Shooting of Mormon missionaries in Pennsylvania

[DavidMn]

All I heardd about this this morning oin the news was a quick blurb about how 2 mormon missonaries were shot while going door to door. I didnt hear if either of them died, but whatever happened this made me wanna gag.

[snowman]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

All I heardd about this this morning oin the news was a quick blurb about how 2 mormon missonaries were shot while going door to door. I didnt hear if either of them died, but whatever happened this made me wanna gag.

What happened to these people is tragic and wrong....

On another note- I have been curious about this:
Why is it that many of your posts are loaded with mis-spelling (like this one for example) while some of your threads are concise and spelled correctly (like your NFL pick thread). Please don't take offense, but it's like two different people submit your posts...?? This has really piqued my curiosity

[SteveMacD]

I'm not saying it was justified, I'm just saying some people take their "No Soliciting" signs a little more seriously than others.

As for spelling...F*CK spelling.

[BombaySapphire3]

Warped .racist .homophobic and misogynistic proselytizing cult that they may be .It still doen't excuse violence towards them .

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

All I heardd about this this morning oin the news was a quick blurb about how 2 mormon missonaries were shot while going door to door. I didnt hear if either of them died, but whatever happened this made me wanna gag.

I heard one of them died, while the other is in the hospital.

What happend to them is just disgusting. My heart goes out to their familes.

[CelticGypsy]

Here is more information if anyone is interested: This was from the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, UT. Just terrible news that someone would do this to innocent people.



2 elders shot on mission in Virginia

Associated Press

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — An LDS missionary going door-to-door was fatally shot and a fellow missionary was wounded by an assailant who fled, police said.
The attacks happened just after 6 p.m. Monday in the Deep Creek area of the city, police said, when a man approached the two, shot them and ran away.
One of the missionaries ran to a nearby nursing home seeking help, police said.
The missionaries were identified by church spokesmen Dale Bills and Michael Purdy as Morgan Young, 21, of Bountiful, and Joshua Heidbrink of Greeley, Colo. Chesapeake police said he is 19.
They were taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where Young later died, spokeswoman Cheri Hinshelwood said. Heidbrink was upgraded to good condition Tuesday.
Police described the gunman as a black male about 5-foot-10, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and denim jeans.
"This is close to home," said Bobby Gatling, who said he has lived on the block for two years. "Nothing like this has ever happened here before."
Parents of both missionaries planned to travel to Virginia.
Winslow Young, the grandfather of Morgan Young, said a church official visited the family in Bountiful on Monday night to inform them of the crime and then accompanied them to the airport.
Morgan Young was a graduate of Bountiful High School, where he excelled in computer science. He had spent nearly two years in Virginia on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was due to return home in March and planned to study computer science at Brigham Young University.
"He was a very outgoing young man and he was as excited as could be to be going on his mission," said Winslow Young, of Centerville, Utah.
The family was in regular contact with Young, who never expressed any concerns about his safety, his grandfather said. He described his grandson as easygoing and happy in his work for the church, and as a leader for the younger children in his extended family.
"Whenever we had the family together, the other grandchildren would be climbing all over him," he said.
Young was the oldest of four children.

[snowman]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I'm not saying it was justified, I'm just saying some people take their "No Soliciting" signs a little more seriously than others.

As for spelling...F*CK spelling.

would that be aaron spelling?

[Moony]

Well I hope that teaches them a lesson.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by Moony

Well I hope that teaches them a lesson.

If the perp is African American it might be interesting to find out if he was just a garden variety thug or was reacting to that Churchs' past blatant dehumanizing discrimination toward African Americans .Again nothing justifies the shootings .Just a thought.

[CelticGypsy]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

If the perp is African American it might be interesting to find out if he was just a garden variety thug or was reacting to that Churchs' past blatant dehumanizing discrimination toward African Americans .Again nothing justifies the shootings .Just a thought.

I have a feeling that the shooter thought these young men had money because they were dressed in nice suits. He got angry when they didn't have large amounts of money and so he shot them It had nothing to do with their beliefs. Just my personal opinion.

[Moony]

Originally Posted by CelticGypsy

I have a feeling that the shooter thought these young men had money because they were dressed in nice suits. He got angry when they didn't have large amounts of money and so he shot them It had nothing to do with their beliefs. Just my personal opinion.

Wow. How racist of you.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by Moony

Wow. How racist of you.

This judgement made after the "they had it coming" tone of your own post?
But I'm hoping I simply misunderstood what you meant.

[Moony]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

This judgement made after the "they had it coming" tone of your own post?
But I'm hoping I simply misunderstood what you meant.

Meh. Mine was meant to be sarcasm - perhaps bad taste, but whatever. I find thinking that just because these were african americans, the shooters must have been poor and jealous of the white men's shiny suits to be much more offensive.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by Moony

Meh. Mine was meant to be sarcasm - perhaps bad taste, but whatever. I find thinking that just because these were african americans, the shooters must have been poor and jealous of the white men's shiny suits to be much more offensive.

I'm glad to learn that it was just meant to be sarcastic.

Also, I don't think CelticGypsy meant anything racist by her comment. After all, most folks, black or white, don't go around just shooting people on the street for no reason. It's natural to assume there must have been a motive, and most of the time... again, whether the assailant is black or white... that motive is usually money.

[cliffdweller]

Not that this act of violence is justified in any way, but perhaps now these intrusive religious types will stop harrassing total strangers to "hear" about their causes in the name of the lord. Sorry, but that whole thing makes me .