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riversedge

(70,198 posts) Mon Dec 15, 2014, 06:01 PM Dec 2014

Police in #Pennsburg #Pennsylvania telling residents to lock their doors Killer of 6 on the loose

Mark Day ?@1310NewsDay 1h1 hour ago

Police in #Pennsburg #Pennsylvania telling residents to lock their doors. Suspect who killed 6 people on the loose.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-montgomery-county-pennsylvania-shootings-sources/story?id=27606093

Manhunt for 'Armed and Dangerous' Suspect in Pennsylvania Shooting Spree
ABC News? - 20 mins ago
Officials are telling Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, residents to stay in their homes and lock their ..

.......... Police said they are conducting an extensive search in and around Pennsburg, at both known and outdoor locations where Stone may be located, the statement added. "People in that area should remain indoors, keep their doors locked and call 9-1-1 if they think they have seen the suspect," police said in the statement.

Police with rifles and armored vehicles surrounded two separate homes today, according to The Associated Press.

"We are searching for shooter," Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri told the AP in a text message.

SWAT teams surrounded a home at Penn and Highland avenues in in Souderton, Pennsylvania, where a suspect in the shootings was originally believed barricaded inside, police told ABC station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. Witnesses heard a loud boom shortly before an unidentified person was taken out of the house on a stretcher.

Police also surrounded another home in nearby Pennsburg.

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Police in #Pennsburg #Pennsylvania telling residents to lock their doors Killer of 6 on the loose (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2014 OP

Bloody siege in Sydney is over, bloody siege in Philadelphia continues...which is the media covering Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #1

I do not understand why people don't lock their doors Skittles Dec 2014 #2

curious. do you live in a small town? big city? riversedge Dec 2014 #3

I've lived city, suburban, rural Skittles Dec 2014 #5

So have I lived in all riversedge Dec 2014 #6

I only lock mine when I leave or I'm sleeping. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #7

I don't feel like I live in fear Skittles Dec 2014 #12

Same here - all doors are always locked REP Dec 2014 #9

For years I never locked my door.. No need, nothing to steal.. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #10

I don't feel like I lock it out of fear Skittles Dec 2014 #11

If I lived in an apartment I would lock it too.. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #13

Not a good day to be walking thru a neighborhood while black. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #4

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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

1. Bloody siege in Sydney is over, bloody siege in Philadelphia continues...which is the media covering

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 06:04 PM

Dec 2014

more?

The thpical, common, just another day day of mass gun deaths in uncontrolled gun loving America is not news compared to the uncommon gun deaths in gun controlled sensible Australia.

Mass murderer on the loose, again, in a major American city...yawn.

Gun control is the only answer, gun possession reduction as they did in Australia, long overdue.

Skittles

(153,150 posts)

2. I do not understand why people don't lock their doors

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 06:11 PM

Dec 2014

they don't lock 'em until the local axe murder occurs or a gun humping coward is running around loose

riversedge

(70,198 posts)

3. curious. do you live in a small town? big city?

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 06:13 PM

Dec 2014

Skittles

(153,150 posts)

5. I've lived city, suburban, rural

Reply to riversedge (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 06:20 PM

Dec 2014

ALWAYS LOCKED MY DOORS!!! Why wouldn't I lock my doors?

riversedge

(70,198 posts)

6. So have I lived in all

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 07:42 PM

Dec 2014

of those areas. I always lock. Been caring for my mom in small town lately. I upset folks--neighbors, relatives cause I lock the door behind me all the time and she does not. most folks do not. It is a learned behavior.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)

7. I only lock mine when I leave or I'm sleeping.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 07:52 PM

Dec 2014

I'm not afraid that someone is going to barge in and attack me. The odds are worse than a lightning strike on me.

Skittles

(153,150 posts)

12. I don't feel like I live in fear

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 10:13 PM

Dec 2014

it's just always been second nature for me to lock the door

REP

(21,691 posts)

9. Same here - all doors are always locked

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 09:35 PM

Dec 2014

There's no reason to leave them unlocked.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)

10. For years I never locked my door.. No need, nothing to steal..

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 09:38 PM

Dec 2014

Nothing worth anything to me anyway, and the odds of the "local ax murderer" coming to get me are about as good as winning the lottery.

Had to start locking when my kids became teens, as all their friends used to come over and let themselves in for a free meal..

Still don't lock it out of fear though..

Skittles

(153,150 posts)

11. I don't feel like I lock it out of fear

Reply to SomethingFishy (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 10:13 PM

Dec 2014

it's just second nature to me - I live in an apartment

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)

13. If I lived in an apartment I would lock it too..

Reply to Skittles (Reply #11)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 10:16 PM

Dec 2014

I'm lucky, small neighborhood, mostly duplexes, everyone knows each other and we have a couple of old couples who are just nosey enough that you know they are keeping an eye on things

Happy Holidays!

lpbk2713

(42,755 posts)

4. Not a good day to be walking thru a neighborhood while black.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 06:14 PM

Dec 2014

Regardless of the description given out by authorities, people are going to
be having their guns at the ready waiting for any reason to pull the trigger.

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