence France-Presse (AFP) he feared “many deaths and injuries” in the operation. It is unclear whether there are casualties. (The New York Times) (BBC) (The Guardian)
      9. September 29, 2015 All 500 of the prisoners escape from the Ngaraba jail in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. (Reuters), (The Guardian
        10. September 29, 2015 1 killed, no charges filed against 2 drivers. Durango crashes Sentra onto sidewalk killing toddler in stroller of Starbucks IT worker in Bellevue, WA (Seattle Times) (Kiro TV)
      10. September 29, 2015 Oakland Artist Antonio Ramos Painting Non-Violence Mural Killed in Broad Daylight After Argument With Passerby with gun stolen from federal agent 
      11. September 29, 2015 Danish police officer stabbed by rejected Palestinian terrorist sympathizer breaking into office at asylum centre 
      12. 2 Seattle Officer Involved Shootings in one day Seattle Times police shot and wounded two people in unrelated incidents, one downtown and the other in the Northgate neighborhood. 1-shot after brandishing a handgun to a downtown building security guard. 2-shot a man after he threatened them with a knife in the Northgate area after ignoring taser
      Detail:
      1. 3 killed 2 injured  Men coming out of alley shoot at victims standing next to playground at Chicago Fuller Park memorial Three people were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting next to a playground in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood WLS CHICAGO (WLS) -- Three people were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting next to a playground in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood. Victims were standing on the sidewalk 12:10 a.m. when two men came out of an alley and started shooting.
      2. September 29, 2015 West Virginia: Spike Strips Stop Suspect Goodwill coworker killer Before Aiming at Police and fatal ShootingWVVA, Jeff Morris updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 ECKLEY, W.Va. – West Virginia State Police used spike strips to stop a suspect’s vehicle on the West Virginia Turnpike in Beckley Tuesday just before the man emerged with a handgun and was shot to death by troopers. Brandon L. Johnson, 28, of Snellville, Ga., died at Raleigh General Hospital trooper noticed that the vehicle fit the description of a vehicle possibly related to a murder. Fled from traffic stop. Spike strips stopped car, Driver exited, pointed a handgun at the troopers, State Police said. Troopers responded to the threat and fired their weapons,Johnson was wanted for allegedly murdering a co-worker at a Goodwill center in Georgia. tags: police involved killing, workplace violence In Georgia, Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett confirmed Johnson was wanted in Tuesday’s killing of 57-year-old co-worker Pamela Harmon, body was found in the parking lot of a Goodwill donation center in Conyers, Georgia
      3. Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) At least four people are killed in a bombing attack on Baghdad. (Euronews)
      4. The U.S. Air Force launches air-strikes on Taliban forces within Kunduz. (The Washington Post)
      5. 2015 PKK rebellion Two police officers are gunned down by suspected PKK militants on the streets of Adana, southern Turkey. (Middle East Eye)
      6. Gaza–Israel conflict
      7. At least one rocket is intercepted over Ashdod by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, and is believed to have come from the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)
      8. 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état After a tense standoff, Burkina Faso's military crushed the elite presidential guard and seized the coup's abandoned headquarters. The former head of the guard, Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, had called on his men to lay down their weapons to avoid a bloodbath. Diendéré told Agence France-Presse (AFP) he feared “many deaths and injuries” in the operation. It is unclear whether there are casualties. (The New York Times) (BBC) (The Guardian)
      9. All 500 of the prisoners escape from the Ngaraba jail in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. (Reuters), (The Guardian)
      10. September 29, 2015 1 killed, no charges filed against 2 drivers. Durango crashes Sentra onto sidewalk killing toddler in stroller of Starbucks IT worker in Bellevue, WA (Seattle Times) (Kiro TV) A 28-month-old girl Sraddha Panchakarla in a stroller was killed in Bellevue on Tuesday when a car jumped the curb during a collision. The mother Bhavya was injured. Dodge Durango, heading south on 140th Avenue Northeast, crossed Bel-Red Road and T-boned a Nissan Sentra that was making a left turn onto Bel-Red Road. Family had moved to Bellevue from India four months ago. Girl’s father was in information technology for Starbucks. girl was an only child and that her family would return immediately to India for the funeral and might not come back. Crash Video Files – Sraddha Panchakarla, 2, Killed In 
      11. September 29, 2015 Oakland Artist Antonio Ramos Painting Non-Violence Mural Killed in Broad Daylight After Argument With Passerby 1 killed, suspect sought. In West Oakland, California, artist Antonio Ramos, 27 was working on an anti-violence mural when a passerby provoked an argument which turned into an apparent random shooting, as the offender killed his target and ran away. Officials say there is nothing to indicate the subject matter in the mural, called the Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project, sparked the violence. Police have not identified motive or suspect. (RT) (Breitbart) with gun stolen from federal agent 
      12. September 29, 2015 Danish police officer stabbed by rejected Palestinian breaking into office at asylum centre stateless Palestinian who was due to be expelled from Denmark was arrested for trying to kill a Danish police officer in a stabbing attack at Center Sandholm, Denmark's largest institution for asylum seekers. The man was scheduled to be sent out of Denmark after his asylum request was denied. Officer noticed light on in locked closed office,  when he checked, attacked by the suspect, who stabbed the officer in the neck and shoulder. Police are investigating whether it was a break-in gone awry or if there were other motives behind the attack.  Later Oct 1 established he was Islamist terrorist sympathizer and same man in this attack: Morgan Johansson Wikipedia  On March 23, 2015, Johansson was deliberately attacked as a man charged Johansson and sprayed him with a fire extinguisher.
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      Monday, September 28, 2015

      Washington State Incidents

      Washington State Incidents ---

      5 killed Thursday September 24, 2015  Seattle Ride The Ducks Accidentally Head On Rips Open Side of Tour Bus  For undetermined reasons a Ride the Ducks tour amphibious vehicle crossing the narrow Aurora bridge in Seattle apparently signaled left, driver called "oh no!" and suddenly swerved across the traffic dividing line, and into the side of an oncoming charter bus filled with international students. The force knocked off the front two tires, completely ripped out the forward left side of the bus, and sent the duck tail spinning backwards. A pickup also hit a SUV head on in the confusion. The Duck lacked an important modification recommended to fix a weakness in the front axle, and witnesses reported seeing blowout or tire falling off.


      May 30, 2012: Ian Stawicki, 40, shot five people at Cafe Racer in Northeast Seattle, killing four and wounding one, and then drove downtown and killed a woman near Town Hall. He fatally shot himself on a West Seattle sidewalk
      Nov. 29, 2009: Four Lakewood police officers were gunned down in a coffee shop south of Tacoma by Maurice Clemmons, who is later shot and killed by a Seattle police officer.
      April 4, 2009: James Harrison fatally shot all five of his kids, ages 7 through 16, in Graham and then drove to Auburn and killed himself.
      Sept. 2, 2008: Six people were shot and killed by Isaac Zamora, 29, and four others were injured in a rampage that started in Alger, Skagit County, and continued down Interstate 5 during a high-speed chase that ended when he gave up in Mount Vernon.
      Dec. 24, 2007: Six members of the same family were fatally shot in a Carnation home. Michele Anderson and her former boyfriend, Joseph McEnroe, are each charged with six counts of aggravated murder in the fatal shootings of her parents, her brother and his wife, and the couple’s two children. Anderson and McEnroe may face the death penalty.
      July 26, 2006: Naveed Haq attacked the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, making anti-Semitic statements before killing one woman and wounding five. He was sentenced to life in prison.
      March 25, 2006: Kyle Huff, 28, shot and killed six people and wounded two others in a house in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood before fatally shooting himself.
      Nov. 20, 2005: Dominick Maldonado wounded seven in a Tacoma Mall shooting rampage. He was sentenced to more than 163 years in prison.
      July 5, 1998: Five young men walked into the Trang Dai restaurant in Tacoma and fired nearly 60 bullets, killing five people and injuring five more in what were described as gang-related killings. Of the nine men charged in the case, two committed suicide, another was killed before trial, four pleaded guilty and two were convicted at trial.
      Feb. 2, 1996: At Frontier Middle School in Moses Lake, two students and one teacher were killed and another student was wounded when 14-year-old Barry Loukaitis opened fire on his algebra class. He is serving a life sentence.
      June 20, 1994: Airman Dean Mellberg, who had been discharged from the military for mental-health reasons, opened fire with a semiautomatic assault rifle at Spokane’s Fairchild Air Force Base hospital. Four people were killed and 22 were injured before Mellberg was shot and killed by a base security officer.
      Feb. 19, 1983: 13 people were slain during a robbery at the Wah Mee gambling parlor in Seattle’s Chinatown International District. Two men, Kwan Fai “Willie” Mak and Benjamin Ng, are serving life sentences for the Wah Mee killings. A third man, Tony Ng (no relation to Benjamin), was paroled this year and deported to Hong Kong.

      During the course of the shooting, Brendan (Dan) McKown, a legally armed citizen, intervened. McKown drew his 9mm CZ pistol and verbally commanded Maldonado to put down his gun. Maldonado's response was to fire on McKown, striking him once in the leg and four times in the torso, damaging McKown's spine and leaving him paralyzed. In addition to McKown, five other people were shot but not seriously injured, and a seventh person received a non-gunshot injury. At least one other person in the mall at the time also pulled a gun on Maldonado, but did not fire for fear of hitting innocent bystanders.[1]
      Maldonado then took four people hostage in a Sam Goody store, including two employees, a customer, and a 12-year-old boy whom he only briefly held captive before releasing. The attack began shortly after noon, and the hostage situation lasted until four p.m. when Maldonado surrendered to a Tacoma policeSWAT team without further incident.[2]
      Hostages taken during the incident chronicle their story on Biography Channel's I Survived....

      Police sought a young gunman Sunday after a shooting the day before at a busy Seattle-area shopping mall that killed one teenager and seriously wounded another.
      At least four people were detained and questioned after the shooting Saturday afternoon at Southcenter Mall, police Officer Mike Murphy said.
      Murphy said the shooting stemmed from a fight between two groups of people and may have been gang related. He said police expected to identify the gunman and make an arrest soon.
      The gunman and the two victims were all in their late teens or early 20s, authorities said.
      The Southcenter Mall in Tukwila was jammed with thousands of pre-Thanksgiving Day shoppers when the gunman fired shots after apparently getting into a quarrel with the two victims, police said.
      The mall, which covers 1.7 million square feet and includes more than 240 stores, reopened as usual Sunday morning with security officers visible.
      "Clearly, such a senseless act in our community heightens everyone's state of awareness and concern. Our security precautions reflect that heightened state," mall management said in an unsigned statement Sunday.
      The statement said mall owners would not comment because of the investigation but praised "the rapid response of the Tukwila police."
      Investigators were trying to determine what led to the shooting and the relationship between the shooter and the victims.
      SWAT teams from all over Puget Sound converged on the mall, which was locked down for six hours. Store employees and customers were allowed to exit in groups and Murphy said the shooter "must have got out with the crowd."
      One victim died at a hospital. A spokeswoman at Harborview Medical Center said the wounded young man's injuries were described as non-life-threatening.
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      Why were bystanders the ones that were killed while the alleged target was only injured? Was the motive really a random mass shooting? Was this really a terrorist attack on innocents staged as a gang dispute?

      5 killed 5 wounded Trang Dai massacre Tacoma WA The Trang Dai massacre in Tacoma, Washington occurred on July 5, 1998 when three  gunmen, one with AK-47 assault rifle; the other two had handguns entered the Trang Dai Cafe and opened fire, killing five diners and wounding five others. Detectives blamed the violence on warring Asian gangs, but  the suspects claimed to be targeting a patron, who was injured, because of a personal gripe, while all of those killed were merely "bystanders". The crime remains one of Tacoma's worst mass slayings.

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      Trang Dai massacre

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      The Trang Dai massacre in Tacoma, Washington occurred on July 5, 1998 when four gunmen entered the Trang Dai Cafe and opened fire, killing five diners and wounding five others. Detectives blamed the violence on warring Asian gangs.[1]

      Incident[edit]

      Just after 1:30 a.m. July 5, 1998, three masked gunmen burst into the Trang Dai Cafe and opened fire in the karaoke bar, killing four men and wounded five others. Two other gunmen kept watch out back and killed a waitress as she tried to leave. In all, 41 shots were fired.[2] The five killed were: Nhan Ai Nguyen, 26; Duy Le, 25; his brother, 27-year-old Hai Le; Tuong Hung Do, 33; and waitress Tuyen Vo, 21. Five were injured and eventually recovered from those injuries. Prosecutors claimed the suspects were targeting a patron, who was injured, because of a personal gripe. The crime remains one of Tacoma's worst mass slayings.[3]

      Investigation[edit]

      On July 18, 1998, Tacoma police officers conducted a large police operation in which they searched nine homes while looking for eight suspects in the case. Four were arrested during the operation. A fifth was arrested the next day on July 19.
      An AK-47 found at one of the suspects’ homes was traced back to Bull's Eye Shooter Supply. The same gun shop that was the source of the weapon used in theBeltway sniper attacks.
      The suspected ringleader, 22-year-old Ri Le, killed his younger half-brother, 17-year-old Khanh Trinh, (one of the gunman stationed at the back of the cafe) then himself in a murder-suicide pact as police officers closed in. The eighth suspect, 18-year-old Samath Mom, committed suicide in jail just a few hours after his arrest. The other five - Jimmie Chea, Marvin Leo, Veasna Sok, Sarun Truck Ngeth and John Phet - were convicted and sentenced.

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      Jump up^ "Family Grieves For Brothers Killed In Tacoma Shooting -- `A Wedding Becomes A Funeral' -- Theories Fly On Reason For Deadly Attack". Seattletimes.com. 1998-07-07.
      Jump up^ "The Trang Dai Massarce 10 years later - The News Tribune". Thenewstribune.com. 2008-06-05.
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