Huffington Post – by TAMI ABDOLLAH
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The gunman who went on a chaotic rampage killing four people before being fatally shot by police at a college campus planned the attack and was capable of firing 1,300 rounds of ammunition, the police chief said Saturday.
“Any time someone puts on a vest, of some sort, comes out with a bag full of loaded magazines, has an extra receiver, has a handgun and has a semi-automatic rifle, carjacks folks, goes to a college, kills more people and has to be neutralized at the hands of the police, I would say that that’s premeditated,” said Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks.
The killer would have turned 24 on Saturday, but Seabrooks wouldn’t identify him because his next of kin was out of the country. Police had an encounter with him seven years ago, but she wouldn’t elaborate because he was a juvenile at the time.
The chief spoke near a display of weapons and ammo recovered from Santa Monica College where the killings ended Friday when police gunned him down in the library, where students were studying for finals.
Among items on display were surveillance photos of a man in black entering the library with an assault-style rifle by his side.
The gunman fatally shot one woman in the head outside the library before entering the building and opening fire as students ran for cover.
Students hid into what Seabrooks called a “safe room” in the library and barricaded the door for safety.
“They stacked items found in the safe room against the door, hunkered down and avoided shots fired through the drywall at them while they were in that room,” she said.
The violence, which lasted little more than 10 minutes, started about a mile away when the gunman began shooting at a house, and it caught on fire. Two bodies were later found inside.
Two officials told The Associated Press that the killings began as a domestic violence incident and the victims in the home were the gunman’s father and brother. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case.
As flames rose from the house, the man, wearing what appeared to be a ballistic jacket, he shot a woman passing by in a car and carjacked another woman at gunpoint. He directed her to drive to the college campus, having her stop so he could shoot along the way, police said.
He fired on a city bus where three women were left with minor injuries. One had shrapnel-type injuries and the two others had injuries not related to gunfire. They were treated at a hospital and released.
The gunman also fired on police cars, bystanders and pedestrians, police said.
From there, the chaos shifted to the college, a two-year school with about 34,000 students located among homes and strip malls more than a mile inland from the city’s famous pier, promenade and expansive, sandy beaches.
In a faculty parking lot on the edge of campus, he fired on two people in a red Ford Explorer that crashed through a block wall. The driver was killed, police said, and a passenger was in critical condition after undergoing surgery UCLA Medical Center, doctors said. On Saturday, authorities identified the driver as Carlos Navarro Franco, 68, of West Los Angeles, who worked at the school.
College employee Joe Orcutt was in the lot and said the gunman looked calm and composed as he fired at him. Orcutt jumped out of the way.
“He’s just standing there, like he’s modeling for some ammo magazine,” Orcutt said, “seeing who he could shoot, one bullet at a time, like target practice.”
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Associated Press writers Greg Risling and Sarah Parvini contributed to this story. Tami Abdollah can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/latams
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/08/santa-monica-gunman_n_3408305.html
Too bad he was killed before we could learn more facts. No video, nothing to go on, just john law and his hired band of killers.
The only other thing I found was a piece from the LA Times that released his name and interviewed witnesses (no video).
Of course he’s dead and there’s no evidence. What do you expect from a false flag attack? These false flag attacks are becoming so ridiculous that they are becoming more and more of a nusiance sometimes.
Gee, do ya think there might be a correlation between all of these “events” and the Gun Control Agenda? 😉 🙂
Distraction … but from what?
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check out nodisinfo.com – you will find that this is yet another false flag, complete with actors, no blood, unbelievable/ever-changing story, etc.
I don’t understand this article at all because it contradicts the source. Maybe “fromthetrenches” is a complete money whore, I don’t know. The article says 1300 rounds of ammo which of course is supposed to cause a kneejerk reaction from all the females that read this.
1300 rounds of ammo is completely irrelevant and yet its in the title. If this article is supposed to make me oppose guns and ammo, sorry, task failed. I am inured to this type of media propaganda. I am pro 2nd amendment, until government kills me because of my belief, which is probably how I’m going to die…..Yeah, by a SWAT team because I said this on the internet. Come and get me. Be sure to shoot my dogs first. That’s some kind of law now isn’t it?
Money whores? Bad choice of words implying that us regulars here or that “From The Trenches” are a bunch of damned money whores Guy – F.U.!!!!
Guy ,What are you fkn talking about???????? How much MONEY have you been charged by My friend Henry(alleged money whore),a better ? would be how much ARE U PAID to spread nonsense.The title was from Huff Po not the trenches and the article posted here was VERBATUM to the online article.YOU ARE EXPOSED AS A MOUTHY (damn guys,my oldheimers is kicked in what was the troll designation/name,was it biff ?) I will get back to you ,you troll as soon as one of the regulars(#1 NC Digger ) relays the designated troll name.
Steve
I Nominate Guy as the trouble maker/troll of the week after that statement by Guy.
Doesn’t sound intelligent enough to me to be a troll (at least not a paid one).
Stuck on stupid sounds far more likely.
Agreed.
I concur with your diagnosis #1.
“I was trollin’ down the street one day, In the very merry month of May” and then, all of a sudden, there was this Guy. Troll of the week nominee
t least, Steve!
Yes Millard, but ya see, that this is the very merry month of June 🙂 LOL – at least I hope so anyway LOL
They slip through, once in a while. If not a troll, a witless idiot without an ounce of intellect.
Yeah Angel-NYC, Guy says, “I’m pro 2nd amendment, until the government kills me”. Guy has a better probability of being the first to have died from stupidity.
Dont forget!……this “guy” trolls daily(daley)lol.
🙂
Worse than being called a troll is being deemed too stupid to be a troll Guy! See Ya!
Hey Millard &Digger(accurate month keeper LOL)
I was trolling down the street whistling a tune in the very merry month of June in the blink of an eye there was an ignorant guy who started to lie but now hes gone without even saying goodbye.
Steve
Oh well Steve, lol, maybe that guy chocked on it. He will probobly be back useing another cowardly name.
I guess mealy mouthed mother f#@kers like you do not understand what they are getting into when you attempt to piss in the Trenches. It is always the punk of punks that sleaze forth in the middle of the night. You are an ignorance whore to be bitch slapped down, like the insignificant shit you are. All of you who aid our enemy will be found when the Republic is restored and you will answer for your crimes.
I would go on, but my brothers and sister on OUR SITE have already called you out for the piss brained puke you are.
For all of you who stood up for our site while I was sleeping, you are invited to the castle this evening for barbecued caviar, which will be hand served to you in our 3000 square foot champagne filled Jacuzzi.
I tell you I am a poor man now, but if I live through this, I will be taking back everything that has been stolen from me over the past thirty years of fighting in the Trenches for our Republic.
And as for you, Guy, or Gay, or Faggot, or whatever you are, bye.
Henry I guess you will send the “LEAR JET” for us poor white trash on the east coast. LOL
Steve
Hey Henry, after you pick up the east coast folks, could you do a quick landing in the “fly over” state of Wisconsin and pick up me, digger, and Rhumstruck? 🙂 🙂 🙂
People, please be civil. Do not allow yourselves to lose composure. We are the truth, we set the example, we educate and inform. We do not make enemies of those who are not yet awake. We need this site to be free of profanity, prejudice and judgement if it is to be shared with our churches, precincts, families, etc.
As far as the profanity and prejudice I tend to agree, for the most part, SamAdams. I’m also up on the “Do not judge lest you be judged”, but God had nothing to say about what to do after you have already turned the other cheek.
Wrong wrong wrong,”composure” is what got us to this insane state we are now enduring.The “churches” f$#k them and their manmade 501c3 sellout to the gubberment PREACHING ONLY FEEL GOOD HORSESHITE ABOUT TOLERANCE AND DIVERSITY(RHYMES WITH PERVERSITY) while ignoring EVERTHING CHRIST SAID! Precincts- isnt that where scumbag lowlife thievin assed cops work F%$k them too. And as far as families,I can support REAL TRADITIONAL families but will remain outspoken and opposed to the filth,bastard children mentality of the new improved queer agenda that is nothing more than a plot to destroy all thats good and decent in the GOD santioned state of marriage and you can also believe that me and mine are MAD,mad dog mean mad at the perverts and commies who have caused this. So F$#k civility we got a fight on our hands when thats done we can kumbaya ,hold hands and talk nice till then STAY MAD
Steve
Dammit, time sure flies by when your out for an evening stroll for a troll digger and Steve.