I still hold out hope that one day, I'll point out some loud dickhead coming a mile away.

Trance750: It's the nice and quiet ones you need to watch out for.

Was he super nice and kept to himself? I never trust anyone who is too nice or striving to put on a good appearance.

hmmm.I try to be nice to folks.
Many consider me anti-social because, well, i do not like very many humans.
That said, i tend to listen to music loud and call out tards, like one guy who came into my store last spring, saying the spring uprising "was the start of a new caliphate".
I asked him if he really paid any attention to the news, and he said he listened to limbaugh and beck, so yes, he was informed.
Needless to say, I almost got fired.

and dont tell me to frakking smile !

So was Jeffrey Dahmer, from what I hear

And we described him with adjectives.

AbbeySomeone: Trance750: It's the nice and quiet ones you need to watch out for.

Was he super nice and kept to himself? I never trust anyone who is too nice or striving to put on a good appearance.

i dunno. treating other people decently seems to be a better way to go than being a douche all the time.

I own that movie.

Porous Horace: And we described him with adjectives.

See that's funny right there.

He seems unstable.

GAT_00: Was he a good Christian too?

Perhaps he was just morbidly obsessed with hatred of Christianity.

On Friday night, students popped in and out of the building visiting friends. Mandy Adams, a Radford grad student, said Ashley had recently shaved his head. Other than running down the hallways, he was quiet, she said.

"He would just run down the hallway - never walk, always run," said Adams, who was out on a rear fire escape with a glass of white wine and a cigarette to calm her nerves. "It's going to be really creepy when they come to take his stuff out of here."

Oh please. You're an addict and you probably look like a rough 42. Hey local newspapers, try to interview someone other than the eternal-freshman-15 skank living in slovenly quarters. I understand that they're typically the only ones hanging around student apartment buildings most of the time (no doubt seeking validation for their daddy issues and self-harming tendencies), but they never have anything useful to say.

ted bundy was described the same way

Am I late in blaming this whole thing on Grand Theft Auto?

He used to mow my lawn!

The Face Of Oblivion: "He would just run down the hallway - never walk, always run," said Adams, who was out on a rear fire escape with a glass of white wine and a cigarette to calm her nerves. "It's going to be really creepy when they come to take his stuff out of here."

Oh please. You're an addict and you probably look like a rough 42. Hey local newspapers, try to interview someone other than the eternal-freshman-15 skank living in slovenly quarters. I understand that they're typically the only ones hanging around student apartment buildings most of the time (no doubt seeking validation for their daddy issues and self-harming tendencies), but they never have anything useful to say.

wow, hate much? lol.

As a not-very-talkative person who tries to be nice to everyone, am I at risk of being the next newsworthy shooter? I would like to know so I can off myself for the good of society, should the need arise.

yousaywut: Porous Horace: And we described him with adjectives.

See that's funny right there.

You can sing it if you like.

My guess is schizophrenia....

BlippityBleep: wow, hate much? lol.

I dunno. I could stand to hear more. Then, someday when we read about a nutjob arrested with dozens of dismembered coeds under his floorboards, we can all say we read his diatribe on Fark.com

Do you know anyone who strangers wouldn't say that about? They are probably a douche.

I'll bet a lot of times if you walk around snarling and spitting at people and pricking them with little pins, that you don't really get the chance to go on a good murdering spree.

Land Ark: Am I late in blaming this whole thing on Grand Theft Auto?

Saints Row would probably be a bit more relevant.

zato_ichi: Then, someday when we read about a nutjob arrested with dozens of dismembered coeds under his floorboards, we can all say we read his diatribe on Fark.com

It's funny because you think I have floorboards.

/tarps get it done just fine

Anakin Skywalker was described the same way.

"He would just run down the hallway - never walk, always run,"

Too many MMOs?

Trance750: It's the nice and quiet ones you need to watch out for.

Every time you see a story about a serial criminal on TV, what do they do? They bring on the neighbor and the neighbor says "Well, he was always very quiet" and someone in the room says "It's the quiet ones you gotta watch". This sound to me like a very dangerous assumption - I will bet you anything that while you're watching someone quiet a noisy one will farking kill you! Suppose you're in a bar and one of the guys sitting over the side reading a book not bothering anybody another guy stand on the front with a machete bangin' on the bar saying "I'll kill the next motherfarer who walks in here!" - who you gonna watch? Ya god damn right.

BroVinny: Anakin Skywalker was described the same way.

Amazing how Padme didn't seem to warm up to him until after he told her he was a mass murderer.

Radford? Part time?

That's either co-ed heaven, or hell on earth.

/Depends which side of the tracks you spend your nights on

dervish16108: BroVinny: Anakin Skywalker was described the same way.

Amazing how Padme didn't seem to warm up to him until after he told her he was a mass murderer.

Classic "I can change him!" mindset.

Woo Hoo! Radford (my hometown) made the news!

In all seriousness, Thursday was a pretty scary day for me. My sister is a senior at VT and was prepping for exams in a building only about 100 feet from where the officer was killed.

/I have a friend that was suppose to be in the engineering class where 9 died back in 2007, but luckily for him, he dropped the class a few weeks before

alienated: hmmm.I try to be nice to folks.
Many consider me anti-social because, well, i do not like very many humans.
That said, i tend to listen to music loud and call out tards, like one guy who came into my store last spring, saying the spring uprising "was the start of a new caliphate".
I asked him if he really paid any attention to the news, and he said he listened to limbaugh and beck, so yes, he was informed.
Needless to say, I almost got fired.

and dont tell me to frakking smile !

Aww...he had different views than you and you couldn't handle it! That's so cute! You're so cool and edgy!

This really confuses me:

"Virginia State Police said he walked up to officer Deriek W. Crouse after noon on Thursday and shot him to death as the patrolman sat in his unmarked cruiser during a traffic stop. Ashley was not involved in the stop and did not know the driver, who is cooperating with police, they said."

Took me like 10 minutes to figure out that it means the officer had pulled over someone ELSE at the time, who witnessed the shooting while sitting in his car waiting to get a ticket, and luckily wasnt also shot.

I wonder if all this animosity the OWSers and their supporters have for the police inspired this guy to go out and kill the first random cop he came across. Kinda like how Sarah Palin's cross-hairs inspired some psychopath to go on a killing spree.

QifutuWahuta: I own that movie.
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Might have to check this out.

FTFA: "A deputy sheriff on patrol noticed a man acting suspiciously in a parking lot about a half-mile from the shooting. The deputy drove up and down the rows of the sprawling Cage parking lot and lost sight of the man for a moment, then found Ashley shot to death on the pavement, a handgun nearby. No one saw him take his life and he wasn't carrying any ID."

Anyone else thinking the deputy sheriff took care of business? There were calls of 'random gunfire' around the same time...

smooshie: Mental illness of some sort?

Schizophrenia usually kicks in around his age.

I_Mentioned_The_Bisque: FTFA: "A deputy sheriff on patrol noticed a man acting suspiciously in a parking lot about a half-mile from the shooting. The deputy drove up and down the rows of the sprawling Cage parking lot and lost sight of the man for a moment, then found Ashley shot to death on the pavement, a handgun nearby. No one saw him take his life and he wasn't carrying any ID."

Anyone else thinking the deputy sheriff took care of business? There were calls of 'random gunfire' around the same time...

What's the cops motivation for faking a suicide? No one would question shooting the kid. Maybe he doesn't want any paid leave.

MERCY SEAT BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR:
He was a loner, and a quiet young man. He attended church, and Sunday school. I remember he was always very polite.

TED KOPPEL: (off camera)
Do you believe he killed Buckwheat?

MERCY SEAT BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR: (without hesitation)
Oh, yes. Definitely. That's all he talked about.

TEXXON STATION OWNER:
Sure, I remember Stutts. He was a loner, but a real hard worker. I mean, he pumped the gas, checked the oil, he washed the windows. Nice kid.

TED KOPPEL: (off camera)
Do you believe he killed Buckwheat?

TEXXON STATION OWNER:
Oh, yes, definitely. That's all he talked about. I remember one day, I says, uh, "Stutts, why're you working so hard?" He says, "'Cause I'm saving up to buy a gun, so I can kill Buckwheat." (he shrugs his shoulders)

SAUL THE TAILOR:
John was a quiet boy, a kind of a loner. But real polite. He always stood still when I hemmed his cuffs. Nice kid.

TED KOPPEL: (off camera)
Do you believe he killed Buckwheat?

SAUL THE TAILOR:
Oh, yes, definitely. That's all he ever talked about. Why, just the other day, he comes in and he says, "Saul, make me a new suit. I'm going to kill Buckwheat and I want to look good on television.

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RIP officer


/bet they had the same IQ as well...

reggaejunkiejew: This really confuses me:

"Virginia State Police said he walked up to officer Deriek W. Crouse after noon on Thursday and shot him to death as the patrolman sat in his unmarked cruiser during a traffic stop. Ashley was not involved in the stop and did not know the driver, who is cooperating with police, they said."

Took me like 10 minutes to figure out that it means the officer had pulled over someone ELSE at the time, who witnessed the shooting while sitting in his car waiting to get a ticket, and luckily wasnt also shot.

english, motherfarker! do you speak it?

serpent_sky: Land Ark: Am I late in blaming this whole thing on Grand Theft Auto?
Everyone knows you blame things like this on Marilyn Manson. Duh.

This particular incident can only be blamed on Asian Hammer Dude.



/Who shall remain nameless so we can forget about his worthless ass.

I have to agree with the guesses of schizophrenia with an acute psychotic break. Sounds like he did several things in the last few days that were pretty spur-of-the-moment. He is the right age/demographic, etc.

I was on campus when all of this was going on, and since you had no idea of what was going on other than "Guns blazing, run and hide," it was really disturbing.
Made studying difficult as hell.

I am still really upset that they didn't block traffic onto/off campus. Trust me, there were plenty of cops to do that. But no, I drove right past where the guy had offed himself (?).