# I just saw a shooting... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 1999, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-shooting/10217 "1999-10-29T20:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-shooting/10217/21 "1999-10-30T15:05:00Z")
## more info on the shooting… [http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews1.html](http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews1.html) A friend is someone who likes you even though you’re as ugly as a hat full of assholes. [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-shooting/10217/22 "1999-10-30T15:20:00Z")
Thanks for the link Zette. I skimmed the Oneonta Daily Star this morning and could find nothing on it anywhere. We’re talking an hour away by car and not a word about it in the paper. Sheesh. Hope you got some sleep last night. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-shooting/10217/23 "1999-10-30T20:18:00Z")
Funnee, I’m surprised- my sister works in Cooperstown and they were talking about it all afternoon yesterday. She knew before I even called her and I called about an hour after it happens. Hmmmmm- strange! Yep, I slept OK…I’m a bit less freaked today. Just glad it seems that he was aiming at a particular person and not just shooting all over, or I probobly wouldn’t be typing this. Zette * * * A friend is someone who likes you even though you’re as ugly as a hat full of assholes. [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Flowers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Dead\_Flowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Flowers)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-shooting/10217/24 "1999-10-31T00:12:00Z")
Hey Satan: When they shoot down at the ground like that it’s called “squirrelling”. Shots fired at the ground at a shallow enough angle (like those that caused the sparks) are an easier way to hit you than those fired directly at you in a crisis situation. It eliminates the “up and down” and accentuated the “towards” of aiming. Also a really good way to nail someone hiding behind something (like a parked car or a dumpster). Just tryin’ to help. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-shooting/10217/25 "1999-10-31T04:02:00Z")
Actually, Deads Flowers, he aimed stright down the street is what I meant to say, not down at the ground. Me and my roomie were on the side of the street, whereas he was directly in the middle. I think he was gonna shoot us, but decided to scare us instead. It worked. The sparks came from the gun itself, not the ground. But thanks for the concern… I think… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-shooting/10217.md?page=1)