. . CRIME AND CRIMINALS: MURDER HOMICIDE : GUNS AND GUN CONTROL : ORGANIZATIONS: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL (ALEC) : UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY : UNITED STATES: STATES: MARYLAND: Shooting at Columbia, Md., Mall Leaves 3 Dead . . Shooting at Columbia, Md., Mall Leaves 3 Dead By Paul Duggan, Emma Brown and Peter Hermann, Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2013 8:30 PM Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ mall-in-columbia-on-lockdown-amid-reports-of-shooter/ 2014/01/25/4b3e8fb2-85e2-11e3-b85b-b305db87fb90_story.html . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/nq6nxge . .It happened just after 11 a.m., about 25 miles north of Washington, when a gunman opened fire on the malls second level, killing two employees of Zumiez, a clothing store for skateboarders and snowboarders, Howard County police said. Minutes later, when officers arrived, they found the shooter dead of an apparently self-inflicted wound.
.Though the violence ended quickly, the fear it caused among hundreds of shoppers lasted through the early afternoon, as workers and patrons rushed toward exits or huddled in hiding. Heavily armed officers dressed for combat scoured the mall, worried that the attacker might have had an accomplice. It turned out that he didnt, police said.
.Lauryn Stapleton, who works in the mall, was at a McDonalds on the first level getting food for her boss when she heard loud noises and saw three people drop to the floor near an escalator.
.I was standing there when it happened, said Stapleton, 18, shivering in the malls parking lot awhile later. I didnt know what to do. What immediately came to mind, she said, was this: Im going to die!
.Police identified the slain employees as Brianna Benlolo, 21, of College Park, and Tyler Johnson, 25, of Ellicott City, a few miles from the mall.
.As darkness fell Saturday, with the shopping complex still a sprawling crime scene, police continued trying to determine the motive for the shooting. There are still a lot of details we need to confirm, Police Chief William J. McMahon said.
.McMahon said police did not fire any weapons during the incident, as officers found the shooter dead when they arrived, laden with ammunition. A shotgun was on the floor nearby. It appears that the assailant did not target anyone else in the mall.
.A law enforcement official said Saturday night that police also had identified the assailant and were drafting paperwork to obtain a warrant to search his Maryland home. Speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, the official said the killer used a 12-gauge pump-action Mossberg shotgun.
.The three bodies were found in and outside the Zumiez store, McMahon said, adding that the shooter had a large amount of ammunition on or about him. The police chief said five other people in the mall needed medical treatment, one for a shotgun wound that was described as not life-threatening, the others for minor injuries they suffered in the frantic mass exodus from the shopping complex.
.Records show the shooter bought the gun in Maryland within the past few months, according to a law enforcement official, who said the victims appeared to have been hit by buckshot.
.George Sliker, an uncle of Johnson, said he and other relatives frantically tried to contact Johnson after they heard about the shooting. After failing to reach him, Sliker said, they began calling hospitals. Then they drove to the mall.
.The odds keep narrowing, said Sliker, 67, of Upper Marlboro. They couldnt get anybody to tell them anything. It was horrible for them. He described his slain nephew as polite and upbeat a likable kid and said he could not fathom why anyone would want to shoot him.
.Its very hard on the family, of course, Sliker said. He just seemed like an ordinary kid who was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
. . The complete article may be read at the URL above. . . Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@xxxxxxxxxx http://workface.com/e/daviddillard Net-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html Index: http://tinyurl.com/myxb4w General Internet & Print Resources http://guides.temple.edu/general-internet COUNTRIES http://guides.temple.edu/general-country-info EMPLOYMENT http://guides.temple.edu/EMPLOYMENT TOURISM http://guides.temple.edu/tourism DISABILITIES http://guides.temple.edu/DISABILITIES INDOOR GARDENING http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ Educator-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/ K12ADMINLIFE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/ The Russell Conwell Learning Center Research Guide: THE COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER http://tinyurl.com/yae7w79 Information Literacy http://guides.temple.edu/infolit Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o and also at http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/ Twitter: davidpdillard Temple University Site Map https://sites.google.com/site/templeunivsitemap/home Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds), Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit, Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books. Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay David P. Dillard http://tinyurl.com/p63whl INDOOR GARDENING Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ SPORT-MED https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/ http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/ http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html . . Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU in search results for Net-Gold and related lists. The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145 Temple University Listserv Alert : Years 2009 and 2010 Eliminated from Archives https://sites.google.com/site/templeuniversitylistservalert/ . .