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A member of the Columbus crime scene search unit investigates the scene where a man was shot by police after allegedly stabbing four people in an attack at a downtown office building.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man armed with three knives began a stabbing spree in the admissions office of a technical school in a downtown office building Wednesday, injuring four people, including an employee of the state attorney general, before being shot by a police officer, authorities said.
Columbus police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner said the suspect confronted one victim in the admissions office of Miami-Jacobs Career College before 1 p.m. and stabbed him. He said other people intervened and took away a knife the suspect was using.
"We do know that one of the good Samaritans that came to aid the first victim — he was stabbed also," Weiner said.
Weiner said those who intervened didn't realize the suspect had other knives.
A female officer responding to a report of multiple stabbings at the college saw victims when she arrived on the scene. She confronted the suspect who was armed with two knives, one in each hand, NBC station WCMH reported, citing a police source. The suspect went toward the officer in a violent manner so she fired multiple shots. The officer was not injured.
Two of the victims were either students or staff at the privately run school, Weiner said. Two other victims were outside in the lobby area when they were attacked, he said. All the stabbings occurred on the first floor.
Read more on the Columbus, Ohio, stabbings on NBC4i.com
Three of the victims were taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition, including a 53-year-old male who was reportedly stabbed in the face multiple times. One victim was transported to Mount Carmel West Medical Center with minor injuries.
Two of the victims were either students or staff at the privately run school, Weiner said. Two other victims were outside in the lobby area when they were attacked, he said. All the stabbings occurred on the first floor.
The suspect, the officer and the victims have not been identified.
Officers continue to question witnesses, including the officer who fired her service weapon, WCMH reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Lunatics in our society! Watch out! Now we need knife control! This is absurd! What is wrong in our society?
Millions of people have been left penniless by the banksters.
What did you expect was going to happen?
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“What’s the point in having a civilization if we can’t be civil with one another?” - Watch the trailer for God Bless America and you'll see what's going on.
UnitedStates1776,
It doesn't appear that there were bankers involved:
We have to ban knives 8)
Nobody died except the attacker. If he had had a gun, the body count would have been much higher. Nice try, though.
That is not a fact but your opinion.......he could have been a terrible shot the gun could have jammed or the loud noise could have alerted everyone to run like hell before he got to them. Nice try, though.
Day after day I read of multiple killings across the U.S. .... and then I read these idiots preach how dangerous Mexico is ... don't vacation there ... on and on ... fools!!!
We should ban guns from Police because she killed someone. Ban knives cause he stabbed 4. Ban autos cause he may have used it to get away. Ban gas to fuel the auto that could have helped him get away. Lets Ban Liberals for wanting to ban things they cannot control.
Why can't these cops shoot straight? The officer fired multiple times and the scumbag attacker is only in critical conditon?? Crissakes!
What is wrong in our society?
I say lets bring back manual labor. Everyone would be too tired to commit crimes. Damn them unions. We all now have cosy service jobs and too much pent-up energy.
I was betting it would take 3 to 5 comments before someone said that. I was WRONG.
@shandril,
Hiya! It's me again. Consider me the counterpoint to your point(?)....however narrow-minded.
So, four people are stabbed and LE has to use one of those nasty (should be governmentally decreed to take away) guns on the assailant....and you come up with 'If he had a gun, the body count would have been higher'? Wow....that certainly is some profound stuff. How's life going for ya with those blinders on?
I have observed through the years that the really sick, twisted people who finally snap and go on the rampage seem to gravitate toward knives...and one in each hand seems to be more the rule than the exception. The article didn't state whether the or not the perpetrator was clothed, but in many of the cases I'm familiar with (involving a crazed individual with a knife or knives who was shot by the police) the offender was also naked. Outdoors. And the offenders have been of both genders.
In these instances, there is usually a history of mental illness anyway, but drugs and alcohol (usually simultaneously) always seem to be a factor, too.
People are fascinating creatures, they do strange things.
Shandril is an anti gun nutcase. See the other comments by this poster, who will ignore the rapist who held an entire house of college women hostage here in Seattle with a KNIFE.
Caesar I agree and most female officers do not like the time proven .45acp with its legendary stopping power.. Poor shots or a 9mm with ball ammo, golden sabre +p rounds are more expensive but are extremely lethal at close range.. We hate the nickle cases because they seem to jam more than the brass although the brass cases need to be kept cleaner.. The shame would be if the jag off lives then taxpayers will have to pay for the trial and prison cell along with the medical bills.. Looks like she unloaded a full clip on him because there is a cone with #15 on it and I know they usually use them to cover the frags.. Wonder if he was wearing a bullet proof vest, center mass with 3 or more rounds is 99% fatal and same for the thighs due to blood loss..
@stonedog,
Rock on.
If the author hadn't told me that I would never have known since they weren't in the article. BSNBC's attention to deatil astounds me. For example, they wanted to make sure you got the point:
That is why they put that paragraph in the article twice. They also wanted people to know that the private school has an outside lobby area. Doesn't that get a little cold in the middle of the winter when you are meeting somebody in the lobby?
FBI Crime statistics show that violent crime in the US has been declining since 1993, with 2009 being the lowest homicide rate on record for 45 years.
Mexico's violent crime rate, on the other hand, has been exponentially increasing for years. Juarez Mexico has one of the highest murder rates in the entire world.
Murder rate per capita in Mexico: 18
Murder rate per capita in US: 4.8
So, you're saying that we should all visit Mexico, which has almost 4 times the murder rate of the US? WTF?
9mm... what can you do? That's why the FBI recently switched back to the .45 -- more reliable stopping power.
When does it stop! what brings a person to want to do this to another. The only thing I can say is I'm happy no one died, I guess? Although I'm sure the 53yr old stabbed in face multiple times has a long road ahead.
I hope everyone attacked has a quick and speedy recovery.
People are losing it- koo koo! koo koo!
its currently 2:12 check your clock...its off by twelve minutes.................:)
it will be the typical freak-show....some attorney will decide the perpetrator had a bad childhood and try to get him off. Kill him dead now, save the courts money, and take real cases to court......
which one?..........................:)
dont know where you are but around here the courts take in about 125%-200% more then they spend.
like what? frivolous lawsuits, divorce's, or other such "case's" designed to make the lawyer rich?
Ban lawyers!!!!!!!
ohhh boy here come the anti knife nuts!
yep by gum...when knives are outlawed only outlaws will.......hey wait a minute, how will i cut my steak?......:)
Venison steak of course ..............:)
Where are the anti gun nuts? Oh that's right, it wasn't a gun, it was a knife.
I hope everyone recovers from this.
If it had been a gun they'd all be dead.
That would make the gun-clutchers so happy.
Gun control means hitting your target, they have told me a thousand times.
In addition to this knife attack, there was also a shooting today.
Woman shot dead, 4 hurt outside court -MSNBC
Sally-"Where are the anti gun nuts?"
Oh yes Sally, anyone who rightfully fears for their life because of the everyday occurrence of some wacko using a gun is an anti-gun nut. Or are they just hoping they will not be murdered when they go to court, school, church, shopping or any number of places we go everyday!
I wonder if you'll feel this way if you or a loved one is shot by some gun toting gun nut. I think not!
gun toting gun nut <> responsible gun owners. Get your steotype right if you are going to use that statement.
Besides the gun toting gun nut wouldn't even get a chance to shoot my love ones, because yes, I do have some gun control, the fact that I can control my gun enough for the bullet to hit its mark.
punisher-gun toting gun nut <> responsible gun owners. Get your steotype right if you are going to use that statement.
I did get it right. If you are not a nut with a gun this does not apply to you now does it?! Are you a nut with a gun? Is that why you are trying to say something? Btw, I am a responsible gun owner too and I don't mind if more gun control laws are put into effect if it will stop one gun nut from killing innocent people.
"Besides the gun toting gun nut wouldn't even get a chance to shoot my love ones, because yes, I do have some gun control, the fact that I can control my gun enough for the bullet to hit its mark."
yes, If hope the shooter stops and waits for you to draw your gun. Ha ha ha!
semper you are right, it does not apply. I would hope that I have enough emotional control to draw my gun and hit its mark before the lunatic hits me. Never expeirenced it and I hope I don't have to.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa... back the f--king fun train UP. Is that spokesman's name really "Dick Weiner"?
Excuse me its Sgt. Dick Weiner
with a moniker like that i would say he picked the right profession ....wouldn't you?..............:)
he was the head of his class
Wonder if his kid nickname was "Dik Dik"
yoo hoo....WilliamOfRites
Your on.......wheres your stats on this one???
come on dude i'm waiting for your lib take on it......................:)
hahahahahaha
IA.ScooterTramp
OK, these are just spitballing now but I will try to back them up:
The percentage of un-educated imbeciles that do not know the usage definition of "your" vs. "you're"
is directly related to "their" insecurities and pathetic clinging to a penis substitute.
OK???
BREAKING NEWS: Jury finds Va. Tech negligent for delaying campus warning ahead of '07 killings
Here's one for you Scooter, remember V. Tech???
You think a deranged little kid could have killed 32 people with a knife ?????
post 81
hahaha good one Will...but i didn't realise i was dealing with a certified member of the vine spelling / grammar police, sorry officer Billy...i will try to do gooder next tyme
post 8.2
not the point , and i have a sneaky feeling somewhere, perhaps way down deep, you know that.
How about this one to go up against your Va Tech one:
“Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms,” by the Clinton administration’s Justice Department shows that between 1.5 and 3 million people in the United States use a firearm to defend themselves and others from criminals each year.
Yep, 1.5 to 3 MILLION people a YEAR defend themselves with a firearm. Strange that you don't read a lot of stories about them but let one person do something stupid and BLAM! All over the news so you anti-gun types can claim how prevalent and how terrible the gun problem is. Well, without their firearms you might have gotten to add over a million people to your list of victims to balance out the handful killed by people who legally own firearms.
You think a deranged little kid could have killed 32 people with a knife ?????
You think a deranged little kid could care less what gun control laws are on the books??????
|You think a deranged little kid could care less what gun control laws are on the books??????
Thank you!! what good will gun control laws be. I doubt most criminals legally have guns they use in these crimes. The laws will just black market the guns, creating MORE crime! duh... seriously. I have to laugh at people that actually believe laws stop deranged behavior.
Idiot bringing a knife to a gun fight. And yesterdays headline weiners will give you butt cancer. Whats this world coming to. Hope everyone involved makes out ok, except the nut case, save us all some money and just die already.
I guess that depends on what weiners you go for.
To be fair he was there first, and he did have a back up knife.
This is all the fault of the NKA, Nation Knife Association!
Ban all knives. Better add shaving razors to that list as well. Oh yeah, and sharp sticks too.
as a proud memeber of the NKA....you can have my Buck when you pry it from.......:)
You know what they say.......never bring a sharp stick to a knife fight.
Or to the airport.
Our society is unraveling before our eyes. This country is in moral decay, and it will happen that some one puts it out of our misery. Such anger in our world, such anger.
Evenstar13, you can say that for the past what 200 years. So what's new? Faster, news coverage = mass hysteria
Has anyone else noticed that Zuckerberg has been busy soliciting MSNBC so you can't post at MSNBC, but need a facebook account to comment on many articles?
I've noticed that. I also like MSN photo of the week and voting for my pick of the best photo. Now, you MUST have a pasty-facebook account to vote. I don't need, want, or desire to have facebook or anything else of that type infringing on or dictating my life.
right now after posting, I just keep hitting Log In & the message takes...
forcing people to join facebook...nah...enough controls out there
if criminals keep using social media to "scam" honest folks or prey on kids
a lot more people than just "little ol' me" will be joining the exodus
"If guns were outlawed, the outlaws would still have all the guns", or whatever they can get their hands on."
I get the feeling things will get worse before they get better, we are only seeing a scratch in the fender. Stand by for the big dent.
We all need to draw closer to the Lord. As Billie Graham said "He wasn't sure if there will be a Rapture, but we will all die, and that will be the end of this world for us, rapture or not" Another-wards don't wait until it's too late.
"God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that Whoever would believe in him should not parish, but have everlasting life". John 3:16
God loves everyone, and doesn't want any, to suffer eternal death.
His Servant.
ed buddy, while you up and serving and all i'll have anouther beer..........:)
His servant
Sounds like you want to be a vampire servant.
Knives don't kill people, people with knives kill people.
Will this never end?! Everyday there is an attack at a school or courthouse, stores, malls, or at a university...........
Oh! just saw where there was also a shooting of four people at a courthouse. OMG! its becoming the act of choice now for some wackos to kill anyone they feel has wronged them as well as bystanders.
I guess we should all start wearing body armor where ever we go.
Only anti-gun nutz would rightfully think gun laws would not be broken by law breakers.
nra member-What do most schools and courthouses have in common? A lot are GUN-FREE ZONES!
Who in their right mind actually thought that criminals intent on murder would leave their guns at the door when entering so-called gun-free zones??
Excuse me, but nowhere in my post did I even imply what you are saying. What is wrong with you and punisher?! you guys are wacko! I believe it is our right to own guns, I own guns, but I don't mind some control of that right if it stops just one of these murders from happening. Now argue against that!
And don't list that old piece of crap about the gov. taking our guns away. I've heard that for 40+ years and I it still has not happened, but it does sell a lot of guns does it not?
Being an nra member, maybe you can tell us all why the nra supports citizens buying armor piercing bullets?
semper you ask the question, nra member answered you that there is a common theme and I answered him. Calm down, don't get your panties all bunched up so quick.
More OHIO BS.. WTF
Didn't you hear LeBron left the state, everyone is in mourning and depressed.
Will the left wing liberals call for the banning of knives now before it's too late?
Hey trebor #17, I know its off the subject a bit, but since you're wondering ab. left wing liberals calling for the banning of knives, I wonder, maybe you can tell me when the NRA will stop supporting the sale of armor piercing bullets to the public? Are they afraid the our gov. will send tanks against us?= Paranoid delusional. I have a bro-in-law who has been burying some of his guns in his backyards (he's moved 6 times in the past 40 years) because he swears our gov. is going to come and take all of our guns away. He's been saying this for 40 yrs. as well. Btw, I'm your worst nightmare. I'm a gun toting liberal.
Congressional Research Service summary of HR 3132 enacted into law in 1986 and supported by the NRA.
I wonder when people that make up crap about the NRA and firearms laws will actually take the time to educate themselves before they say something.
God/Jesus are not coming back! they think we are nuts and want no part of this and I don't blame them one bit haha.
knives don't kill people, people with knives kill people.
"A female officer....". What is the significance of the gender of the officer?
depends on the situation wouldn't you say? or perhaps the location when it comes to handcuffs...........:)
we need to ban knives there are too many innocent people getting knifed by irresponsible knife owners.
Good job, Officer. I think the media tried to make a point out of the fact that you are a female Officer by saying that you fired "multiple shots", as if to imply that you are not as good a shot as your male counterparts ... I am glad you fired multiple shots. You should have pumped about another 60 or 80 pounds of lead into his butt. Make him heavy enough that the coroner would have needed a front loader to move his dumb ass. Good job!
I assume that potentially; they were warning shots.
Looks like we need to ban knives now. Of course the knife crazy people will say knives don't kill....people do.
Let this be a lesson to people: fighting some crazy knife wielding conservative nut job is not like having a high school fight in the parking lot, when you are faced with those kinds of people kill them. Good people always hesitate to kill someone, but the other person is dead set on killing you.
This is why evil people always get the jump on good people.
Where does it say the attacker is an conservative? I'd bet you would definitely not be one of the people who tried to help stop this man. Run, Avarage Guy, Run. Friggin' uneducated idiot.
Yea, the guy had just got done rescuing kittens for PETA when he decided to kill a bunch of people, only Conservatives behave this way, liberal people who try to save whales and trees aren't always trying to murder everyone and filled with hate, Conservatives are.
In case you haven't noticed, all the most evil people alive today (and in history) are Conservatives.
Congratulations Avarage Guy!!!! You just won the prize for the most assanine comment of the day. I know it's early, but really, you hit that one right out of the park. Nothing avarage about you guy. Well below avarage all the way around. Once again, congratulations.
hahahahaha, avarage guy you are so funny. One question, since you aren't filled with hate, why do you hate evil people so much, what did they ever do to you?
Back in the wild west everbody had agun and they wore it on their hip. Now tell me did it keep them safe or stop them from being a victim so live on your fantasy world thinking because you have a gun it some how makes you any better off. The police officer who's daughter died the other day had a gun today I bet he wishes he didn't. STOP THE HATE!!!
Back in the wild west, there existed outlaws and criminals and mentally unstable people. Now tell me did all those people just go away, and we have no more crime? So live in your perfect little fantasy world thinking because we have more gun laws it some how stopped these lunatics.