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XdrewsiferX

Sep 13 2006, 12:17 PM

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews....me-C1-topNews-3

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MONTREAL (Reuters) - At least one gunman dressed in a black trenchcoat opened fire in a downtown Montreal college on Wednesday, and early reports said four people had died.

Students fled in panic from the building, and eyewitnesses reported blood on its entry steps, and inside the cafeteria where many of the shots were fired.

"It was the most scary thing that has ever happened to me," student Michael Boyer told CBC Television. "We ran out of the building as a SWAT team was coming in. They were screaming 'Where is he? Where is he?' And when you have 20 police running at you with guns you really know that your life is in danger."

Hospital officials told local television stations that 12 people had been injured, and six were in critical condition.

Phix

Sep 13 2006, 12:42 PM

Wow.

Second time a college/university was shot up in Montreal.

Cyclone

Sep 13 2006, 12:50 PM

Phix do you know anything about this?

porschedream

Sep 13 2006, 12:53 PM

I heard about this on my way home, it freaks me out about how these things happen. I really don't know what to say anymore. Montreal was always a city of borders. The line between the rich and the poor are clearly drawn out if you drive around the city. The area inwhich I live in is really awkward, because in one section you have the most expensive neighbourhood of the city, but if you continue a bit longer you find yourself in the poorest neighbourhood of the city.

z0ne

Sep 13 2006, 01:42 PM

QUOTE(porschedream @ Sep 13 2006, 04:53 PM)

I heard about this on my way home, it freaks me out about how these things happen. I really don't know what to say anymore. Montreal was always a city of borders. The line between the rich and the poor are clearly drawn out if you drive around the city. The area inwhich I live in is really awkward, because in one section you have the most expensive neighbourhood of the city, but if you continue a bit longer you find yourself in the poorest neighbourhood of the city.

That's kind of like here, where I go to school. In the city of Hartford, it's liquor store after liquor store after fried chicken place after liquor store. The entire city just screams "poverty." But, once you cross this one-laned bridge into West Hartford, million-dollar-mansions are the norm. Right across the street from the University entrance lies a 5-story estate. It still amazes me that the lines, literal or not, between rich and poor are still so common.

Anyway, back on topic: The shootings come as such a shock to me. I had always pictured Montreal as a nice place to live with minimal violence, but, I had never been there. It seems that the whole black trenchcoat thing is the staple for school-shooters, starting with Columbine, Colorado.

eraser_rx

Sep 13 2006, 03:55 PM

i was at the McGill metro/subway after school......they blocked one direction

idiot

Sep 13 2006, 03:55 PM

My brother and sister were at a college near the one that the shooting happened.. and I was 2 metro stations away from there..

I was shocked.. I had a 4 hour break so I just sat in front of a computer and listened to radio live..

omg..

porschedream

Sep 13 2006, 04:29 PM

QUOTE(z0ne @ Sep 13 2006, 05:42 PM)

That's kind of like here, where I go to school. In the city of Hartford, it's liquor store after liquor store after fried chicken place after liquor store. The entire city just screams "poverty." But, once you cross this one-laned bridge into West Hartford, million-dollar-mansions are the norm. Right across the street from the University entrance lies a 5-story estate. It still amazes me that the lines, literal or not, between rich and poor are still so common.

Anyway, back on topic: The shootings come as such a shock to me. I had always pictured Montreal as a nice place to live with minimal violence, but, I had never been there. It seems that the whole black trenchcoat thing is the staple for school-shooters, starting with Columbine, Colorado.

The truth is that, as a city Montreal isn't THAT amazing to live in. The drivers are idiotic, some of the people are arrogant, the car dealerships are pretentious and the city is filthy. Don't expect to drive your new Porsche anywhere either because the majority of the roads here are so poorly kept, that it's unusually NOT to see a 4 inch deep pothole. What really makes me stay here in Montreal is the fact that the nightlife is so unique, and there is so much hustle and bustle downtown. The centre core of our city is what maks me stay here. Everything about downtown makes me love it more and more.

leif

Sep 13 2006, 05:55 PM

I think the new update is

19 wounded

1 innocent dead

1 crazy gunman dead

Benny

Sep 13 2006, 09:53 PM

QUOTE(porschedream @ Sep 13 2006, 05:29 PM)

The truth is that, as a city Montreal isn't THAT amazing to live in. The drivers are idiotic, some of the people are arrogant, the car dealerships are pretentious and the city is filthy. Don't expect to drive your new Porsche anywhere either because the majority of the roads here are so poorly kept, that it's unusually NOT to see a 4 inch deep pothole. What really makes me stay here in Montreal is the fact that the nightlife is so unique, and there is so much hustle and bustle downtown. The centre core of our city is what maks me stay here. Everything about downtown makes me love it more and more.

true! i already left my family behind there

fiber optic

Sep 14 2006, 03:12 AM

Did anybody return fire?

NorthPoint

Sep 14 2006, 03:16 AM

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Gunman in Montreal college shooting called himself 'angel of death'

The gunman who went on a shooting spree at a Montreal college on Wednesday left an online journal with chilling comments and photos of himself brandishing a semi-automatic rifle.

Kimveer Gill, who was identified by several publications as the man who shot dead a young woman and wounded 19 more, left behind a web diary at the website vampirefreaks.com.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...n-shooting.html

Phix

Sep 14 2006, 12:58 PM

Oh fucking shit... vampirefreaks.com is the website all the goths at my high school would visit. :o

z0ne

Sep 14 2006, 01:47 PM

QUOTE(NorthPoint @ Sep 14 2006, 07:16 AM)

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...n-shooting.html

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Kimveer Gill referred to himself as the 'angel of death' in an online diary. (Canadian Press)

What a winner

XdrewsiferX

Sep 14 2006, 02:04 PM

QUOTE(fiber optic @ Sep 14 2006, 04:12 AM)

Did anybody return fire?

This is Canada no one carries guns. eh

Phix

Sep 14 2006, 02:20 PM

QUOTE(fiber optic @ Sep 14 2006, 07:12 AM)

Did anybody return fire?

Return fire? In a crowded student area? So you can do more harm than good?

Yeah, that's real fucking smart.

fiber optic

Sep 14 2006, 06:07 PM

PM me to continue the discussion if you are so inclined. I will no longer contribute to this thread.

Cyclone

Sep 14 2006, 06:12 PM

eh don't bother trying to explain anything to phix. I kicked him from IRC so he's gonna throw a hissy fit and not post for a few months.

eraser_rx

Sep 14 2006, 06:31 PM

QUOTE(fiber optic @ Sep 14 2006, 03:12 AM)

Did anybody return fire?

The police

ForeverVilleneuve

Sep 15 2006, 01:41 PM

The police shot @ him. Got him in the arm. When he got hit he shot himself in the head.
He had a Glock.
a twelve gaudge
and a semi automatic berreta cx4

1 dead. 20 hurt. included like 3 who arent sure to make it.

...
If i hadnt chosen to go to Ahuntsic and do Cinematography instead of photography... i would of been at dawson that day....

and.
its the 3rd in 17 years in montreal.

Polythecnique - 1989
Concordia - 1992
dawson - 2006