UNH gunman in court
William Dong, the 22-year-old who sparked a 4-hour lock down at the University of New Haven, Connecticut is being held on a half-million dollar bail for carrying a Bushmaster rifle on that campus. I don’t know how he did it, because the campus is a gun free zone and the Bushmaster is banned in Connecticut. Don’t tell me that the gun laws didn’t work, because that would be the first time. According to Fox News;
No shots were fired and no one was injured in the scare at the University of New Haven campus in West Haven, which was locked down for more than four hours while police arrested Dong and searched the school grounds. Several nearby public schools also issued shelter-in-place orders as a precaution.
Police said Wednesday that they were not sure why Dong brought the guns to campus, and State’s Attorney Kevin Lawlor declined to comment on a motive.
Police described his weapon as a “Bushmaster .223 Assault Rifle with a collapsible stock,” – a gun banned under state law, The Hartford Courant reported. A loaded 30-round magazine was in the rifle, police said.
Maybe he tried to shoot the rifle, but it wouldn’t work in a gun-free zone in a state where it is illegal to be possessed. because guns are supposed to know that stuff, ya know, because people aren’t responsible for their actions in the presence of a scary black rifle. He also had two handguns;
In addition, William Dong, 22, had 2,700 rounds of ammunition at his home along with newspaper clippings about the 2012 Colorado theater shooting that left 12 dead and 70 injured.
Clearly, he was a nut of some sort, but in possession of his faculties enough that he didn’t pull the trigger and we can all be thankful for that miracle.
Category: Crime
Weird.
That is simply the greatest last name I’ve ever seen.
Can’t even comment using it on Yahoo – they censor it.
They are making a big deal about the total 2700 rounds he owned – they are not saying much about him only carrying one loaded magazine per weapon, less than 60 rounds.
Gang: When VWPieceofwork shows up today (and you KNOW he WILL), may I suggest a different response? I.e., switching to “ignore mode” instead of letting him get your goat? Don’t feed the troll!
Jeez.
UNH is also University of New Hampshire.
Have a relative going there so it caught my attention….
@5–I thought the same thing, but then I knew there had been no lockdown anytime since I’ve moved here (Durham is about 15 minutes away from me.)
Plus, being New Hampshire, there might be more than a few folks who would put this clown down if he had in fact tried anything.