Armed Man Kills Self in Pa. Sports Store Bathroom

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Armed Man Kills Self in Pa. Sports Store Bathroom
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. March 17, 2013 (AP)

Police say an armed man barricaded himself inside an eastern Pennsylvania sports store bathroom and killed himself.

Police say the man entered Dick's Sporting Goods in Fairless Hills on Saturday night and asked to see a shotgun and ammunition. Once the clerk handed those over, the man pulled out a handgun and ordered the worker to undo the shotgun's gun lock.

Police say the man then barricaded himself inside a bathroom in the Bucks County store. He didn't take any hostages.

The store and nearby businesses were evacuated during the four-hour-long standoff.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/armed-man-kills-pa-sports-store-bathroom-18747984

[Katashi_itto]

1. Maybe he was upset because they had run out of ammo.

[Union Scribe]

2. He had a gun?

Why didn't he just use that, I wonder. Maybe it wasn't loaded, but the article didn't say.

[NRA_SUCKS]

3. yeah this story doesn't make much sense

I was going to bait the gun humpers about "if only there were more guns" but seriously, this is too weird to make such a lame joke.
He got the shot gun, and the ammo, THEN he pulls his gun?

first... what idiot came up with the bright idea that you could bring weapons INTO a store.... oh right... nevermind

[secondwind]

4. Welcome to DU, NRA sucks!

[LisaL]

11. Maybe his handgun was not operational.

[Javaman]

17. Man: Dude, can you help me? I locked my keys in the car...

Dude: your window is open.

[harmonicon]

5. Where's the security camera footage?

I'll hold on while someone puts "Yackety Sax" to it, but then I really need to see it.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Heard this on local news radio last night as breaking news

when the incident was still on-going. They had indicated that SWAT teams were at the location. At least no one else was hurt.

[valerief]

7. How sad. If only he had more guns, this wouldn't have happened. NRA logic. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. "Cleanup in aisle 4, please"

[KG]

9. i take comfort in the quaint notion that guns have nothing to do with people getting shot.

[greiner3]

10. If this had been in Asia;

Particularly in and around Cambodia, Vietnam and the traditional Buddhist countries, then the headline would be 'monk commits another self immolation.'

Matches and gasoline (well the latter does when we as a culture STILL depend upon a carcinogenic) don't kill people, people kill people!

[AtheistCrusader]

12. Very sad.

Too bad he wasn't able to get help before it came to this.

[Paul E Ester]

13. Thanks for showing the compassion for the mentally ill they need..nt

[awoke_in_2003]

14. could have been mental illness...

or desperation over economic problems. Either way, we need to start looking after our fellow human beings.

[Paul E Ester]

15. The media did not used to report suicides,

It seems they make an exception if someone uses a gun.

It's been argued that people who see people talked about in the media for suicide, get the idea to do something themselves. Suicides from the golden gate bridge are not reported for that reason.

The media for all it protests has incredible influence, even the new york times recently has had articles with the pictures of mass killers from years ago. Lionizing these losers, is what the mass murderers are after anyway.

Reading the dorner manifesto I was struck by the narcissistic shout outs to celebrities as dorner saw himself as their peer (a celebrity) in the media. It was very strange.

Whats news and whats not. It's a hard call.

[In_The_Wind]

16. Why would he do that?

Sad. Poor man.

[Historic NY]

18. Followup...handgun wasn't loaded

Bucks County Coroner Joseph Campbell said Sunday that 58-year-old Mark McCarty of Levittown died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

Authorities say he entered Dick's Sporting Goods in Fairless Hills after 7 p.m. Saturday and asked to see a shotgun and ammunition. McCarty pulled out a handgun — later found to be unloaded — and ordered the worker to undo the shotgun's gun lock. He then barricaded himself inside a bathroom.

The store and nearby businesses were evacuated during the four-hour-long standoff. No one else was hurt.

Lt. Henry Ward says McCarty had also been involved in a standoff with Middletown officers in 2002.