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Thursday, December 7,1989 The Battalion Page 11 .one gunman storms university, ingles out women, kills fourteen FREE FLYING LESSONS With Purchase of Radio Control Air Plane Set 10% discount on any R/C airplane, car or Helicopter set with this coupon -Stunt Kites -Plastic Models -Balsa & Bass Wood Hobbies & Crafts 823-0916 -R/C Headquarters -Boats & Trains -Art Supplies e MONTREAL (AP) — A young rifleman in vaded the University of Montreal engineering ichool on Wednesday and singled out females |br his targets, killing 14 women and wounding [12 people before committing suicide, police said. Montreal Police Director Claude St. Laurent aid the killer, clad in a hunting outfit, rushed nto a packed classroom on the second floor and gelled in French, “You’re all a bunch of femi nists!” before beginning his murderous rampage. Witnesses said the man divided the students in he classroom by sex and sent the men into the ;orridor before opening fire on the women. Six women were shot dead in that room, and a ieventh in another room. Then the man, carry- ng what looked like a .22 caliber rifle, left in icarch of more victims, St. Laurent said. The gunman prowled the halls, killing three women in the cafeteria and four more women in he corridor of the third floor, where he then hot himself. One police officer called to the scene found his daughter was among the dead. St. Laurent at one point told reporters police were looking for two accomplices but said later he was mistaken and the man acted alone. The injured, several in critical condition, were taken to four hospitals. y Pam Mooman )f The Battalion Staff rs o tk esaid wed leal. I me is nFcb- would r who air of culiif 1971- reju- w wi Four lay o« asiers, slayhe lope, gains here Frenzied parents rushed to the university and were told to gather at a central location. “I saw death close up and I shook,” said stu dent Vanthona Ouy, 22. Witnesses told police the gunman entered the classroom at about 5:20 p.m. EST. Students said the man emerged from the class room, fired three or four shots at a group of peo ple and ran up a flight of stairs. “I saw the bodies of the people who were slain — they were all women,” said Louis Courville, di rector of the engineering school, his voice shak- in s- One student said a bullet passed his leg and he brought his hands up in a pleading gesture. The gunman left him alone. “He was clearly gunning for the women,” the student said. “All I know is that a crazy guy came in here and began shooting at anything that moved,” Do minique Berube, 22, one of scores of terrified students who ran from the building, said. “It’s our friends who have been killed.” She said some people threw themselves on the floor while others stood paralyzed. Some witnesses told police one of the gunmen entered a classroom on the second floor of the building at about 4:20 p.m. and divided the stu dents by sex. They said he ordered the men out of the class room and then fired a number of rounds. It was not clear how many women in the class- -room may have been shot. Students said the man emerged from the class room, fired three or four shots at a group of peo ple and ran up a flight of stairs. Bordeleau told police he had to drag people by the collar to keep them from going in the man’s direction. He said he heard 20 to 30 shots and the man appeared to be aiming mainly at women. “I heard the gunman say: T want the women,’ ” Bordeleau said. Several other witnesses confirmed that the | gunman said that. Student Eric Chavarie said, “And then when we looked at him we thought it was a joke, but he fired a shot in the air and separated us into two groups, the guys in one corner and the girls in , (another) corner. “When that was done he asked the guys to leave, he left the girls in there. We got outside in the hallway and for a couple of minutes he stayed in there and when he got out, he leveled his gun at a group of people who were there, and he shot three or four shots. Environmentalists tackle variety of issues cuses on some groups’ activities and goals. The activities of environmental — groups are as individual as their Editor’s Note: This is the second members. But, as in Michelle Chase’s n a three-part series on environ- case, individuals not affiliated with nental groups. Today’s story fo- any group can be active with envi- PART 2 OF A 3-PART SERIES ogy major, said. When she receives donation requests in the mail, she said, she gives money to environ mental groups she thinks make a dif- ronmental issues, too. “Basically I’m one of these awful ference. people who read their junk mail,” Chase, a Texas A&M senior psychol- See Environment/Page 12 What’s Up Friday BRAZILIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will present the “Latin American Cultu ral Night” Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. in 201 MSC. Contact Fabiana Bezerra at 764-0628 for more information. A&M HILLEL: will have Shabbat services followed by a Hanukkah party at the Hillel Jewish Student Center on Friday at 8 p.m. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed Mc Donald, no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish the name and phone number of the contact If you ask us to do so. What’s Up Is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activ ities. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. Police Beat iiiiiltii S sllO k - Jeff# jndso: etuplil g,'/t ;0IW ; IS Upt : [ The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department between Nov.27 and Dec. 1 : CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • A student admitted to the incident two weeks ago that killed grass on the MSC grounds. He said he used table salt to spell out “UT #1, lo ve.” He agreed to make restitution and charges were not filfed. • Graffiti stating, “A woman’s place is in the university,” was found on the sidewalk by the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue. • A window was broken on the southeast side of the Systems Administration Building. • A sliding glass window was broken in the Academic Building. • A car parked in Area 20 was scratched and a glue-like substance was in the door and trunk locks. • A motorcycle was removed from Parking Area 5 and found in a mall area near the Engi neering Physics Building. • A passenger’s window was broken out of a car parked on Lewis Street. • Someone attempted to enter G. Rollie White Coliseum by breaking the locks with a pair of scis sors. • Entrance gates to Parking Area 34 on Spence Street and Lamar Street were found to be damaged. ASSAULT: • A student accused of tailgating a man as they both traveled southbound on Bizzell Street claimed that when he stopped at an intersection, the man he alledgedly was following too closely exited his vehicle and approached the student yelling obscenities. The man opened the driver’s door and pulled the student out of the car, placing him in a head- lock. The student was released after a passenger in the accused’s car called for him to stop. No complaint was filed. PROHIBITED WEAPON: • A homemade explosive device was found outside an Aston Hall resident’s door. Two indi viduals were seen running from the area. MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • Ten dollars was removed from a wallet in Heldenfels Hall. • One dollar, a 12th Man towel and an A&M vs. Arkansas football ticket were stolen from a purse at the Smith Tennis Center. • A pink Minnie Princess child’s bicycle was reported stolen from outside an apartment on Front Street. • Sixty dollars was removed from a wallet in an office in the Academic Building. • Five unattended backpacks were stolen from the Commons Dining Area. • A woman reported that $150 was removed from her wallet in the Academic Building. • A mathematics textbook was stolen from Duncan Dining Hall. • Textbooks were stolen from various loca tions on campus. • An unattended backpack was stolen from underneath Mount Aggie. • The front windshield, black front dressing and gas tank were removed from a motorcycle parked in Parking Area 30. • An A&M ID card was removed from the re ception desk at DeWare Field House. • A seat was stolen off a bicycle parked on the east side of Sterling C. Evans Library. • Six bicycles were stolen on campus. • A student reported that someone removed a knee brace from a moped that was parked near the Langford Architecture Building. • Four corner posts and 11 line posts were re moved from the Nutrition Field Laboratory Complex. • A traffic sign was stolen from Houston St HARASSMENT: • Students in Dorm 1 reported they have been receiving annoying telephone calls from an unknown individual who breathes heavily into the receiver. DISORDERLY CONDUCT: • A woman in the Commons Lobby reported that a group of males yelled an obcenity at her af ter she had asked them to turn down the volume of their music. BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE: • A purse was stolen from a car parked at Pearce Pavilion. ® Someone tried unsuccessfully to remove a stereo and speakers from a car parked in Parking Area 60, but did succeed in stealing a radar de tector. ® Someone removed a stereo, speakers and headset tape player from a car parked in Parking Area 20. RECKLESS DAMAGE: • Twenty-five feet of guardrail were damaged on Fish Tank Road. BURGLARY OF A BUILDING: • Fifteen dollars was stolen from a file cabinet in the Cotton Research Laboratory. • A brass banker’s lamp and a glass coffee pot were stolen from the Biological Sciences West Building. • Two vending machines on the first floor of the Engineering Physics Building were found damaged. BURGLARY OF HABITATION: • Students reported that someone ransacked their room in Underwood Hall and stole $240, a Visa credit card and a MasterCard credit card. • Someone stole a gold chain and diamond pendant necklace from a room in Underwood Hall. DISORDERLY CONDUCT: • A man exposed his buttocks to a woman from the second floor hallway window of Ramp 7, Law Hall. POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY: • A vehicle parked in Parking Area 5 was found displaying a stolen TAMU parking permit and was towed away until the owner was con tacted. • Two seperate incidents of students in pos session of stolen TAMU parking permits were reported. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED: • A driver found to be intoxicated was jailed and charged with DWI. FELONY THEFT: • A moped was stolen from the west side of Heaton Hall. • Nine rolls of wire were stolen from building 5A of the USDA Toxicology Complex. THE CRIME PREVENTION UNIT IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE REQUESTING INFORMATION ON COMBATING CRIME. Call 845-8900. CASH For Gold, Silver, Gold Coins, Rare Coins, Diamonds and Rolex watches. Texas Coin Exchange Inc, 404 University Drive • Behind Shellenbergers 846-8916 846-8905 Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) $ 49°o $^g6o 4 I 4 * 4 f £ f pr.*-STD. CLEAR DAILY WEAR SOFT LENSES $69°° $69°° $£g6o $gg6o pr*-STD. 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