Active shooter at high school in Alpine, Texas

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Daily News

An active shooter opened fire at Alpine High School in Alpine, Texas Thursday morning, police confirmed.

Alpine Police told the Daily News there is an active shooter at the school, and other schools in the district are in lockdown. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/shooter-alpine-high-school-texas-article-1.2783082?utm_content=buffer9addf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw

[shenmue]

1. ...

[atreides1]

2. So????

Where's that "good guy with a gun" at???

[LynneSin]

6. It's Texas - EVERYONE is a 'good guy with a gun'

So much for the argument that these shooters do their bidding in 'gun-free zones'

[Paladin]

11. It wouldn't be a Texas thread without some blanket Texas hatred, now would it?

"It's Texas - EVERYONE....."

"It's a black person - THEY ALL....."

"It's Jews - ALL OF THEM....."

[ronnie624]

21. Please,

I was born and raised here. I'm currently plotting my escape from this depressing place.

[LynneSin]

23. I have a spare room here in Delaware

Welcome to it

[ronnie624]

24. *

[Paladin]

25. Bon voyage.

I'm a fifth-generation Texan, a lifelong Democrat, and as long as smug blue-staters see fit to blanket-insult the entire population of my state here on DU, I will call them out on it. Happy landings to you.

[ronnie624]

26. Most of the people I know here

are either wingnuts, or are so abysmally ignorant, they're likely to vote for Trump. Texas will definitely go to the white nationalist. That does not speak favorably of the people here.

[Paladin]

28. "MOST of the people I know here....."

Congrats, you're one-up on the blue-staters who proclaim the entire population of Texas to be nothing more than a bunch of Rick Perry wannabes. And I agree with you---Trump will probably take the state. That's unfortunate, but it's also correctable. Like I said, bon voyage to you.

[Buzz Clik]

27. Of all the threads for a gaggle of malletheads to decide to shit on Texas.

Sad.

[Paladin]

29. Just keep challenging them. (nt)

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

51. Unfortunately, there is a strong inclination here

to make blanket statements about all of our states. "What's wrong with That State? is a common refrain. Or, the people in that state totally deserve the horrors that are happening there, as if every single person voted for their Governor or legislature.

I am fond of saying that we live in a country with fifty wonderful states. And while there are some states you couldn't pay me to live in, we still have fifty wonderful states. Because those states I think are wonderful are going to be thought of as totally horrible by some others. Plus, every time I'm about to say, "This particular state is just awful and I don't understand why every sensible person there doesn't just leave," someone will post some genuinely felt praise of that state, and who am I to say that person is wrong?

[tazkcmo]

41. I just escaped.

20 years in San Antonio, 3 in Dallas and 5 in El Paso. Both children born and raised there that agreed it has changed for the worse since King George won the governorship.

[ronnie624]

43. I have lots of fond memories of the desert around El Paso.

My brother and I, as kids, lived in Van Horn, and hiked miles and miles in that area, looking for fossils. The view of the sky at night is mesmerizing.

[Sand Rat Expat]

52. Some friends and I stopped in Van Horn during a road trip four years ago.

I thought it was quite a nice little town, and the people we met there were very friendly. The funniest part was that it seemed to us that it was the moth capital of the world. We were there in late April, and at night the moths were everywhere, and some of them seemed like they could grow up to be Mothra huge. Days later, we still had moths in the car. I've always wondered if that was normal for the area at that time of year, or just a strange fluke that we happened to be present for.

You're absolutely right about the night sky in the desert, though. I lived in Tucson AZ until I emigrated to Canada a few years back, and I always loved the desert at night. When you go out far enough from any cities or towns, it seems like you can see very single star in the universe!

[tenderfoot]

47. How about the blanket hatred many Texans have toward the rest of the country...

it would nice if they gave it a rest as well.

[Paladin]

48. Thanks for restricting your criticism to "many Texans."

That's a lot more discernment than a lot of DU Texas Haters choose to exhibit.

[MyNameGoesHere]

50. I don't hate Texas, I just feel better when I'm not there.

[yoduh99]

19. not quite

all schools are gun-free zones by federal law unless you have express consent from the specific school.

[LynneSin]

3. Well Texas is open carry so perhaps it'll be a shoot-out with all the gun nuts packing heat

You know the argument that gun nuts have told me is that many of these shootings happen in areas that are 'gun-free zones'.

Texas is off the deepend of gun craziness so there goes that argument.

Having said my rant, I hope someone gets this asshole shooter and that no one is harmed.

Lynne

[awoke_in_2003]

20. Don't care for gun nuts

but, even here, schools are gun free zones.

[tenderfoot]

39. Had no idea Texans followed laws. You'd think there'd be less crime with having the Death Penalty.

But that doesn't seem to work either.

[awoke_in_2003]

40. I know it may be a shock...

but not everyone here is Yosemite Sam.

[ileus]

30. People can open carry in schools in Texas?

[oneshooter]

38. No.

Open carry or concealed both need a Texas LTC. They can not legally carry inside the school building. Or outside if a school project/activity is happening.

[lib87]

4. Ugh

I hope the person shot will recover

[Siwsan]

5. CNN is covering this, right now

[sunnystarr]

15. really?

I've been watching CNN and they've been discussing Trump and Clinton all morning. Is there more than one CNN? I'm in Central zone and it's 10:24 am now.

[Siwsan]

18. No, really, they did. I'm in Michigan, and definitely saw them report the story

I posted as soon as I saw the coverage. I think they just aren't doing a binge coverage

[niyad]

7. . . .

[brooklynite]

8. UPDATE: County Sheriff's Office says there could be two shooters.

One person taken to hospital.

[SoCalMusicLover]

31. 10 Shooters

There are always 3 times as many shooters than there actually are.

So if there are 2 or 3 shooters, it means there is 1. Cops will always overstate, that way they can exercise their authority a little longer, and maintain the TERROR in people's minds so that when they come locked and loaded, they can lock everything down for several extra hours.

[struggle4progress]

9. ... all schools and administration buildings are in critical lockdown ...

http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Apparent-active-shooter-reported-at-Alpine-High-School-392737491.html

... Alpine ISD confirms that all schools and administration buildings are in critical lockdown Thursday morning. High school students will be released as soon as the all clear is given from the Jehovah's Witness church, according to the Alpine Avalanche. The Big Bend Regional Medical Center states that no deaths have been reported at this time ...
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Apparent-active-shooter-reported-at-Alpine-High-School-392737491.html

[struggle4progress]

10. 1 shot; 2 on loose, police say

By Jason Hanna and Joe Sutton, CNN
Updated 11:04 AM ET, Thu September 8, 2016
One person has been shot at Alpine High School in western Texas, and two shooters are believed to be on the loose, the Brewster County Sheriff's office said Thursday ...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/us/texas-high-school-shooting/

[struggle4progress]

12. Reports of shots fired at Alpine High School

Published 09/08 2016 07:59AM
Updated 09/08 2016 07:59AM
... The report came in just after 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning, Big Bend Now, the regional newspaper for the area, is currently reporting that two people are injured in the shooting. One has been transported to Big Bend Regional Hospital and the second has been transported to an undisclosed hospital ...
http://www.elpasoproud.com/news/local/el-paso-news/breaking-reports-of-shots-fired-at-alpine-high-school

[ananda]

13. One shot, two on the loose.

Last I read.

On edit.. not sure about the numbers.

[kag]

14. My aunt and uncle live in Alpine.

It's a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere. I hope this resolves quickly.

[etherealtruth]

16. Absolutely horrible :-(

[brooklynite]

17. UPDATE: One Person Dead

One person is dead after Thursday morning's shooting at Texas' Alpine High School, according to Brewster County Attorney J. Steve Houston. The shooting happened in the school's band hall, Houston said.

[struggle4progress]

22. Girl shoots and wounds other girl at Alpine High School in Texas, then kills herself

JASON SILVERSTEIN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

A girl at Alpine High School in Texas shot and wounded another girl before fatally turning the gun on herself Thursday morning, police said.

The shooting happened in a bathroom before 8 a.m., law enforcement officials told ABC7 New York.

Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson said the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The other girl was wounded, he said.

A police officer was also accidentally shot and wounded by a marshal at the school, Dodson said ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/shooter-alpine-high-school-texas-article-1.2783082

[maxsolomon]

32. Gun in the hands of a minor.

I do believe that is against the law. Parental negligence.

And the "good guy with a gun" shot another good guy.

Don't change, America. I know you can't.

[Egnever]

33. Nothing like lead flying all over the place to make people feel safe

[Judi Lynn]

37. At least they both know they're "good guys." They'll have to find a bad guy to shoot to fix it. n/t

[Old Vet]

34. Let me get this straight, School monitor shoots cop by accident.........

During this tragic incident. Wonder if it was a NRA sponsored gun training class he went too.

[Skittles]

36. and they want teachers to be armed

gun humper logic

[wordpix]

42. Alpine is a lovely little town near big bend np

Sad

[Initech]

44. When is this shit going to stop???

[wordpix]

45. not as long as the NRA is puppetmaster and Tparty idiots run Congress

[Initech]

46. I was telling my parents last night

When I was in elementary school (80's) the worst things we had to worry about were fires and bad air quality. We never in a million years heard the term "active shooter". We never heard of a guy with an AK47 walking into a crowded building to start killing everything that moves. And now that that's a thing - scares the living shit out of me! And yeah fuck the NRA and the Tea Party. They created this mess. They get to fix it.

And fuck Mitch McConnell too who wants to give the NRA a free pass to approve whatever SCOTUS justice they want.

[ManiacJoe]

49. Children were taught better back then.