# "Multiple people down in shooting at Colorado Walmart: police" (11/1/17) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461 "2017-11-02T02:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/1 "2017-11-02T02:45:08Z")
> [@](#): > > THORNTON, Colo. - Multiple people were shot on Wednesday inside a Walmart store in a Denver suburb, local police said. > > Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not release any information on the number of victims and it was not clear if an assailant had been taken into custody, taken his own life or been slain by officers. > > “We’ve got multiple parties down, we’re still trying to ascertain what their conditions are,” Officer Victor Avila of the Thornton Police Department told Reuters. > > About an hour after the initial alert the Thornton Police Department said on Twitter that the gunfire had ended at the store, which was surrounded by police and fire crews. > > “At this time this is NOT an active shooter. Active crime scene. We will update as info becomes available,” the police department said in a tweet… [Reuters](https://a.msn.com/r/2/AAukNkD?m=en-us) Two dead, one injured. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/2 "2017-11-02T04:39:12Z")
Apparently a [third person has died. There are no suspects in custody](http://www.9news.com/news/crime/no-suspects-in-custody-after-3-killed-in-thornton-walmart-shooting-police/488159023). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/3 "2017-11-02T04:50:54Z")
I have CNN on, not hearing it yet. Of course I am not watching the picture so I may have missed it, running by. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/4 "2017-11-02T04:56:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I have CNN on, not hearing it yet. Of course I am not watching the picture so I may have missed it, running by. Currently, it’s buried on the NYT front page with just a link. You know, on one hand, it’s a bit tiring to see how the media makes a circus out of horrible news and milks it for all it’s worth. On the other hand, have we all become so jaded with regard to mass killings of random people in public places that it’s no longer worth giving wide-ranging coverage to? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/5 "2017-11-02T05:16:25Z")
There’s a live news conference now on KUSA’s (Denver) [website](http://www.9news.com/news/crime/no-suspects-in-custody-after-3-killed-in-thornton-walmart-shooting-police/488159023). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/6 "2017-11-02T05:24:16Z")
High on The Pot! It’s “_Reefer Madness_”, I tell ya! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/7 "2017-11-02T05:42:46Z")
Reports I’ve seen indicate it may be a routine homicide. We get a shooting every few days in my city. I understand that everyone is on edge after Vegas and the NY Halloween attacks. > **[Man accused of randomly killing 3 people at Walmart captured | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/us/colorado-walmart-shooting/index.html)** > > Scott Ostrem, the man suspected of killing three people at a Colorado Walmart on Wednesday night, has been arrested, Thornton police tweeted Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/8 "2017-11-02T14:09:46Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Reports I’ve seen indicate it may be a _ **routine homicide** _. > > We get a shooting every few days in my city. > > I understand that everyone is on edge after Vegas and the NY Halloween attacks. > > [Walmart shooting: Suspect accused of killing 3 in Colorado has been arrested - CNN](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/11/01/us/colorado-walmart-shooting/index.html) Bolding and Italics mine. Says something there about us (because I doubt aceplace was the only one to have that reaction) that three people are slaughtered for apparently random reasons (that may change) and it is “routine”. Not sure exactly what it says, but I suspect it is not good… Press on. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/9 "2017-11-02T14:25:31Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Bolding and Italics mine. > > Says something there about us (because I doubt aceplace was the only one to have that reaction) that three people are slaughtered for apparently random reasons (that may change) and it is “routine”. > > Not sure exactly what it says, but I suspect it is not good… > > Press on. I had exactly the same thought. “Routine homicide”… only three people killed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/10 "2017-11-02T15:35:20Z")
no outrage from the president calling for extreme vetting of gun owners and the death penalty/swift justice for this act of terror. oh wait - it was committed by a middle aged white guy - must just be having a bad day. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/11 "2017-11-02T15:36:38Z")
Suspect captured: > **[Thornton police arrest Walmart shooting suspect who allegedly killed 3](https://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/02/thornton-walmart-shooting-suspect-identified/)** > > Thornton police have arrested a 47-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting two men and a woman at a Walmart Super Center before turning around and walking out of the store Wednesday night. No motive given yet. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/12 "2017-11-02T16:25:12Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > High on The Pot! It’s “_Reefer Madness_”, I tell ya! What the hell is wrong with you? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/13 "2017-11-02T18:12:58Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What the hell is wrong with you? A joking reply using the recent CO legalizing pot maybe to indicate that the anti-pot crew will try to use this politically??? Of course I could be totally wrong. No comment or opinion expressed as to the post itself. :rolleyes: 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/14 "2017-11-02T18:17:31Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Bolding and Italics mine. > > Says something there about us (because I doubt aceplace was the only one to have that reaction) that three people are slaughtered for apparently random reasons (that may change) and it is “routine”. > > Not sure exactly what it says, but I suspect it is not good… > > Press on. There still isn’t much information. My initial reaction is the shooter had a specific target in mind. He didn’t care who else got hit. Just a hunch. It may be a random shooting. It is sad how many homicides occur. It’s hard not to get numb after awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/15 "2017-11-02T18:52:48Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > High on The Pot! It’s “_Reefer Madness_”, I tell ya! This is not a post to be making jokes in. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-people-down-in-shooting-at-colorado-walmart-police-11-1-17/800461/16 "2017-11-02T18:54:54Z")
> [@simster](#): > > no outrage from the president calling for extreme vetting of gun owners and the death penalty/swift justice for this act of terror. > > oh wait - it was committed by a middle aged white guy - must just be having a bad day. This thread is not about politics, it’s about the shooting. Don’t bring up political discussion in threads not about them.