Quick Update on Shooting Near Texas A&M

There was a shooting near Texas A&M earlier today. Here are a few nuggets of information gleaned from Dallas Morning News and WFAA’s Twitter feed:

  • A constable has been killed.
  • This was not a random shooting, it occurred while officers were serving an eviction notice, so it’s not a classic “spree shooting” like Aurora.
  • It did not occur on Texas A&M campus, but rather a few blocks away (despite which, the active Twitter tag is #tamushooting).
  • Multiple other people have been shot; I read six, but that might not be accurate.
  • The shooter is in custody.

    • More details when they occur.

    In the meantime, as Dwight has already implored CHL holders to do, “Carry your damn guns, people.” Also, here’s firearms instructor Karl Rehn on what to do when faced with an “active shooter.”

    Update

  • We now have the name of the dead office: Brazos County Constable Brian Bachmann was killed in line of duty while attempting to serve an eviction notice.
  • Seeing reports of a second civilian death.

    • Update 2

    Seeing reports that a third person has died, and also that the suspect has died. Not sure if those are one and the same. News reporting that the third person dead is the shooter.

    Update 3

    Sgt. Jason James, spokesman for the Bryan Police Department, confirms to The News: Three were killed during today’s shooting, including, as mentioned below, Brazos County Constable Brian Bachmann. Also killed, he says: a male civilian and the shooter.

    Right now, James says, another female bystander is hospitalized at the College Station Medical Center; her condition is unknown. Also, says James: “An officer injured during the gunfight is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.” Two more officers, he says, were injured — “but not through the initial contact” with the gunman.

    Update 4
    The bystander killed was Chris Northcliff, 43. Suspect killed was Thomas Caffall, approx. 35, divorced.

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    One Response to “Quick Update on Shooting Near Texas A&M”

    1. Karl Rehn says:
      August 13, 2012 at 2:50 PM

      This video, produced by some gov’t folks in Houston, is excellent advice for what to do in an active shooter situation.

      http://youtu.be/5VcSwejU2D0

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