Sunday, January 25, 2009

Shooting in Portland, OR

My daughter, 22, was out with friends in a quiet bar in Portland. A fellow pulled out a gun and started shooting. 2 are dead and 7 are injured. The shooter ran by my daughter but she was not hurt and I am thankful for that. The gun man shot himself in the end and he is injured.

The word I have is that it was a random shooting spree. It is one of those things you read about and assume that it occurs to someone else in the BIG city.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, Rich. What a nightmare. I'm so grateful that your daughter is safe.

Llana

Kim said...

OMG, I am so sorry to hear this. I am happy your daughter is okay though at least in the physical sense. My heart goes out to her. I can't even imagine seeing something that horrid.

Rich said...

As the day wore on, it kind of sunk in more and more. She and her fiance are fine but it is just crazy. I can understand mad but a gun and shooting go well beyond rational. Must admit - bothered me a lot today.