Crime

Video Captures Frightening Moments as Gunman Opens Fire Near Seattle-Area School

KOMO-TV:

ISSAQUAH, Wash. – A gunman was shot dead by police Saturday after he opened fire near Issaquah High School, sending passers-by fleeing in terror and throwing a junior football game into chaos, officials and witnesses said.

Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Office said officers had no choice but to shoot the gunman after he refused to put down his weapons and fired them at police.

Video Captures Frightening Moment as Gunman Opens Fire Near Seattle Area School | Issaquah High School

Photo by Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times

Later, officers searched the gunman’s abandoned vehicle on Front Street. There was no immediate word on what they had found, but traffic was being routed away from the vehicle during the search.

No one else was injured in the incident, which terrified residents of the normally quiet neighborhood and sent many of them running for cover.

Urquhart said it’s a miracle that no one else was hit by the gunfire.

“There were lots of people up there, lots of kids – this could have been a lot worse,” he said.


The Seattle Times:

The man pointed his weapons “menacingly” at pedestrians, but did not fire, as he walked about ½ mile to Clark Elementary School, Urquhart said.

Witnesses reportedly saw him trying to break into an unoccupied parked car in the school parking lot, where he fired his first shot, according to Urquhart. The gunman also fired more shots during or after an unsuccessful attempt to enter the cab of a parked backhoe.

Urquhart did not indicate whether the gunman was shooting at anyone.

When Issaquah police confronted him on a service road at the school, he reportedly dropped to the ground and began shooting.

Some shots were aimed at officers, but others appeared to be random, Urquhart said.

Four Issaquah officers returned fire, striking the man more than once. He died at the scene.

Comments (65)

  • xzero01
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:39pm

    haha thats what happens to people that try to shoot kids in America!

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  • FRONTIERSMAN
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:39am

    Watching that last video, some interesting comments: One guy picks up a rock as scared teens run towards him, another has these kids go into his garage and is asked if he has a gun to fight back….his response? “Gee I never thought I would need to”.

    Well, sure….you never need a gun to defend yourself or your house until you do……..

    Everyone should have a firearm at home…you just never know when some idiot may open up on your street

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    • gmoneytx
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:27pm

      that’s what an AK47 with a 30 round clip is for, urban warfare…I didn‘t think I’d say this, but it‘s quite possible we’ll see it in our lifetime.

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  • tankyjo
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:37am

    Seattle = Greece, very soon.

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  • otmonger
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:39am

    Sounds like suicide by police!

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    • Bloody Sam
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 2:02pm

      “Sounds like suicide by police!”

      Sounds more like the police putting the perp through a meat grinder.
      One shot will kill. There had to be several hundred rounds loosed on him.
      I wonder how many actually hit the guy.

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  • a true texan
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:09pm

    I can not believe some of these comments! PEOPLE HE had a gun and was shooting at people and objects! The police did exactly what they should have done, KILLED him. Would you ask for him to be shot in the leg if you knew he was coming straight for YOUR family? I don’t think so what if he was chasing your daughter, you would be the 1st to sue the cops because they tried to end it peacefully.
    HE picked up the gun and he suffered the consequences of putting others lives in danger!

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  • SgtB
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 9:55pm

    Sounds like a suicide by cop. Think about it, the man was shooting and never shot anyone. How many rounds did he expend and what from? If he had any kind of a rifle, whether or not it had a scope or open sights, and whether it was a bolt action or semi-auto with a 100 round drum, he could’ve easily shot someone out to 300 yards without having any kind of training. It he had a pistol, he could have easily shot someone with in 100 feet. It seems almost obvious to me that he dust wanted to die and was too afraid to shoot himself.

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  • jessieH
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 5:18pm

    Well, that‘s one more that won’t be shooting at innocent people, anymore.

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  • ibthumper
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:56pm

    George Bush had something to do with this. Just ask OBOMAMAA.

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  • Ceefour
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:27pm

    Gee willikers,couldn.t they have just shot him in the leg or something like the Lone Ranger and the Phantom used to do???

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:31pm

      You are harder to hit when your laying prone on the ground. Think about it, how wide is your body and how tall are you standing up… That’s why the military uses grenades and other explosive devices when fighting wars, they get you whether you stand or lay down… What makes this so shocking is that listening to the video the person talks about a “Range” he was working at. Were there no heroes with scoped weapons that could have stopped him??? This shows the fear law abiding gun owners have and how just the fear of being accused of a crime is… If we don‘t stand up for the citizens rights to own fire arms to prevent a bad Government take over like the founding fathers anticipated then we don’t deserve to live free for a generation at least…

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    • Sylkey254
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:42pm

      Shoot him in the leg?? Anyone that starts firing weapons around children needs to be put down and put down fast. You are asking Police to give him a choice that he did not give to the children nearby!

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  • Talmid of Yeshua
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:23pm

    I live in Tacoma, not too far from Issaquah.

    I don’t know the full story yet, but I’m sure the media is already trying to concoct a story about the evil Tea Party.

    But as is the case 99% of the time, it will be a disgruntled liberal.

    Just like the case of the man that shot the National Guard members, the kid who was denied access to the military, Jared Loughner who shot the demoncrat in Arizona, the man who went into the Discovery Channel and shot people, the Muslims who are on a rampage all over America, and the list goes on and on.

    Damn.. the media is always let down. Where are those violent Tea Partiers?

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  • Elucidate
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 2:12pm

    I don’t know quite how this is political. Other than people making it political. I was downtown Issaquah at our local butcher when this happened. As far as I can tell cops responded fast. They had streets closed off pretty quick. And for all those non locals, Issaquah is generally a conservative town, not liberal (except of the teachers).

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    • Alexandra1214
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:14pm

      Thank you for the correct information …. Maybe this guy was trying to commit suicide by cop?? Thank God no one else was injured …..

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  • mikenleeds
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 1:58pm

    another liberal loon on the loose ,,

    if some of those parents had a gun they could of put a stop to this real fast

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    • SERUM
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 2:13pm

      Thank God he exercised his right not to drop his firearm,
      God Bless the Boys in Blue!

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 2:43pm

      “he exercised his right not to drop his firearm,”
      what?

      @mikenleeds
      Yeah this could have easily been another massacre but it resulted in nothing more than a shooting because someone else nearby was armed.

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  • Carol Ingian
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 1:57pm

    I feel badly for the people who were terrorized by this crazy man.
    The police did the right thing.

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  • Atrocities
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 1:45pm

    Here’s an idea, lets blame the gun and not the druggie gun man! Liberalism is the religion of hypocrisy.

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  • Tretka
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 1:37pm

    I won’t judge anyone but I will say and I mean this devoid of personal opinion: What would each of us do when we are being fired on or looking down the face of a gun and we are also armed? Each person must decide this.

    Personally speaking, I am a civilian so if even if I had a gun on my side, I would clear the area and myself and call the cops.

    But if I were a police officer, I would try to take the shot on a leg or arm if the crowd were still threatened and there was no way to move out the civilians. IF the man was running fast at the crowd, well, I would aim elsewhere. If I was behind him and he responded to me, I would give him a chance to disarm and lay down.

    What situation was it?

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 1:47pm

      That’s not always the option as well as not how you are trained. I’m sure LEO have the same training, aim for the biggest target. Shooting someone in the leg is a hopeful, wishy washy thing you see in hollywood movies and not practical in the real world. The legs are slender appendages that move with ease. The torso, regardless of what a person is doing, is a more consistent target and a bigger target. With possibility of innocent people behind the target, you don’t want to risk missing. You aim for the biggest target that will have a higher chance of bringing the guy down. When your life, and other’s life, is on the line, you don’t take the time to wound the gunman. A gun is not an “aim to wound” if you intend on pulling that trigger, you do so only if you have intent to hit and kill your target.

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    • single stack
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 2:13pm

      I’ve looked down the barrel of a gun and I shot the SOB holding it center mass. No hesitation and no remorse.

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    • EODdevon
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:02pm

      Tretka,
      Life is not like the movies, if you are armed and someone threatens you in the manner you describe your first action/thought had better be aim to kill. Remember it is better to feel bad about killing your attacker then feel bad about not, as the first one is easy to overcome.

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    • Grannie4news
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:04pm

      @tretka Easy for you to say what you would do as you are sitting there in the comfort of your home.
      My son is a police officer and when someone raises a gun to shoot him I do not want him worrying about the health of the perp. It is bad enough there has to be an investigation over every police shooting no matter how clear the evidence is in the cop’s favor. Let’s see you get out there and deal with the riffraff day in and day out risking your life. Big talk from small person

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    • Talmid of Yeshua
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:25pm

      On two occasions I’ve looked down the barrel of a gun. Both times, the perp doing it didn’t fair to well, if you know what I mean. One incident, the ambulance had to pick the piece of **** off the ground.

      Point a gun at me, you better shoot straight, because you aren’t walking away.

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    • mattbow46
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:10am

      Tretka; What you have stated is fine for the movies but in real life it is a pipe dream. First off if you have never been in that type of situation you don’t know how you are going to react, second if you ever do get into that type situation thing move so fast you won’t exactly know what and how it happened until you calm down and think about it. You also have to remember that the bad guy doesn’t care where or who he shoots but you still have to try to keep in mind that there are innocent people around. There is no officer (that I know) that wants to take a life and live with that for the rest of his life but they have to make a choice and that is to shoot the suspect or have innocent people get shot by him. To understand what these men and women go through you try riding with them and get to know them.

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:57pm

    Suicide by police….and NO legal cost. Some poor lawyer will not make any money off this dead man.

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  • AB5r
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:22pm

    That is wrong for him to take the Lord’s name in vain. It is sad that so many people do that without even thinking. And many of them would no doubt support banning the Bible from schools, etc. yet they bring up His name in this way.

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    • KwikKarl
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 1:34pm

      Half of the people have no clue why they are using that name out of any name out there.

      You just need to ask them sometime why they chose to use that name as a cuss word and not another word? They’re luck huh, I dunno. The choice of his name alone shows you his name is above all names and is God. Why not use the devil’s name?

      Also, just start taking a knee bowing everytime someone uses it to see their reaction – Phillipians 2:10
      That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

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  • Thomas Payne
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:20am

    To avoid a “beat down” you have to comply with police instructions. Sorry, this is the police state we live in now.

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:23am

      Or to put it another way: If you open fire recklessly in a town you might very well be shot yourself.

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    • True American66
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:30am

      What are you saying…that we shouldn’t comply with the police? How about you try putting your life on the line everyday to protect others. Are you saying that the police are the bad guys in this situation? Do you think America would be a better place without them? ….“police state”…do you even know what that term means?….try Syria, Iran, China…the list goes on and on.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:38am

      @Thomas Payne — the man did shoot first at the officers and other people; I will not fault the cops in this matter.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:41am

      Thomas are you saying the police interfered with the the man shooting at them?
      The cops got shot at returned fire and killed the guy,it isn’t complicated.I’ve used firearms for many years and the thought never occurred to me to shoot at cops,weird isn’t it.

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    • hpshooter
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:46am

      Are you kidding a police state because the perp was killed by the police for shooting at them?Dude that is what many of us who wear a uniform do…Protect and Serve.

      That thinking is just as dangerous as those who wish to steal the income of the working class because it honorable to be “under privileged”. I am not a fan of how the sheeple have abdicated their rights for more gubmint safety/freebies/handouts; fortunately many are realizing this has to end.

      People like this end up with what they deserve even if it is suicide by cop; it is not the “police state”. It is protecting and serving the community.

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    • Torgo
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:59am

      People actively shooting at others for no reason should be shot. What is your problem?

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:08pm

      Does anyone else notice the holes in the story, and the bizarreness of the protective response??

      Maybe it’s just me…I dunno…lol

      Raise your hands if you are ready to give up some liberty!!!!

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    • drago
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:10pm

      Here in Texas, if you have a gun and are pointing it at people, regardless of intent, as a licensed concealed carry civilian, i will drop you like a bad habit, and not lose a minutes sleep over it.Though the left will use this for more gun control legislation, it is more reason to uphold and protect the second amendment period.

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    • Charles
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:26pm

      Attention genius. If you start shooting at the cops or point a gun at the cops you will die. It’s a no brainier. And I am happy the responding officers got to go home at the end of their shift. Its a job I wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole. I respect them.

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    • itsmyfirstday
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:28pm

      Your right..this is a police state…when you are ordered to put down your firearm that you have been pointing at people…the police will take you down…

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    • MHP
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:38pm

      No relation to this. cops acted as they should.

      Issaquah cops are good people, I know them personally.

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    • drattastic
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:53pm

      Being near Seattle tells me all I need to know in regard to people not being armed and able to protect themselves in a situation like that. They are like defenseless sheep at the mercy of wolves. You know what the reaction of these liberals will be ,the call for stricter gun laws. Fools.

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    • Thomas Payne
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 6:05pm

      No, I replied to the wrong thread. Meant to post in the day of rage article comments. Sorry.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:17am

    Proabably as more is found about him, he might have been in debt, lost his job, or just a nut case. Regardless of the reason, I agree with some, he wanted to die. This way his suvivors will be paid from his life insurance, provided he had one. This, I believe was suicide by cop.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:35am

      Sounds like it indeed; suicide by cop, though now I imagine the administration of Mr Obama will try and blame this mess on the police and accuse the man of conveinently being a memebe of the “Radical, terrorist, Christian, Tea Party Republicans…”

      Expect more of these matters, and with the ongoing series of “day of rage” protests to grow more and more mennacing via the media hyper-activity and vitreolic hate spewing like a maddened mountain lion with rabies.

      Mr Obama and the Progressives are in their final end-game movements; they are desperate and are making a final, winner take all play that will either give them the nation, or take us all down in flames if they can do so.

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  • Secessionista
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:15am

    He walked a half a mile instead of driving it. I am happy to see that he was considerate towards the environment. Remember people, if you are going to go on a shooting rampage, be sure to keep it green. Do they make CO2-free bullets? ;-)

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  • Thomas Payne
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:11am

    So, was this guy a white, tea party extremist or an Islamic extremist, or just a deranged individual with no agenda Will they ever tell us? Probably not.

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    • Obama Bin Lying
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:19am

      I disagree…If he is a white Tea Party member, the press will be all over it. But if he is liberal muslim person of color here illegaly, you would have better chance of seeing God before MSNBC will give it notice.

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  • We_the_People_Fan
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 10:54am

    Score one for the good guys. Thank God nobody was hurt by this guys shooting rampage.

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  • LiberalMarine
    Posted on September 25, 2011 at 10:50am

    Good to see cops doing their jobs instead of macing innocent women and roughing people up.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 10:59am

      Macing innocent women? they were communists and should have been beat down all of them,sure they have the right to make all the idiotic comments they want, but when they get violent they need to be handled just like anyone else.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:02am

      C’mon Marine. You’re not still hung up on those Liberal Union Obama voting Police Officers from NYC are you? Ya’ know they just work for the man right? Lol.

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    • MARCH4HIM
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:03am

      first biased remark..

      your name..
      did you .. see any action ?
      just wondering…

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:13am

      >MARCH4HIM. You can disagree w/ the Marine’s opinions, but don‘t go there with the what’s your name, did you see any action garbage. doesn‘t matter if he did or didn’t. If LIBERALMARINE served… that’s good enough for me, and should be good enough for anyone… opinions aside.

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    • B4B
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:13am

      So, the cops use “mace” now?
      When did they stop using pepper spray?
      I got quite the laugh out of the one “protester” screaming bloody murder, falling to the ground as if her toes were smashed by a large hammer. = )
      It’s pepper spray, it burns. You’re not injured, get over it.

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    • LiberalMarine
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:14am

      Just because they might be communists (and not all of them are) doesn’t mean they deserve to get “beat down”.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:15am

      Pathetic

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    • drago
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:13pm

      @liberalmarine
      I truely doubt you are or ever have been a marine, much less in the service at all. You’re just another punk kid, playing video games all day, and pretending you are somebody, not go back to playing your games, and stfu.

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    • LiberalMarine
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:38pm

      @Drago

      You don’t know me, don’t assume you do.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 2:49pm

      I saw a comment on the “Coaches/bowing heads at game” story that DRAGO (which was the name of the arse-kissing-side-kick character that Chill Wills played in “McClintock”… a John Wayne movie) made to MARINE RECON DAD. “Amen to that Marine!”

      I guess DRAGO picks and chooses “his” Marines based on whether he agrees with them or not, lol. I‘m betting you’re just a side-kick in real life DRAGO and probably a Military wannabe’ who was most likely turned down for service either at the time of ASVAB or during the PE. You’re probably working as a Mall Cop (2nd in charge of the yellow paint) somewhere in Blart-ville running down the people who park in the Fire Lane. (smudging your yellow paint).

      I can‘t think of anything I’ve seen that I agree with from the LIBERALMARINE here, or anywhere today, but I‘ll take this Marine over a wannabe’ any day of the week.

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