Montreal Dawson college shootings

Merika · 09-14-2006, 01:54 PM

MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) -- At least one gunman opened fire Wednesday in the cafeteria of a Montreal college and wounded an unknown number of people before shooting himself, witnesses and police said.

Scores of students at Dawson College near downtown fled into the surrounding streets after the shooting broke out in the school of about 10,000. Some of them had bloody clothes.

Martine Millette of the Montreal police said authorities did not know how many people had been shot. There also was uncertainty if there was more than one gunman.

Millette said the man later shot himself. Constable Philippe Gouin said, "In all probability, the suspect has committed suicide."

'The guy was shooting at people randomly'
Student Devansh Smri Vastava said he saw a man in military fatigues with "a big rifle" storm the school's cafeteria.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americ....ap/index.html

What a horrible story. I didn't even know people in Canada, other than officials, had access to guns. Well, that's stupid, a criminal can always get a gun, but I imagine it was harder there than in the USA. In the end, I think it was 6 people who were murdered. Just to think what those parents must be going thru. It's terribly sad.

Weiser · 09-14-2006, 02:47 PM

2 people killed, the gunman and a female.

I bet it wasn't that hard to get a gun. He is in montreal after all.

Star · 09-16-2006, 03:23 PM

i'ts harder to get a gun licence but to get your hands on a stolen gun is pretty easy as it is everywhere I suppose. Montreal is a big city too. BUt, we don't hear about these kind of things happening too much here though. it is a tragedy that's sor sure.

The gunaman, apparently, wanted to die in a ray of bullets. he got his wish except he wanted to take a lot of people with him. he took one.

Makes you wonder what is going through a person's mind to be able to do such a horrible thing.