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Posted: 3/22/2006 1:54:46 PM EDT

[#1]

"Man weilding high-powered rifle in downtown Pittsburg!"

Pittsburg is in Kalifornia.

Pittsburgh is in Pennsylvania.

Posted: 3/22/2006 2:00:08 PM EDT

[#2]

what a fucking nation of pussies

Posted: 3/22/2006 5:44:29 PM EDT

[#3]

I'm outta town but the wife called to tell me about it when it first went down. Holy smokes did the media go crazy on it. Then, it turns out to be a guy with a freaking BB gun.

SWAT guys exiting the building after "clearing" it of evil BB gun toating bearded men. Note the AR. Looks like a 9mm with a EOTech and short barrel (10.5"?)

Link to article

Man with pellet gun prompts shutdown of Downtown area
Two-hour disruption follows sighting by people in nearby high-rises

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
By Jonathan D. Silver, Eleanor Chute and Caitlin Cleary, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A worker at a Downtown building who was using a pellet gun with a scope to scare pigeons prompted a massive police response that led to the shutdown of several blocks this afternoon.

An area around Stanwix Street, Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Penn Avenue was closed to vehicles and pedestrians after at least two people in neighboring buildings saw the man with a gun in the old Pittsburgh Allegheny County Thermal building that faces Fort Duquesne Boulevard.

The situation, which began before 1 p.m., ended at 3 p.m. when police reached a foreman at the building who told them about the employee.

Initial reports were that witnesses told police they saw the man pointing the gun toward Penn Avenue and Fort Duquesne Boulevard.

A woman in Fifth Avenue Place reported seeing a middle aged white man with a beard holding a rifle.

Dozens of motorcycle and special response officers responded to the area.

The Fort Pitt Tunnels inbound were shut down temporarily.

The Port Authority was forced to reroute buses around the area.

People in some buildings were told to stay inside while those in others were evacuated.

Students who attend Pittsburgh High School for the Creative & Performing Arts (CAPA High) remained in their Fort Duquesne Boulevard school this afternoon until the situation was resolved.

The All-City Senior Orchestra rehearsal scheduled for 4 p.m. at CAPA High has been canceled.

Students who attend all other Pittsburgh Public Schools have been dismissed since Port Authority buses and school buses that normally travel through Downtown were being re-routed.

Community College of Allegheny County canceled evening classes at its Downtown center tonight on Stanwix Street.

Before the all-clear was given and roads were reopened, police searched buildings floor-by-floor looking for the gunman and stationed snipers in surrounding buildings.

Police said it was unclear whether any charges would be filed.

Posted: 3/22/2006 5:47:46 PM EDT

[#4]

Has anyone noticed Napoleon_Tanerite hasn't posted in this thread yet?

Posted: 3/22/2006 5:53:21 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Has anyone noticed Napoleon_Tanerite hasn't posted in this thread yet?

Ruh-roh...

Posted: 3/22/2006 5:53:48 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Has anyone noticed Napoleon_Tanerite hasn't posted in this thread yet?

oh sheeit!

Posted: 3/22/2006 5:54:14 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Has anyone noticed Napoleon_Tanerite hasn't posted in this thread yet?

Ruh-roh...

Posted: 3/22/2006 5:55:20 PM EDT

[#8]

Oh shit, it's one of those "high powered" rifles I've heard so much about.

Posted: 3/22/2006 6:02:12 PM EDT

[#9]

The lesson to be learned here is to wear a nice shit and shave the day you carry your high powered pellet gun downtown.

Posted: 3/22/2006 6:05:54 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=pittsburgh+rifle&ie=UTF-8

"Middle aged white man wearing camo"
Probably Tom Diaz with a .50 to get people to pay attention too him.

I just hope it's AWB compliant, whatever it is.

Posted: 3/22/2006 6:09:55 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Has anyone noticed Napoleon_Tanerite hasn't posted in this thread yet?

Ruh-roh...

So that is the guys screen name

Posted: 3/22/2006 6:23:57 PM EDT

[#12]

fuck the media, what out of perportion bullshit,

the mayor was wearing a bulletproof vest give me a fucking break

The Pussifiication of America continues....

Posted: 3/22/2006 6:47:23 PM EDT

[#13]

You know, Merrell hasn't been around here much either.

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