Comments on: Gun used in Midnight Madness shooting was taken from US Park Police officer, MPD report shows

By: Vox Populi » Because all good things must come to an end…

Vox Populi » Because all good things must come to an end… — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:30:50 +0000

[...] added an extra dose of madness to Midnight [...]

By: Vox Populi » United States v. Alex Thiele: the preliminary hearing

Vox Populi » United States v. Alex Thiele: the preliminary hearing — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:21:04 +0000

[...] promised, Vox was in Superior Court this morning for alleged Midnight Madness shooter Alex Thiele’s (’13) preliminary hearing. It’ll all be written up in a summary for [...]

By: Vox Populi » Vox’s Midnight Madness shooting primer

Vox Populi » Vox’s Midnight Madness shooting primer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:04:26 +0000

[...] Until the hearing, which should shake loose a few more details, here’s what’s known so far. If you prefer your Midnight Madness shooting information in a less organized, although more thrilling, style, check out our posts from Friday night and the weekend. [...]

By: Stating the Obvious

Stating the Obvious — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:01:31 +0000

If the Park Police Officer was MPD, she’d be on her way to being shitcanned right now. One thing that PP General Orders probably state is that while in possession of your weapon you must have it in an approved holster on your person. I sure as hell know MPD General Orders state that.

By: WTF

WTF — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:52:21 +0000

Anonymous, I would sincerely hope that most people who see an unattended gun wouldn’t leave it alone! If someone saw a loaded gun sitting unwatched and unattended as it seemed to be at a largely attended event such as Midnight Madness (which I did not attend), I would hope somebody would have found a Public Safety officer or a responsible authority figure (perhaps a uniformed) police officer to take care of the situation. Of course, I don’t know how concealed the weapon actually was, so if this Alex character is also a kleptomaniac in addition to all of this, that’s opens up a whole new can of worms.

By: The Morning Metropolitan «

The Morning Metropolitan « — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:03:33 +0000

[...] student stole a police gun at Midnight Madness Saturday night at Georgetown University. He fired the gun into a toilet and was [...]

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:34:31 +0000

I think it goes without saying that the freshman idiot is beyond stupid. I heard he’s expelled for sure? But it is absolutely ABSURD that the cop left her gun unattended. I hope she gets fired. You can’t make mistakes like that as a cop. We’re lucky this fool ended up shooting a toilet bowl and not a person.

Additionally, I’m really curious to know if this guy was on drugs of some sort? I understand he was drunk, but I don’t know that that explains his behavior. Surely you’d have to be tripping on acid to do something like this. He shot a toilet bowl. WTF. Did he think he wouldn’t get caught?

Well, idiot freshman. I hope it was worth it. You got expelled from Georgetown for shooting a toilet bowl. Biggest epic fail of your life.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:52:10 +0000

I can’t believe people on this blog are blaming the cop for this (2 comments already). Most properly socialized people who had proper parenting, when they see a gun unattended, would leave it alone. Seriously, this freshman 17 year-old is an idiot. Rather than getting laid and productively venting his freshman frustrations, this idiot stole a gun and intended to shoot something just like a middle school boy would play with fire. We all did stupid things our freshman year, but none of us have ever done anything so stupid and dangerous that could harm other Hoyas. Georgetown MUST expel him.

By: Roger

Roger — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:48:02 +0000

Regardless of who you think is right.. take note.. we’re having this discussion on the Voice blog, because we all came here for the latest word on the story. And the Hoya’s updated story reads very closely to this blog post.

By: Geoffrey Bible

Geoffrey Bible — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:30:26 +0000

@Re: Dear Anonymous, for your information, Voice staffers use their full names when posting on the blog, and have their name as a link to the Georgetown Voice website, so I highly doubt that Dear Anonymous is a Voice staffer.