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   Andy Bernstein to All   
   Gunman in deadly mall attack identified    
   25 Jun 14 03:54:08   
   
   XPost: ba.politics, dc.media, soc.penpals   
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   From: abernstein@no87.edu   
      
   Another drugged up hypnotized liberal zombie of the Obama gun   
   control goons, armed and turned loose on the public.   
      
   CNN) -- The gunman who killed two workers Saturday at a Maryland   
   mall was identified Sunday as Darion Marcus Aguilar, Howard   
   County Police Chief Bill McMahon said.   
      
   Aguilar arrived by cab about an hour before the shootings, and   
   his movements at the mall were limited, McMahon said. He added   
   that Aguilar, 19, fired between six and eight shots from a 12-   
   gauge shotgun. That included a self-inflicted fatal shot.   
      
   On Saturday, police said the gunman carried "a large amount of   
   ammunition" and apparent makeshift explosives. He killed 21-year-   
   old Brianna Benlolo and 25-year-old Tyler Johnson at the busy   
   Columbia mall before turning the shotgun on himself, police said.   
      
   Aguilar purchased the gun, made by Mossberg, in December, the   
   chief said Sunday at a morning update for reporters.   
      
   The shootings, which also left five others injured, ended a   
   violent week which saw shootings or gun scares at American   
   schools or shopping centers -- ordinary places where people once   
   felt safe.   
      
   McMahon told reporters that the shooter's motive was unclear. He   
   said authorities were investigating whether Aguilar knew either   
   of the victims.   
      
   Both worked at Zumiez, a shop that caters to skaters, on the   
   second floor of The Mall in Columbia.   
      
   Benlolo was an assistant manager at the store and had worked   
   there since November 2012, according to her Facebook page.   
      
   Johnson had worked at the store for about three months,   
   according to his Facebook page.   
      
   The body of the suspected shooter was found near a shotgun on   
   the floor of Zumiez, police said, along with unspent ammunition.   
      
   Late Saturday, police revealed that "two crude devices that   
   appeared to be an attempt at making explosives using fireworks"   
   were found inside the shooter's bag inside the store. "Both were   
   disabled," police added.   
      
   The first 911 call about the shooting came at about 11:15 a.m.   
   and officers were in the mall within two minutes, police said.   
      
   The shooting "seems to have been very contained to that store   
   and the area just outside," McMahon told reporters.   
      
   Police entered the mall within minutes of the first 911 calls   
   and found three people dead. The scene was secure shortly before   
   1 p.m., police said.   
      
   Investigators said there were thousands of people in the mall at   
   the time, with many hiding in fear behind store counters, in   
   restrooms or in fitting rooms for hours after the shooting   
   stopped.   
      
   "Think about this, on a Saturday afternoon at the mall, how many   
   people may be in there," McMahon said. "Something like this   
   happens and people run in many directions, and they also do what   
   we train them to do -- to shelter in place."   
      
   Five people were transported to Howard County General Hospital,   
   a hospital spokeswoman said in a statement. All were treated and   
   later released.   
      
   Four of them suffered injuries related to the chaotic scene   
   after the shots rang out, including one with a seizure and at   
   least one with a sprained ankle, according to McMahon.   
      
   The other injured victim suffered a gunshot wound to the foot.   
   Police said Saturday night that that woman wasn't in Zumiez;   
   rather she was on the first floor when she was struck.   
      
   A federal official briefed on the shooting told CNN that   
   preliminary information indicates the shooting may have been   
   related to a domestic dispute.   
      
   McMahon said Sunday that police had yet to determine that but   
   learned Saturday night that one of the victims lived near the   
   shooter.   
      
   http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/26/us/maryland-mall-shooting/   
      
       
      
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