Westfield Mall Shooting.

[EvilKidsMeal]

Get yourself a scanner

I was planning on it until i found out that Highland PD and the surrounding towns barely broadcast over the air because of the system in their cars.

Pretty much I would hear brief vehicle descriptions and license plate numbers every once in a while.

 

[downzero]

There are scanners for trunked systems.

 

[EvilKidsMeal]

There are scanners for trunked systems.

They aren't trunked, they literally just do not talk over the air. I did a ride a long with an officer and radio was silent the entire time. they have a direct messaging system for calls.

 

[Rocket]

Just curious, How do you go about Locking Down and Evacuating a facility at the same time?

 

[Rocket]

Oh and since when is a .30 cal pistol a LARGE caliber? I am glad no one was hurt. Hopefully the OP's significant other wasn't too rattled. I bet the pistol was a Negant Revolver with some OLD surplus ammo or too much cosmoline still in it. So Is E Holder selling guns to teens now?

 

[EvilKidsMeal]

Just curious, How do you go about Locking Down and Evacuating a facility at the same time?

They said that businesses independently closed their gates after hearing shots, then security came over the speakers telling everyone to evacuate. People had mentioned it in the comments on the nwitimes article. I'm guessing alot of people evacuated on their own as well.

 

[loudpedal]

I had no idea that they had thugs up there. Even when Indianapolis kids get lost they normally stay within our own county.

It is a sad situation when kids that young are willing to wreck or possibly loose a life over; revenge, perceived disrespect, turf, or girls. I think that probably covers the likely causes.

Well I have to go pile more sandbags on the perimeter now.

 

[EvilKidsMeal]

I had no idea that they had thugs up there. Even when Indianapolis kids get lost they normally stay within our own county.

It is a sad situation when kids that young are willing to wreck or possibly loose a life over; revenge, perceived disrespect, turf, or girls. I think that probably covers the likely causes.

Well I have to go pile more sandbags on the perimeter now.

purple?

We have Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, etc. up here...

 

[EvilKidsMeal]

They said it was a 7.62 pistol. Anything else other than a Nagant, that it could be?

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

They said it was a 7.62 pistol. Anything else other than a Nagant, that it could be?

tokarev? doubtful in that circumstance though. i would guess a nagant.

 

[downzero]

They aren't trunked, they literally just do not talk over the air. I did a ride a long with an officer and radio was silent the entire time. they have a direct messaging system for calls.

That's pretty wild.

 

[EvilKidsMeal]

That's pretty wild.

it's a real cool and convenient system, i totally get why they use it, but as a curious person and future LEO it was kind of a bummer to find out a scanner wouldn't do me any good.

 

[EvilKidsMeal]

tokarev? doubtful in that circumstance though. i would guess a nagant.

forgot about the Tokarev. They only said 7.62 so could be either one, but yeah i agree in this situation the Nagant seems far more likely.

 

[bigretic]

Word quickly spread through the mall, but some diners at restaurants like Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant, at the other end of the mall, reportedly finished their meals before leaving, while others exited quickly without paying.

Well that's a *****. I was in there with the wife having horzydervies and a martini about an hour earlier. Could have skated out on my 50 buck tab...

Seriously, glad i was gone. And of course, glad i was armed. Carry on.

 

[hoosierdoc]

forgot about the Tokarev. They only said 7.62 so could be either one, but yeah i agree in this situation the Nagant seems far more likely.

Story say 7.65 now, Nagant is my guess. Hilarious that this was the one used. I particularly enjoy how they say "a pretty lethal round". It will kill you more dead than a .22LR but not as dead as a .50 I guess.

If this was a HiPoint we'd see never ending thread counts making fun of a $100 gun malfunctioning after being shot once. Since it's 100 years old are we giving it a pass?

 

[Reuben Cogburn]

This event just goes to show that you can't fix stupid.... Let Darwin's theory do its thing.

 

[Effingham]

I'm kinda amazed on another level.

A thug carrying a NAGANT? How weird is that?

 

[darkkevin]

Well, I'm sure that was registered.

do you have any registered guns? do tell

 

[actaeon277]

do you have any registered guns? do tell

Maybe he was being sarcastic?

 

[rugertoter]

more ammo for the press.

This is gonna get outta hand!