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IRL (In Real Life) => Current Events => Topic started by: bayonetbrant on January 06, 2015, 07:01:47 PM

Title: Shooter at VA Hospital in El Paso
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 06, 2015, 07:01:47 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/us/texas-va-shooting/index.html

QuoteTwo people were wounded Tuesday at the El Paso VA Health Care System in El Paso, Texas, where an active shooter was reported, multiple officials told CNN, citing preliminary information.

The shooter suffered a self-inflicted wound.

The extent of the injuries of all three was not immediately clear.

Earlier, a spokesman for the William Beaumont Army Medical Center, which is adjacent to the VA facility, had said the area was on lockdown.
Title: Re: Shooter at VA Hospital in El Paso
Post by: Steelgrave on January 06, 2015, 07:06:02 PM
My wife just applied there for her Psych residency. I know this shit happens, but damn.....
Title: Re: Shooter at VA Hospital in El Paso
Post by: LongBlade on January 06, 2015, 08:28:24 PM
Terrible. And too close to home, Steelie.

Let's hope this wasn't exacerbated by the problems around failed treatment.
Title: Re: Shooter at VA Hospital in El Paso
Post by: Steelgrave on January 06, 2015, 08:58:19 PM
I'm resigned to the fact there is only so much you can do to keep your loved ones safe. We all try to not let the possibilities make us crazy, be it a school shooting, workplace incident, auto accident or terminal disease, because there is nothing worse we can imagine than losing our loved ones. I find it particularly tragic when a veteran is involved, even more so when their target was a provider trying to help them. It's just sad.
Title: Re: Shooter at VA Hospital in El Paso
Post by: Airborne Rifles on January 06, 2015, 09:15:33 PM
Crap! The VA hospital there is attached to the hospital where my two oldest kids were born. Just read that the shooter is dead. I walked through the VA parking lot to get to the main hospital many times :(