ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

The Houston shooting was one perp from my city, he had ptsd from serving in Afghanistan.

Thanks Biggie, I was wondering why it took much longer than usual for the identity of the suspect(s) to be released.

I just looked for updates; the shooter was from Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Seems he had friends in Houston but it doesn't seem there was a second shooter involved, as was originally reported.

However, another civilian with a gun was at the scene. Maybe that's what caused the confusion? Turns out that civilian tried to stop the gunman and was instead shot himself.

The gunman is now confirmed to have been Dionisio Garza III, 26.

The Houston police chief pointed out that civilians carrying guns shouldn't try to stop an active shooter and put themselves in a position to become victims -- they should instead rely on police to do their jobs.

Garza was able to shoot and kill 56-year-old Eugene Linscomb (RIP) with a pistol and wound six others (including two police officers) with an AR15. He fired off over 200 rounds at random civilians and responding officers before he was killed by a SWAT sniper.

Refs:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hous...752dcc134c
http://www.click2houston.com/news/exclus...s-troubled