maggsmaggs Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) Stuff like this is so scary... http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/23/dallas...ings/index.html (CNN) -- A man in a pickup truck killed two drivers and injured another in four rush-hour shootings near a Dallas freeway on Monday evening, police said. Police are looking for a bald white man in his 40s driving a tan truck who allegedly shot people during rush-hour. Police were searching Tuesday for a shooter they described as a balding white man in his 40s driving a tan Ford F-150 truck. "It's very scary, this person," said Dallas Police Sgt. Gil Cerda. "Whoever this person may be obviously is very upset with something or someone and he's taking it out on innocent victims going down the road." All four attacks happened along a 3-mile stretch near and on the LBJ Freeway, about 10 miles northeast of downtown Dallas. The first person killed was 20-year-old Jorge Lopez. He was sitting at a traffic light in Garland, Texas, at 5:40 p.m. when a man in a pickup pulled alongside his Nissan and fired shots into the car, said Officer Joe Harn of the Garland police. A friend said Lopez was "a straight-up good guy, never had problems with anybody, never started anything with anybody. So that's why this seems so out of the blue." A few minutes later and two miles away on the LBJ Freeway, a gunman fired at two tractor-trailers. One driver escaped injuries, but the other, 42-year-old William Scott Miller of Frankfort, Kentucky, was shot to death behind the wheel of a United Van Lines truck, police said. "He was going to be traveling home," said Dallas Police Lt. Craig Miller. "He was about to park his rig. He was going to get on a plane to fly to be with his wife and children for the Christmas season and then come back to this location." The fourth attack came a mile west on LBJ Freeway when gunfire shattered the windshield of another tractor-trailer. Bullets missed the driver, but flying glass caused minor cuts, police said. "There's a good possibility we're going to have witnesses at these four different locations and that's what we're banking on," Cerda said. Edited December 23, 2008 by maggsmaggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTank Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 This is pretty scary to think about. All of these nuts killing innocent people. Seems to happen everywhere now: high schools, colleges, highways, Pizza Hut. What the hell is happening to this world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 09:43 AM) This is pretty scary to think about. All of these nuts killing innocent people. Seems to happen everywhere now: high schools, colleges, highways, Pizza Hut. What the hell is happening to this world? And yet, IIRC, the total crime statistics have been marching downwards for nearly 20 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTank Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 11:46 AM) And yet, IIRC, the total crime statistics have been marching downwards for nearly 20 years now. I would bet that most of the crime that has been on the downfall has been petty crimes and organized crime. It seems at least 3-4 times a week now, you can turn on the news and hear about some crazy stuff like this happening all over the country. Edited December 23, 2008 by jenks45monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 12:51 PM) I would bet that most of the crime that has been on the downfall has been petty crimes and organized crime. It seems at least 3-4 times a week now, you can turn on the news and hear about some crazy stuff like this happening all over the country. Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTank Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 12:11 PM) Really? Well, I'm exaggerating it a tad bit but I still hear stuff like this a couple times a week. Bigger things like school shootings don't happen that often, but I'm always hearing about somebody shooting up the McDonald's in Seattle or like the Dallas Highway shooting. Edited December 23, 2008 by jenks45monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I dont understand what killing innocent strangers does for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 12:27 PM) Well, I'm exaggerating it a tad bit but I still hear stuff like this a couple times a week. Bigger things like school shootings don't happen that often, but I'm always hearing about somebody shooting up the McDonald's in Seattle or like the Dallas Highway shooting. Hearing about it, is the key phrase. Stuff like this has happened forever, there just weren't 24 hour news networks to hang on every detail about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDsDirtySox Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 This is exactly what Criminal Minds was about last Wednesday. A middle aged guy who lost it... and would drive around waiting for someone to road rage at him. He then would shoot them with a shot gun. Sounds like a case of ripped from the small screen to real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I was kind of nervous as I was driving through Dallas today, but then heard on the radio that the guy shot himself and is in the hospital... Glad he's not out there anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 QUOTE (dasox24 @ Dec 24, 2008 -> 05:37 AM) I was kind of nervous as I was driving through Dallas today, but then heard on the radio that the guy shot himself and is in the hospital... Glad he's not out there anymore. I hope the subhuman piece of s*** survives, because it's obvious the little coward was trying to take the easy way out and off himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthsideDon48 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Wow, another highway shooter. Does anyone remember the sniper shootings that used to occur on Cline Highway near Hammond, Indiana? Was the shooter responsible for those shootings ever apprehended? Or is it still unsolved? I drive on Cline Highway all the time on my way to the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, and I'm always a little uneasy about a sniper still being out there somewhere. :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Wow, a white guy driving an F-150 in Texas. s***, that's half the state. The other half has a real truck. A F-250 or F-350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 QUOTE (Texsox @ Dec 25, 2008 -> 01:34 AM) Wow, a white guy driving an F-150 in Texas. s***, that's half the state. The other half has a real truck. A F-250 or F-350 So where does that leave a man driving a Toyota Tacoma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Dec 26, 2008 -> 07:22 PM) So where does that leave a man driving a Toyota Tacoma? They do not exist in Texas. _or_ He borrowed his wife's car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 QUOTE (dasox24 @ Dec 24, 2008 -> 04:37 AM) I was kind of nervous as I was driving through Dallas today, but then heard on the radio that the guy shot himself and is in the hospital... Glad he's not out there anymore. Did you wave hi when you went by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 27, 2008 -> 03:30 PM) Did you wave hi when you went by? I will on my way back through tomorrow "Hi, Kap" Edited December 27, 2008 by dasox24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 12:35 PM) Hearing about it, is the key phrase. Stuff like this has happened forever, there just weren't 24 hour news networks to hang on every detail about. Yes, exactly. Violent crime rates have been falling for a couple decades now, though it looks like 2008 may be a tick back up for the first time in a while (that thanks to the tanking economy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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