OMG

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There’s nothing like hearing Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC tell a national audience about a mass shooting/active shooter situation 11 MILES  FROM MY HOUSE!


Shooting in West Hempstead, NY.  One of my best friends used to live in West Hempstead.


Turned to more local news ... just in time to see the press conference by the Nassau County Police Commissioner.  Shooting took place in a supermarket, in the manager’s office.  One dead, two injured.  Apparent gunman was an employee or former employee.  He’s armed and dangerous and was last seen headed westbound on Hempstead Turnpike — that’s a major artery, NY 24, connects so many Long Island communities.   The Commissioner referred to “the Turnpike” and no one on Long Island had to ask what he meant.


I’m 11 miles away, not in any danger ... but it feels so close.  

Comments

  1. songbird's crazy worldApril 20, 2021 at 3:24 PM

    Suspect is in custody ...

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  2. Liz A.April 20, 2021 at 5:14 PM

    Yikes, scary.

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  3. ForsythiaApril 20, 2021 at 5:20 PM

    Scary and too close to home! YIKES! I guess I'm getting jaded. We have shootings around here once or twice a year, esp in nearby apartment complexes. None in our neighborhood of one-family homes so far.

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  4. bookwormApril 20, 2021 at 6:31 PM

    I hadn't even heard about this! So I went to CNN and read about it. One of my cousins lives about 11 miles from West Hempstead, in Queens. I do know what it is like to be blocks away from a mass shooting - sadly - (it was my first blog post ever) - very scary and I'm happy the man is in custody. I will not ask again - how many more of these shootings? Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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  5. songbird's crazy worldApril 21, 2021 at 3:41 PM

    Yeah, it was scary...

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  6. peppylady (Dora)April 21, 2021 at 10:44 PM

    To many unstable people with guns.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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