Shots fired at 1500

[mk2ja]

Oops. Armed programmer beat me to. That's what I get for INGOing on my phone.

 

[dubsac]

Here is the indystar article.
Police: Man Shot At Fairgrounds Gun Show - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis

 

[hoosierdoc]

Hope my wife doesn't hear, we had our 2.5 year old there. Kinda wimpy bang actually. Figured it was a .22. Goofball shouldn't be carrying let alone selling.

 

[Britton]

Someone ****s up and hurts my boy down there I am coming down with the PKM and a world of hurt!

 

[HandK]

Wow!! No life guard on duty in his gene pool!!

 

[Militarypol21]

I about got caught up in it on 38th, I couldn't figure out what was going on.

As we were walking out the State Police came flying down 38th street toward the fair grounds and then did a U-turn right in front of the 1500. A few seconds later 2 Marion County Sheriff's were Signal 10 down 38th street passing the 1500 and then a guy in a SUV did a u-turn right in front of the 1500 squealing his tires heading the opposite direction. A few seconds later both the Marion County Cars came flying back the opposite direction.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

I t was interesting that in this setting, after hearing a gunshot that everyone just went about ther business. No body dove behind tables, screamed, ran, cried, just looked around and went back to looking at goodies. It probably was a blessing that the show was not crowded at all today. What a change to be able to walk through the aisle without being bumped around. An only one smelly guy that I found!

 

[Scutter01]

I t was interesting that in this setting, after hearing a gunshot that everyone just went about ther business. No body dove behind tables, screamed, ran, cried, just looked around and went back to looking at goodies. It probably was a blessing that the show was not crowded at all today. What a change to be able to walk through the aisle without being bumped around. An only one smelly guy that I found!

Gunshots don't sound like they do in the movies. I think most people just assume someone dropped something. When the restaurant I worked at was robbed, years ago, I thought someone had just dropped a pan on the floor. It's not surprising that the average person doesn't really react.

 

[GuyRelford]

Gunshots don't sound like they do in the movies. I think most people just assume someone dropped something. When the restaurant I worked at was robbed, years ago, I thought someone had just dropped a pan on the floor. It's not surprising that the average person doesn't really react.

Exactly - most of the people near me at the 1500 today guessed that it was a table falling over.

 

[Hayseed_40]

Someone ****s up and hurts my boy down there I am coming down with the PKM and a world of hurt!

Exactly! I was going to take my young son to this show, now...

That is BS he will not be charged. At least they should revoke his LTCH. That negligence could have made you one short in your car ride home tonight.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I have to commend every officer in the place. No fast movements, no drawn weapons. Calm and collected. I'm sure it would have been a different story if people were running and screaming.

Well, the one I saw was at a run going towards the area about 10s after it happened. Not really fast, but hey, he was trying!

 

[Fishersjohn48]

Gunshots don't sound like they do in the movies. I think most people just assume someone dropped something. When the restaurant I worked at was robbed, years ago, I thought someone had just dropped a pan on the floor. It's not surprising that the average person doesn't really react.

QFT I will admit that it was not as loud as I would have expected and wondered if something had fallen. And yes....I have heard gunshots before. Just not in a crowded building.

 

[Scutter01]

QFT I will admit that it was not as loud as I would have expected and wondered if something had fallen. And yes....I have heard gunshots before. Just not in a crowded building.

Well, of course we've all heard gunshots, but almost exclusively at a range. When you hear them out-of-context, as it were, you don't immediately connect the dots. In, for example, a mall, I would expect the same reaction until someone sees a secondary feature: a gun, someone falling down, a chase, etc. The shot itself is not enough information for people to process an instinctive reaction. You see the same thing in nature videos when the leopard is sneaking up on the pack of gazelles. The twig snap makes them all look up, but none of them runs until the first pounce.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I have the least experience listening to gunshots here.... And I assumed it was a gunshot. Hard to believe people thought it was a table. We were in center of building. I assumed it hit the floor, no screams, not much commotion.

When you have 15,000 guns and 1 mil rounds of ammo, the hoofprints aren't from zebras

 

[sinisterright]

My brother and I were in the same isle but down a ways. We were very surprised at the silence, the lack of response, and the return to normal. I wanted to know where the round went. Very glad nobody else was hit. It could have easily been any one of us there.
I can't blame the gun at all...

 

[gsdelong]

i was 8 feet behind the guy looking at a rifle on the table behind his table

His wife and a baby in a stroller were behind the table with him.

First I was really pissed and then realized how close to a tragedy I really was.

My wife called the minute she heard it on the news.

I can not take her anymore because about 2 years ago sumb d****ss shot himself in the anke try unload his weapon, right in front of us outside the front door.

No more Grandsons going either

 

[Suprtek]

I was gonna say that tomorrow's show would likely be "extra" safe. That may be true as far as the vendors go but you can never tell who will come in off the street and do something stupid. I still try to keep things in perspective though. Sure, an ND is a dangerous thing, but only a lunatic would come to a place like this and attempt to intentionally shoot someone. I would still feel a lot safer walking around a gun show with 1000 people in a room filled with tons of ordinance than I would walking alone on any part of 38th St.

 

[LEaSH]

I don't blame you, gsdelong.

Hey, welcome to ingo.

 

[gsdelong]

Thanks for the welcome

I had just spent an hour at work telling one of my trying to convince a coworker all gun owners are not idiots.

I have to admit I told one of the Cops that the should lock his a$$ up.

I felt bad for the wife, had to be scared to death, her kid could have been killed and she had to sit there at the table with her child while the bandaging up her husband.

I will say the guy was pretty much in shock and admitted immediately when everybody was asking who it was. Although standing there with blood dripping down his arm did not leave him much choice.

I still believe if as a nation we punished the law breakers for existing laws we might be able to stave off all the new proposals.

 

[SideArmed]

Here is the indystar article.
Police: Man Shot At Fairgrounds Gun Show - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis

Nice, they could have worded that a little differently. Maybe something like, "dumbass shoots HIMSELF in the hand at the indy 1500"