disrupter
12-31-2008, 09:13 AM
Forget about redemption or conversion to Christianity
Looks like the psycho right is down to executing anyone who doesn't claim to be Christian.
"[The religious psycho gunslinger] barged in and wanted to know who was a Christian and who wasn't a Christian,"
Eldora Ski Area GM Gunned Down, Shooter Killed
Sheriff: Gunman Engaged In Gun Battle With Deputy
POSTED: 7:52 am MST December 30, 2008
UPDATED: 11:46 pm MST December 30, 2008
NEDERLAND, Colo. -- The general manager of Eldora Mountain Resort was shot to death Tuesday, while the suspect died in a gun battle with a Boulder County sheriff's deputy who was injured by flying glass from his windshield.
The shooting happened in a maintenance building called the "pump house," at the base of Eldora Mountain.
Sheriff Joe Pelle told 7NEWS that
a ski resort employee was shot and killed there.
The victim was identified as Brian Mahon by Eldora Ski Resort Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting happened in view of 18 to 20 ski area employees who had gathered for a morning meeting.
According to a later news release from Boulder Undersheriff Tom Shoemaker, "The suspect ... fired a shot into the ceiling and yelled something about religion to the employees.”
"He (the suspect) barged in and wanted to know who was a Christian and who wasn't a Christian," said Pelle.
The general manager "entered the room and asked what was going on and was shot by the suspect. The wounded employee subsequently died at the Eldora location," Shoemaker said.
A 911 call, at 7:26 a.m., alerted a deputy, on patrol in the nearby Nederland area, who saw the shooting suspect's vehicle leaving the ski area along Eldora Road, near Nederland High School.
He pursued the vehicle to Highway 119, where it turned south on the highway toward Rollinsville.
"There was a gun battle between the deputy sheriff and the suspect,"
Pelle told 7NEWS. He said the suspect was shot and killed in the gun battle, after he stopped his car.
The suspect's silver Infinity sedan could be seen on the side of the highway with a tight pattern of at least four bullet holes in the windshield in front of the driver seat. There was a similar grouping in the rear window on the same side of the car.
The deputy's patrol vehicle was hit at least three times, with two shots visible in the hood and one shot in the windshield.
"Our deputy received minor injuries from flying glass when his windshield was shot," Pelle said.
"He was taking cover behind his Suburban," said Terry Bergin, a Nederland auto mechanic who said he came upon the scene on his way to work.
Bergin believed the gunfire had just ended when he drove by. He said the man was still in driver's seat and slumped over the steering wheel.
"There was no movement," Bergin said.
Boulder County Detective Commander Phil West said it appeared the gunman was shooting out the window at the officer, prior to the deputy returning fire.
The Boulder county coroner identified the suspect as Derik A. Bonestroo, 24, from Nederland.
Shoemaker said Bonestroo had a black, large-caliber, semi-automatic handgun with a high-capacity magazine and additional ammunition in the car.
The location of the final shooting was along Colo. Highway 119 near the Sundance Cafe, south of Nederland.
The sheriff's office said that when the suspect's car came to a stop, he leaned out the driver's window and began shooting at the deputy's car. The deputy exited his vehicle and went to the right rear when he used his AR-15 service rifle to fire at the suspect's car.
Bonestroo died in a hail of bullets while still sitting in the driver's seat.
The injured deputy was identified as John Seifert, a 46-year-old firearms instructor and SWAT member. He has been with the sheriff's office for about four years.
He was treated and released from Boulder Community Hospital and placed on administrative leave, a normal procedure when an officer is involved in a shooting.
Pelle said the suspect appeared to be going through some sort of emotional or mental crisis. "From discussions with roommates and co-workers he had been very emotional, not all there the last few days as far as sleep and a fixation on religion," said Pelle. Pelle said the suspect wanted to convert people that weren't Christians.
A Boulder skier told the Camera that ski resort employees and skiers who arrived early were told to gather in a bar at the ski area. He said several were crying and that one guy "collapsed in tears."
Witnesses said ski patrol members could be seen running to the pump house with first-aid equipment shortly after the shooting.
The Boulder County Bomb Squad was called in to examine a backpack in the suspect's vehicle, but nothing related to explosives was found by their remotely-controlled robot.
A search warrant was executed Tuesday night at the suspect's cabin in Nederland. What was discovered is unknown, but Pelle said the supect killed his cat prior to the shootings.
A multi-agency team is investigating the two shootings. One team is investigating the fatal shooting at the resort and interviewing witnesses and the second team is investigating the officer-involved fatal shooting on the highway.
The ski area was closed Tuesday but will reopen on Wednesday.
A message on Eldora's Web site said: "Having spent the day in shock, the employees of Eldora have decided the best thing to do to memorialize Brian is to open the ski area (Wednesday) with the slopes groomed 'Brian' perfect."
Eldora is located west of Nederland, in the mountains west of Boulder. It is a smaller Colorado ski resort, with six lifts on 660 acres, and is popular with skiers and snowboarders from Boulder and the University of Colorado.http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18380850/detail.html
Brian Mahon's interruption of this freak probably saved lives, sadly he paid the ultimate price.
This is the kind of thinking of many religious extremists.
Instead of religion being a source of reassurance & solace it becomes a rationale for killing, murdering, raping & robbing other people.
Religion as a means of infliction of violence.
Instead of religion as a ticket to reassurance & peace,
it is an excuse for the worst kind of barbarism & carnage.
Instead of inclusion is it about exclusion & execution.
They rationalize all of their problems & perceived effronteries as being a result of anyone who hasn't bought into their particular brand of psychobabble. "We didn't suck God's butthole tenderly enough."
And because society blindly accepts religious faith, it is a licensing of socially acceptable mental illness.
And Collective mental illness is the most dangerous kind.
Looks like the psycho right is down to executing anyone who doesn't claim to be Christian.
"[The religious psycho gunslinger] barged in and wanted to know who was a Christian and who wasn't a Christian,"
Eldora Ski Area GM Gunned Down, Shooter Killed
Sheriff: Gunman Engaged In Gun Battle With Deputy
POSTED: 7:52 am MST December 30, 2008
UPDATED: 11:46 pm MST December 30, 2008
NEDERLAND, Colo. -- The general manager of Eldora Mountain Resort was shot to death Tuesday, while the suspect died in a gun battle with a Boulder County sheriff's deputy who was injured by flying glass from his windshield.
The shooting happened in a maintenance building called the "pump house," at the base of Eldora Mountain.
Sheriff Joe Pelle told 7NEWS that
a ski resort employee was shot and killed there.
The victim was identified as Brian Mahon by Eldora Ski Resort Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting happened in view of 18 to 20 ski area employees who had gathered for a morning meeting.
According to a later news release from Boulder Undersheriff Tom Shoemaker, "The suspect ... fired a shot into the ceiling and yelled something about religion to the employees.”
"He (the suspect) barged in and wanted to know who was a Christian and who wasn't a Christian," said Pelle.
The general manager "entered the room and asked what was going on and was shot by the suspect. The wounded employee subsequently died at the Eldora location," Shoemaker said.
A 911 call, at 7:26 a.m., alerted a deputy, on patrol in the nearby Nederland area, who saw the shooting suspect's vehicle leaving the ski area along Eldora Road, near Nederland High School.
He pursued the vehicle to Highway 119, where it turned south on the highway toward Rollinsville.
"There was a gun battle between the deputy sheriff and the suspect,"
Pelle told 7NEWS. He said the suspect was shot and killed in the gun battle, after he stopped his car.
The suspect's silver Infinity sedan could be seen on the side of the highway with a tight pattern of at least four bullet holes in the windshield in front of the driver seat. There was a similar grouping in the rear window on the same side of the car.
The deputy's patrol vehicle was hit at least three times, with two shots visible in the hood and one shot in the windshield.
"Our deputy received minor injuries from flying glass when his windshield was shot," Pelle said.
"He was taking cover behind his Suburban," said Terry Bergin, a Nederland auto mechanic who said he came upon the scene on his way to work.
Bergin believed the gunfire had just ended when he drove by. He said the man was still in driver's seat and slumped over the steering wheel.
"There was no movement," Bergin said.
Boulder County Detective Commander Phil West said it appeared the gunman was shooting out the window at the officer, prior to the deputy returning fire.
The Boulder county coroner identified the suspect as Derik A. Bonestroo, 24, from Nederland.
Shoemaker said Bonestroo had a black, large-caliber, semi-automatic handgun with a high-capacity magazine and additional ammunition in the car.
The location of the final shooting was along Colo. Highway 119 near the Sundance Cafe, south of Nederland.
The sheriff's office said that when the suspect's car came to a stop, he leaned out the driver's window and began shooting at the deputy's car. The deputy exited his vehicle and went to the right rear when he used his AR-15 service rifle to fire at the suspect's car.
Bonestroo died in a hail of bullets while still sitting in the driver's seat.
The injured deputy was identified as John Seifert, a 46-year-old firearms instructor and SWAT member. He has been with the sheriff's office for about four years.
He was treated and released from Boulder Community Hospital and placed on administrative leave, a normal procedure when an officer is involved in a shooting.
Pelle said the suspect appeared to be going through some sort of emotional or mental crisis. "From discussions with roommates and co-workers he had been very emotional, not all there the last few days as far as sleep and a fixation on religion," said Pelle. Pelle said the suspect wanted to convert people that weren't Christians.
A Boulder skier told the Camera that ski resort employees and skiers who arrived early were told to gather in a bar at the ski area. He said several were crying and that one guy "collapsed in tears."
Witnesses said ski patrol members could be seen running to the pump house with first-aid equipment shortly after the shooting.
The Boulder County Bomb Squad was called in to examine a backpack in the suspect's vehicle, but nothing related to explosives was found by their remotely-controlled robot.
A search warrant was executed Tuesday night at the suspect's cabin in Nederland. What was discovered is unknown, but Pelle said the supect killed his cat prior to the shootings.
A multi-agency team is investigating the two shootings. One team is investigating the fatal shooting at the resort and interviewing witnesses and the second team is investigating the officer-involved fatal shooting on the highway.
The ski area was closed Tuesday but will reopen on Wednesday.
A message on Eldora's Web site said: "Having spent the day in shock, the employees of Eldora have decided the best thing to do to memorialize Brian is to open the ski area (Wednesday) with the slopes groomed 'Brian' perfect."
Eldora is located west of Nederland, in the mountains west of Boulder. It is a smaller Colorado ski resort, with six lifts on 660 acres, and is popular with skiers and snowboarders from Boulder and the University of Colorado.http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18380850/detail.html
Brian Mahon's interruption of this freak probably saved lives, sadly he paid the ultimate price.
This is the kind of thinking of many religious extremists.
Instead of religion being a source of reassurance & solace it becomes a rationale for killing, murdering, raping & robbing other people.
Religion as a means of infliction of violence.
Instead of religion as a ticket to reassurance & peace,
it is an excuse for the worst kind of barbarism & carnage.
Instead of inclusion is it about exclusion & execution.
They rationalize all of their problems & perceived effronteries as being a result of anyone who hasn't bought into their particular brand of psychobabble. "We didn't suck God's butthole tenderly enough."
And because society blindly accepts religious faith, it is a licensing of socially acceptable mental illness.
And Collective mental illness is the most dangerous kind.