# Mass shooting in downtown Orlando. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612 "2009-11-06T17:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/21 "2009-11-06T18:55:11Z")
There are still a shit-ton of people barricaded into offices on the upper floors. ETA: Well, the cops locked down Highland Prep, which is probably a hundred yards from our building, so out management has the building doors locked, but we’re not like under guard or anything. I could leave - if I wasn’t going to be sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic for six hours. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/22 "2009-11-06T18:56:13Z")
I thought the shooter was gone? The news is reporting the make and model of his car. Damn, there are bodies on the 8th and 12th floors. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/23 "2009-11-06T18:57:41Z")
“On the loose” in the sense of “not shot or caught”. They’re not 100% on whether that Rodriguez guy was actually the shooter. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/24 "2009-11-06T19:05:58Z")
Update: they just found Rodriguez’ car at his mother’s house, which directly opposite the shooting location from my office. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/25 "2009-11-06T19:08:05Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The more the murderrier. I am so using that line. CNN is reporting 1 dead, eight wounded. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/26 "2009-11-06T19:09:14Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Update: they just found Rodriguez’ car at his mother’s house, which directly opposite the shooting location from my office. :eek: Lovely. Keep your head down, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/27 "2009-11-06T19:16:38Z")
Channel 2’s Gail Paschall-Brown is on the scene, which means she should have the shooter located and in a headlock any moment now. [She ain’t afraid of nobody.](http://www.wesh.com/video/20548760/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/28 "2009-11-06T19:25:03Z")
The mayor of Orlando says Rodriguez has been arrested. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/29 "2009-11-06T19:27:12Z")
Yep, they’ve got him. You can come out from under your desk now, **Really**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/30 "2009-11-06T19:30:41Z")
What? I was just tying my shoelaces. ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/31 "2009-11-06T19:31:53Z")
See? Nine minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/32 "2009-11-06T19:33:25Z")
I’ve merged **BKReporter** ’s thread (started in MPSIMS; two posts) into this one. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/33 "2009-11-06T19:37:38Z")
At least his name isn’t Ali Bin Bubba or something equally middle-eastern. Muslims are getting enough bad press as it is. Of course, this will fire up the immigrant phobics. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/34 "2009-11-06T19:38:02Z")
And I’ve moved the result from The BBQ Pit to MPSIMS. \*\* Gfactor\*\* Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/35 "2009-11-06T19:41:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > At least his name isn’t Ali Bin Bubba or something equally middle-eastern. Muslims are getting enough bad press as it is. Of course, this will fire up the immigrant phobics. Seriously. I get mistaken for an Arab all the time, so bad press for Muslims is bad press for me - bad enough that I was basically hiding in my fraternity house for two days after 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/36 "2009-11-06T19:43:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > At least his name isn’t Ali Bin Bubba or something equally middle-eastern. Muslims are getting enough bad press as it is. Of course, this will fire up the immigrant phobics. With a name like Jason? No, I think it’s just some guy with serious anger issues. But kudoes to the police for catching him alive. That makes two for two. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/37 "2009-11-06T19:44:32Z")
The toll is now down to one dead and five wounded. With luck, it’ll turn out Rodriguez’s pistol wasn’t loaded, and there are zero dead and two or three people who ran out of his way and sprained their ankles. I don’t think we’ll get that lucky, but we can dream. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/38 "2009-11-06T19:46:17Z")
Damn, he’s already getting hustled into the police station. OPD doesn’t waste time, do they? He was hiding out at his mommy’s house. Loser! ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/39 "2009-11-06T19:49:21Z")
I think most of these things wouldn’t happen if they didn’t get so much coverage on television. Everyone knows these days that you will get attention and your story will be told if you shoot a bunch of people. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612/40 "2009-11-06T19:50:46Z")
Well, most times the shooter either kills himself or is shot by police. It’s very rare that they capture him alive. Plus, it’s news. People near the area need to know to stay put, and drivers can learn why the highway is suddenly shut down. And the rest of us can post our observations on message boards. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-downtown-orlando/516612.md?page=3)