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Shooting At Lane Bryant

February 3rd, 2008

I know you’ve probably already heard about this, but five women were shot and killed during a robbery gone awry at a Chicago Lane Bryant.

“The employees of Charming Shoppes and Lane Bryant are deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from this horrific event,” the statement said. “We grieve for the innocent victims and our primary concern at this time is for the families and loved ones of those fatally injured.”

Police tape flapped in the wind in front of the boarded-up store, while mourners erected a makeshift memorial of five white crosses and flowers in the parking lot.

My heart goes out to the friends and families of the victims.

Posted by mo pie

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16 Responses to Shooting At Lane Bryant

  1. Bellesouth, on February 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm Said:

    Oh, my goodness! I hadn’t read this until just now.

    That is so sad! You just never think something like that could happen. Wow.

  2. CindyS, on February 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm Said:

    How horrible! What makes people do something like this? What could possibly be accomplished?

    Those poor women and their families.

  3. faye, on February 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am Said:

    I am so angry. But the fact is we{America} need to go back to prayer for this wicked Country and the perso who commited this horrible crime. We need to forgive him and he will reap coals of fire on his own head. My sincere apologies to the families of these precious souls.

  4. Cindy, on February 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm Said:

    Wicked country?

    Eh, not so much.

    I wholly support prayer for the country and its people, however.

  5. vron, on February 4th, 2008 at 7:58 pm Said:

    Oh, how awful.

    I grew up in Country Club Hills, which is right next to Tinley Park (we used to share a zip code!). And half the other towns, we went to high school with kids from there. It shouldn’t affect me more just because of that connection, but it does. How awful. Bellesouth hit it on the head for me, you never think this could happen. TP isn’t this exclusive community, but its not the kind of place you ever would expect such a thing, either.

  6. littlem, on February 4th, 2008 at 10:27 pm Said:

    What continues to freak me out is that the shooter is STILL AT LARGE.

    Billions and billions dumped into “homeland security”. And last I looked very few of my friends are feeling secure in the homeland, if you know what I mean.

    *smh*

  7. mona, on February 4th, 2008 at 11:27 pm Said:

    My heart goes out to the family. One never knows when they leave home if it is the last time they will see their love one.

    I hope this maniac is caught and brought to justice.

  8. Moe, on February 5th, 2008 at 3:24 pm Said:

    What I thought was interesting was in the news here they didn’t say “Lane Bryant” they said “women’s clothing store” but then showed a picture of a Lane Bryant store.

  9. Jeanette, on February 5th, 2008 at 10:29 pm Said:

    I keep thinking about the women at the store and how scared they must have been. I want to cry everytime I think about their last hour or minutes. I keep thinking, “What would I have done?” You think of the people in the palne at 9/11 who sat helpless. I wonder, would I have tried to fight. It was 6 against one, but one had a gun. One may have been killed by fighting for the gun. Who would have made that sacrifice to possible save te others? I don’t know if I could have done it. Maybe they never thought they would be killed, maybe just tied up, but not killed. Who would do something so insane? For $200 lousy dollars. Here you bastard, I will give you $200 dollars. i am so angry! I am so angry!

  10. E. Black, on February 6th, 2008 at 8:11 pm Said:

    My heart goes out to them also. When I first heard the news I was a bit shocked because I also work for a Lane Bryant and none of them have cameras. They sent an email to us about store safety this week but that really isn’t enough to keep us safe.

    And Fillyjonk, you’d be surprised how many women who work for Lane Bryant are “morbidly obese”. If anything we run the gamut from sizes 0 to 22. And running to the door wouldn’t have helped them if he entered in through the front. Their best bet would have been the backdoor. Anyhow, if that comment was meant to be light-hearted and funny, it really wasn’t.

  11. E. Black, on February 6th, 2008 at 8:11 pm Said:

    I meant to put *are not

    *facepalm*

  12. ginger, on February 6th, 2008 at 8:46 pm Said:

    That’s not really Fillyjonk’s IP, is it? She’s not the mocking-of-murdered-women type.

  13. mo pie, on February 6th, 2008 at 8:50 pm Said:

    It can’t possibly be. I’ll delete the comment. That is gross.

  14. ginger, on February 6th, 2008 at 8:58 pm Said:

    I think maybe that was some fallout from Kate’s post of February 5, “And the Fat Jokes Have Started.”

  15. Mick, on February 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pm Said:

    Who wants to throw up?

    http://www.godhatesfags.com/written/fliers/20080207_illinois-mall-shooting.pdf

  16. noni, on February 15th, 2008 at 3:28 pm Said:

    Listen, as a fat chick myself who has shopped at Lane Bryant on several occasions, my heart aches for my slain and wounded sisters who died at the hands of a demon-possessed monster who is still on the lam. I don’t understand the ingnorance of those who, at a time like this, would further dehumanize and insult women of size by making disgusting fat jokes. What if this horror had of happened at a Big and Tall Men’s store or at the Gap for skinny broads? You people are reprobates! My thoughts and prayers goes out to the families of these precious women.

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