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Saturday, March 25, 2006

City 7 Dead in Shooting at Capitol Hill Party

Posted by ELI SANDERS on March 25 at 10:10 AM

Apparently the shooting happened at 21st and Republican around 7 a.m. this morning. A man walked into a house party with a shotgun and killed at least six people, most of them reportedly in their teens or early 20s.

Then, a police officer who had heard the shots arrived at the house and confronted the man. As the officer ordered the man to drop the shotgun, the man turned it on himself, committing suicide.

Anyone know anything more about this? Anyone at this party last night? If so, please email newsteam@thestranger.com.

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"Then, when a police officer who had heard the shots arrived at the house and confronted the man, he turned the gun on himself."

Perhaps the last part of this sentence should indicate that the shooter, not the policeman, turned the gun on himself.

Posted by Nick | March 25, 2006 11:39 AM

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Thanks. Fixed it.

Posted by Eli Sanders | March 25, 2006 12:05 PM

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This is just another example of how scary life can be. Everything you have can be wiped out by some random asshole with a gun.

Posted by keshmeshi | March 25, 2006 11:03 PM

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"Everything you have can be wiped out by some random asshole with a gun."

Or an asshole with a car or a knife or a bomb or a brick or a chainsaw or a bottle of poison or a...

Just a reminder: It's not the gun, it's the asshole.

Posted by DJP | March 28, 2006 6:51 PM

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