Portland OR: School Shooting

[MinutemanCO]

I've got a gut feeling, and maybe I'm expressing what's already been accepted here, that we are headed down the unavoidable slippery slope to some federally mandated and quite oppressive gun control. This thing and every incident that follows is going to be politicized beyond anything we've seen to date. The Left will do everything they can to disarm the people. Watch the proposed legislation be presented by our so-called leaders and watch the implementation in the months and years to come.

Couple this with Holder's home-grown terrorist mumbo jumbo and you have a comprehensive movement to quell all opposition to the leftist tyranical regime. Sad to say, if the people don't get organized in short order, we're going down.

[Ryan Ruck]

Great. An AR-15...

[American Patriot]

MMCO is right. First Bundy... then the nut cases shooting cops, then the school. Now Obama is crying about how he is ashamed of America not being more like Europe. Then Holder coming out about stopping "all domestic terrorists" and deciding who is a terrorist and who isn't.

[American Patriot]

CBS/APJune 12, 2014, 5:23 AM
Oregon school shooting: Picture emerging of teen gunman Jared Michael Padgett

Jared Michael Padgett in undated photo


TROUTDALE, Ore. -- Jared Michael Padgett was a straight-arrow kid who had a fascination with guns, planned a career in the military and was deeply devoted to his Mormon faith, those who knew him say.


And they're all wondering why the 15-year-old took an assault rifle, a handgun and nine ammunition magazines to his high school and killed a fellow freshman, injured a teacher and took his own life.


Police said Wednesday that they have not been able to establish a link between Padgett and Emilio Hoffman, the 14-year-old who was shot dead in a locker room.


Police have not said what they think Padgett's motive might have been, or whether they believe Padgett had a specific target when he arrived at Reynolds High School in Troutdale Tuesday morning or planned a random shooting.


Padgett was passionate about guns and had a temper, but he also seemed like a nice and normal kid, students say.


"He always talked about guns," said Kaylah Ensign, a student who had a class with Padgett and was a close friend of the victim. She said Padgett could be kind and respectful but sometimes got angry.


"He helped kids, and I never would have thought he would do that," Ensign recalled. "And he was really neat."


Freshman Daniel DeLong, 15, said he would see Padgett in the halls but did not have any classes with him.


"Honestly, he looked like a really nice kid, like somebody you'd want to have on your side," DeLong said.


Earl Milliron, a close friend of the Padgett family, said Jared planned a career in the military, was a devout Mormon and was ordained as a deacon at age 12. He was so dependable at church, Milliron said, that the bishop appointed Jared president of the deacons' quorum.


"His father never told me he was worried about Jared. And I never suspected that he had serious problems," said Milliron, 86, who has known the Padgett family for more than 25 years and belongs to the same church ward. "I refuse in my mind to believe that Jared Michael who did the shooting is the same Jared Michael I knew."


Padgett's oldest brother had served in the military in Afghanistan and the younger boy was planning the same path, Milliron said. Jared Padgett was in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and was proud to be seen in his uniform.


Padgett's parents had separated about five years ago, and the father raised the couple's six children, Milliron said.


"I saw Jared at church every Sunday," he said. "He was very quiet, I never saw him angry, he was extremely even-tempered, he was always at the best possible behavior."

Padgett had taken the weapons used in the attack from his family home, Troutdale Police Chief Scott Anderson said.


"The weapons had been secured, but he defeated the security measures," the chief said.


Padgett took a school bus to campus and carried a guitar case and duffel bag. But police declined to say if the weapons had been concealed in the baggage.

Friends of Padgett said he didn't appear angry when he boarded the bus but questioned why he was carrying the guitar case and duffel bag, reports CBS Portland, Oregon affiliate KOIN-TV.


"A few of our friends asked what was in the bag. He said it was a stand for his uniforms and said he had sports gear," said Jose Garcia, who grew up with Padgett.


At school, Padgett headed to a gymnasium that was detached from the main building and shot Hoffman in a locker room, authorities said. He also wounded physical education teacher Todd Rispler, who managed to make his way to an office and warn administrators about the shooting. A lockdown was ordered, and authorities notified.


As the gunman moved through a hallway, he encountered two officers, exchanged fire with one of them, and went into a restroom, Anderson said.

Padgett was later found dead in the bathroom.


Jennifer Hoffman, the mother of the victim, said Emilio loved his friends and sports, especially soccer. He had a sister and three brothers, along with a number of foster siblings he had grown up with.


She says he enjoyed science and history, but soccer was his whole life.


She urged his friends to "be happy like Emilio. Smile like him. Laugh like him."

[Ryan Ruck]

Now I see why this fell off the radar so fast...

Armed Guards Ended Reynolds High School Attack

June 11, 2014

When a teenage student brought a gun into Troutdale, Oregon's Reynolds High School on June 10, the carnage he could have caused was cut short by two armed resource officers who ran toward the sound of the shots.

The officers--Nick Thompson and Kyle Harris--closed in on the shooter's proximity in "less than a minute."

According to Oregon Live, "Troutdale Police Chief Scott Anderson credited the two resource officers... for preventing further carnage." Said Anderson: "I believe their quick response saved many of our students' lives."

"At least one of the officers fired shots," he added.

In December, Breitbart News reported that the presence of an armed guard cut Karl Halverson Pierson's December 14 attack on Arapahoe High School to 80 seconds. At Sandy Hook Elementary, where there was no armed guard, Adam Lanza had approximately four unimpeded minutes to carry out his evil intent.

[Malsua]

Has anyone mentioned if he was on SSRI? It's a common thread on all of these shootings, so I'm expecting it to be found here.

[MinutemanCO]

I've done a quick search and SSRIs are conspicuously absent. The one thing I did find which might be related in a backward way was that the family was raised strictly Mormon. This, in fact, might actually prohibit the use of SSRIs as a treatment. Some who commented on the shooter said he never exhibited signs of depression.

A bit of a mystery as to what made him snap.

[American Patriot]

So.... ARMED GUARDS stopped worse damage?

And the media DROPPED THE STORY????A

Amazing.