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[shandy706]

A (firefighter) paramedic/emergency responder has been shot..developing

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A gunman shot a member of the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department Monday, according to a tweet from the city's police department. The Dallas Police Department described the incident as an active shooter situation, according to CNN affiliate KTVT. The injured person was transported to a hospital, Dallas police told KTVT. The person's condition is unknown.

The Dallas Police Association tweeted Monday that officers were "pinned down by gunfire," and the Dallas Police Department confirmed a member of Dallas Fire Rescue was transported to a hospital.

The shooting occurred across the street from a fire-rescue training center in East Dallas late in the morning.

The Dallas Morning News reports the firefighter may have been hit multiple times and is in surgery at Baylor Medical Center. There are reports other people may have been wounded.

Hope all recover/are safe out there.


Edit* Changed to Paramedic/Emergency Responder now

Local news is saying the firefighter has coded multiple times, but is still alive, but in critical condition. There are also now at least two armored vehicles in the area they're searching around I-30 and Dolphin.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/shooter-opens-fire-on-paramedics-in-east-dallas/435604002

Live feed above of Channel 8 News

Edit 2* Saying a civilian was shot too.

Apparently the initial response was to a "Suicide Call".

 

[pelicansurf]

These stories are becoming entirely too frequent. What the fuck is wrong with people?

 

[Razmos]

Again? I'm shocked.

 

[SpaceWolf]

These stories are becoming entirely too frequent.

"Becoming"?

 

[PhantomThief]

These stories are becoming entirely too frequent. What the fuck is wrong with people?

Easy access to guns?

 

[#sorrynotsorry]

These stories are becoming entirely too frequent.

I'm not sure about that. They're just normally not national news. People are starting to care.

 

[The Salt Life]

These stories are becoming entirely too frequent. What the fuck is wrong with people?

Change in weather is all I can guess, people tend to get crazier in the spring and summer months. Being serious.

 

[whitemex88]

Can't wait to hear the President's response if any

 

[RPGCrazied]

We have the wrong President if we want this to change.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

"Becoming"?

This is what I was thinking.

We have the wrong P̶r̶e̶s̶i̶d̶e̶n̶t̶ elected officials if we want this to change.

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

Can't wait to hear the President's response if any

if the shooter is white, you won't

if the shooter is brown you probably will

 

[pizzacat]

people are dead time to advance my agenda of talking about the president in everything

 

[RinsFury]

Can't wait to hear the President's response if any

Depends if the shooter is white or not.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Just called my friend who was working nights to ask him to stay in his house. I work in Fort Worth so we're in the clear but Jesus christ. What is happening.

 

[Glix]

people are dead time to advance my agenda of talking about the president in everything

Did the most powerful man in the country just say a day or two ago that the 2nd amendment will "no longer be under assault"?

But you're right, it makes no sense to bring him up here.

It's better than the last eight years of "holy shit, this guy is black, gotta make up outright lies to advance my agenda!"

 

[studyguy]

people are dead time to advance my agenda of talking about the president in everything

The president just spoke at the NRA this weekend. I don't know what you expect.

Anyway fuck these shooters.

 

[Carn82]

This is what I was thinking.

At first I was like "Wow, that took some Christmas spirit to be nice throughout December but then I realised the report is from late November 2015. Doh.

 

[theechrisfox]

The president just spoke at the NRA this weekend. I don't know what you expect.



Anyway fuck these shooters.

This picture should be at the top of every headline that involves shooting.

 

[Ajax125]

These stories are becoming entirely too frequent. What the fuck is wrong with people?

That's because it's being reported more frequently

 

[zeemumu]

This is what I was thinking.

How many people have to get shot to qualify as a mass shooting and not just a shooting?

Edit: ah, 4+

 

[y2dvd]

That's because it's being reported more frequently

And yet nothing changes sadly.

 

[mackattk]

Still waiting around for Trump to comment on one of these mass shootings like Obama did.

 

[Stinkles]

From my tiny red hands.

 

[.Detective.]

Same shit, different day...

Horrible

 

[besada]

Local news is saying the firefighter has coded multiple times, but is still alive, but in critical condition. There are also now at least two armored vehicles in the area they're searching around I-30 and Dolphin.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/shooter-opens-fire-on-paramedics-in-east-dallas/435604002

Live feed above of Channel 8 News

 

[shandy706]

Local news is saying the firefighter has coded multiple times, but is still alive, but in critical condition. There are also now at least two armored vehicles in the area they're searching around I-30 and Dolphin.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/shooter-opens-fire-on-paramedics-in-east-dallas/435604002

Live feed above of Channel 8 News

Thanks for the update.

Edit* They keep saying they don't know if that ambulance the camera is focused on is the one that was possibly shot. Do they not see the windows are destroyed in it?

I swear these people are blind sometimes.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Stay safe, y'all

 

[besada]

The gunman suspected of opening fire on and critically wounding a Dallas paramedic providing aid to a shooting victim Monday morning has been found dead inside a home along with another deceased person, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings confirmed Monday afternoon.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Da...fficers-Pinned-Down-by-Gunfire-420911734.html

The injured Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic is in critical but stable condition and has been moved to the ICU after undergoing surgery. Rawlings said the paramedic will need additional surgeries and extensive medical treatment to fully recover.

Dallas police said during a news conference Monday afternoon the initial shooting in the Dolphin Heights neighborhood was sparked by a dispute between neighbors along the 3200 block of Reynolds Avenue at about 11:30 a.m.

Interim Dallas Chief of Police David Pughes said as officers arrived they were immediately under fire and were trying to maintain cover. Pughes said an arriving Dallas police sergeant placed himself in extreme risk and went in alone to pull out the injured paramedic.

The sergeant then put the medic in his patrol car and drove him to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, saving the medic's life, Pughes said.

 

[Generate]

These stories are becoming entirely too frequent. What the fuck is wrong with people?

Mental illness not being addressed seriously

 

[LucidMomentum]

Mental illness not being addressed seriously

And poor gun regulations and laws, irresponsible gun owners, and ease of access to firearms.

 

[Hellwarden]

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Da...fficers-Pinned-Down-by-Gunfire-420911734.html

Well at least it seems like the paramedic will survive. Good work by that sergeant.

 

[besada]

Mental illness not being addressed seriously

Except there's no evidence whatsoever that this has anything to do with mental illness, beyond the tired tautology that only someone mentally ill could commit a gun crime.

 

[Escape Goat]

This was right down the street from me

 

[Generate]

And poor gun regulations and lots, irresponsible gun owners, and ease of access to firearms.

Nah. Regulations are fine.
Irresponsible gun owners for sure though.

 

[shandy706]

Nah. Regulations are fine.
Irresponsible gun owners for sure though.

As a gun owner, and concealed carrier.

No...no they aren't. Not even close.

 

[Aces&Eights]

Except there's no evidence whatsoever that this has anything to do with mental illness, beyond the tired tautology that only someone mentally ill could commit a gun crime.

I think anyone who would open fire at other human beings for no reason at all has mental issues. They might not fall into the standard categories but something is def not right upstairs.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Nah. Regulations are fine.
Irresponsible gun owners for sure though.

I don't know how anyone can look at the way the regulations are in this country and just say "nah, it's all good"

 

[Head of Vengarl]

Man, what kind of shitheel do you have to be to shoot a first responder

 

[Emperor_Uriel]

In my mind, the major contributing factors are:

-Decreased economic security for middle/working class families.

-Increased diversity leading to racially-motivated attacks.

-Lack of readily-available and affordable mental health services for adults.

-Lack of mandatory mental health care and evaluations for children.

-Easily-accessible guns without background checks.

Maladaptive behaviors are left to fester, rather than being addressed early-on in a person's life. They grow more hateful and unstable, other political/economic factors increase the pressure, and they eventually snap.

 

[captive]

That's because it's being reported more frequently

yea for sure. ten year ago there was no cable news, no internet, now with all this technology people have started to actually report news.

 

[Cappa]

yea for sure. ten year ago there was no cable news, no internet, now with all this technology people have started to actually report news.

Lol 10 years ago there was definitely Internet and cable news come on man.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Have they yet released name and pics of the shooter?

EDIT:

nvm, it's Derick Lamont Brown.

 

[Icedburden]

Lol 10 years ago there was definitely Internet and cable news come on man.

Pretty sure he was being more sarcastic.
Social media is far more prevalent and negative than ever though.

 

[DarkestHour]

These stories are becoming entirely too frequent. What the fuck is wrong with people?

Not really "becoming". Try living near Chicago. For some reason nobody cares about shootings unless it is something the news outlets can sensationalize.