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Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:08 pm
by barracuda
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http://www.khou.com/news/local/At-least ... 46521.html

At least 15 people were injured and a suspect was in custody after a stabbing at the Cy-Fair campus of Lone Star College Tuesday morning.

The suspect is Dylan Quick, 20, a law enforcement source told the Chronicle.

The stabbings happened about 11:20 a.m. at the campus at 9191 Barker Cypress, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Deputy Thomas Gilliland, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, said one suspect was detained after he was wrestled to the ground by a student.

Sheriff Adrian Garcia initially said in a statement that the suspect was a 21-year-old student.

"The entire campus is being searched for evidence," the statement said.

The incident happened near the campus Health Science Center, according to an alert on the college website.

Capt. Robert Rasa of the Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department said 12 people were rushed to area hospitals after the stabbings while three others were treated on the scene. He said many of the injuries were stab wounds to the face and neck area.

Six patients were taken to the Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute, which is part of Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center, said hospital spokeswoman Alejandra Rodriguez. Four of those patients were transported by Life Flight medical helicopter and two were taken by ground ambulance, she said.

At midafternoon Tuesday, two of the patients at Hermann were in critical condition, three were upgraded to good condition and one was discharged, Rodriguez said.

The other hospitalized victims had minor injuries and were taken to North Cypress Medical Center, Rasa said.

Gilliland said investigators were trying to determine what sparked the stabbings, but they appeared to be random. No weapon has been found and initial reports indicate the suspect may have used a knife or pencil.

Students could be seen running away from buildings and the campus was locked down as police searched for a potential second attacker and relayed the news to other students. Two buildings were affected.

Michelle Alvarez saw the attacker running toward other students and tried to back out of the way. She said she didn't even feel it as he swiped her neck. There was a small red line running down her wind pipe.

"He came running and swinging at my neck, as I tried to get out of the way," she said.

Cassius Roberts, 22, said he saw a man running with several people chasing and trying to stop him. He didn't know what was going on as he walked from the building to his car. He returned to campus and saw a victim with her mouth slashed open. He saw a student wrestle the suspect to the ground.

"When I was walking down the halls, I was just looking over my shoulder and left feeling wary of everything," he said. "As the story unfolded I realized it was horrible."

Laura Pedraza, 19, said she saw everyone running and screaming and crying and suddenly the campus was locked down. She was at the scene in the aftermath of the attack.

"It was really scary," she said. "We didn't know what was going on."

This is the second incident in recent months at the college.

On Jan. 22, three people were wounded in a shooting at the college's North Harris campus in the 2700 block of W. W. Thorne. Confusion initially surrounded that incident, with one of the victims being erroneously charged in the shooting. Later, charges were dropped against him and deputies identified the gunmen as Trey Foster, who was then arrested and charged in the incident.

The Cy-Fair campus serves about 19,000 students. It is one of six campuses that make up Lone Star, which touts itself as the fast-growing community college system in the nation.


http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas ... 420907.php

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:35 pm
by operator kos
Okay, I'll be the one to state the obvious. We're long overdue for some strict regulations on who we let own knives, or at least certain types of knives. Remember that mass stabbing that just happened in China a few months ago? How much longer are we going to allow knife manufacturers to put profits over people's safety and peace of mind?

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:45 pm
by justdrew
no body died from this knife (or pencil or whatever) :wink

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:08 pm
by DrEvil
Would be "interesting" to know the results if that pencil/knife had been a semi-automatic rifle. :wallhead:

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:37 pm
by barracuda
Dylan Quick, the 20-year-old suspect in stabbings Tuesday at Lone Star College, told investigators after his arrest that "he has had fantasies of stabbing people to death since he was in elementary school," the Harris County, Texas, Sheriff's Office said. He added that he'd been planning Tuesday's attack "for some time," according to the sheriff's office.

The suspect in an attack Tuesday at a Lone Star College campus in Cypress, Texas, used "a razor-type knife" while stabbing the victims, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said. Pieces of a blade were found in at least one victim, and the handle of such a knife was in the backpack of the suspect when he was arrested, according to the sheriff's office.


http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/09/justice/t ... index.html

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:10 am
by MinM
The timing of this is interesting. Coming on the heels of some Texas DAs getting gunned down...

http://www.today.com/news/son-slain-tex ... aynewsmain

BTW enjoy the NRA500 @ Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday:
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Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:54 am
by norton ash
You will take away my knife only when you pry my cold, dead... OW, fuck...

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:24 pm
by operator kos
DrEvil wrote:Would be "interesting" to know the results if that pencil/knife had been a semi-automatic rifle. :wallhead:


Well, I own a semi-automatic rifle myself, and yet, amazingly enough, I've managed to never shoot anybody with it. Don't hurt your head there.

They ain't no good for nothin' else

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:25 pm
by IanEye
Dylan Quick, the 20-year-old suspect in stabbings Tuesday at Lone Star College, told investigators after his arrest that "he has had fantasies of stabbing people to death since he was in elementary school," the Harris County, Texas, Sheriff's Office said. He added that he'd been planning Tuesday's attack "for some time," according to the sheriff's office.


operator kos wrote:Well, I own a semi-automatic rifle myself, and yet, amazingly enough, I've managed to never shoot anybody with it.

So, are you telling us that similar to Mr. Quick you have in the past headed out into society with a weapon, intending to harm others?
But, as it turns out, you lack the technical proficiency with a firearm to actually successfully wound/kill someone?

operator kos wrote:Don't hurt your head there.

If you are that poor a shot you may want to heed your own advice.

pour a shot of whiskey, "you might even shoot yourself".

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:17 pm
by Elihu
So, are you telling us that similar to Mr. Quick you have in the past headed out into society with a weapon, intending to harm others?
But, as it turns out, you lack the technical proficiency with a firearm to actually successfully wound/kill someone?
if i take the ianeye meaning correctly, you see how this works operator? tis not to wonder at the sickness of society but rather, turn the whole thing into a daycare (asylum imo) by prohibiting dangerous toys. i sense no appeal to misdirected personal vindictiveness, just the incredible pathos of love for the collective.
If you are that poor a shot you may want to heed your own advice.

pour a shot of whiskey, "you might even shoot yourself".
the method will be (is) to ferret out antisocial thought criminals such as yourself. adult rational behavior is not something to be relied upon. they may be right. but, can the new boss be relied upon? manifestations of care, love and concern notwithstanding? beware the con...

same as it ever was

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:44 pm
by IanEye
IanEye wrote:
so, here is a summation of where we stand at this point in the discussion:

elihu seems to be taking a "Don't Tread On Me" approach:


and perhaps laying most of the troubles we face at the feet of a few "Damn Yankees"



while most other folks here at RI seem to be moved by a more non violent approach:


we don't mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadence, while at the same time we see no point in attempting to feed on the powerless as our cups are over filled already.


wait, this is the wrong thread isn't it? sigh, nevermind...


good call with that "daycare" line though elihu! brings to mind the events at Newtown, and you know, the bullet riddled bodies of children.
eye'm sure you're a riot at the PTA meetings, i bet you go over like Rand Paul at Howard University.

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:22 pm
by Elihu
good call with that "daycare" line though elihu! brings to mind the events at Newtown, and you know, the bullet riddled bodies of children.
nice cross post! aaaawwww, you gotta be kidding me! nobody would / could extract any money out of this. it's a net-net win-win for everybody. prohibition always makes society alot better. i trust you. now that you mention it, the gestapo department of fatherland homeland "security" buying all those bullets and armored vehicles does bring to mind masses of bullet-riddled bodies. aw but that's never happened before has it? at least it won't be innocent children...

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:26 pm
by 82_28
And all on the heels of the TSA "allowing" knives on planes "again" but not box cutters as they are still too upsetting.

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:01 pm
by justdrew
yeah, who can forget when Australia slaughtered it's disarmed population?

Re: Texas campus mass stabbing event.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:03 pm
by Hunter
First thing that comes to my mind is this is some sort of right wing psy op to somehow show that guns arent the problem. Awfully timely, coming precisely when Congress is in heavy debate over gun legislation.