re: #435 Gus

College Gunman Reportedly Lined Up Victims

OAKLAND, Calif. — The former nursing student who the authorities say fatally shot seven people and wounded three others at a religious college had lined his victims up before shooting them, Oakland’s police chief said Tuesday.

If even one of them had been armed? Only one dead then. Or if they had all rushed him rather than “going along” with his demands? It’s like those armed robberies where they herd the workers and customers in back to kill the witnesses.

It’s a horrible cliche but this really is a case of the cops being only minutes away when seconds count.