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Wal-Mart terrorist wanted his library book returned, dog walked
A former Wal-Mart employee who allegedly planned to go on a shooting spree at the store left a note for his wife telling her to return his library book and to walk the dog. He also gave her permission to "sell any story you wanna tell." (Houston Chronicle | Austin American-Statesman)
May 6, 2008 | Permalink
Comments
at least he had his priorities in order
Posted by: elchampino | May 6, 2008 9:19:21 AM
Sterilize him.
Posted by: Farmer Bob | May 6, 2008 9:20:40 AM
I hate murder-suicides. This goes out to all people thinking about commiting murder-suicide, if you're that unhappy, just kill yourself and leave others out of it. It's better that way, trust me. Then, you'd leave this world as a martyr and people would feel sorry for you wheras, if it's a murder-suicide, people would just think you're a crazy freakshow who should've died a more painful death and should burn in hell.
Posted by: twerp | May 6, 2008 9:28:03 AM
GOOD - I've been waiting for that book to be brought back. I was also waiting for his wife, her story and HELL I'll even take the dog.
Posted by: Blairwitch | May 6, 2008 9:30:25 AM
"Police said he had a gun near his chest and an "unreasonable amount of ammunition, leading one to believe that he had the intentions of using the handgun and ammunition he had in his possession.""
That's some good police work there, Lou.
Seriously though, I am surprised this doesn't happen more often. I have always chocked it up to the laziness of psychopaths more than anything else. Guess it was just like another day of driving to work for this nut.
Posted by: sometimesilie | May 6, 2008 9:39:30 AM
Insurgent, not terrorist. Get it straight!
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | May 6, 2008 9:46:29 AM
I'm underwhelmed by his beard. I've not shaved or cut my hair in almost seven years. I've not even trimmed my beard in any way. I decided that shaving is not something nature intended for the male species. Also, I've mentioned in earlier posts that people bath too frequently. Washing away natural genital smells decreases the libido. In the winter, it's not uncommon for me to go two weeks with a shower or bath of any kind.
Posted by: Dick Tater | May 6, 2008 9:56:51 AM
Further investigation has found that the library book was titled "How To Go Out with a Bang by Shooting Up a Walmart".....the government is now embroiled in a fight to keep the book on library shelves.
Seriously....if this guy wants to die that bad, grant him his wish!!!!!
Posted by: JJ | May 6, 2008 9:57:45 AM
Dick Taster--why does that not surprised me? You're so pleasant, otherwise. I guess when someone has as pleasant a personality as you do, the stank just doesn't matter. I don't, however, understand why you're worried about libido. I can't imagine anyone who would want to sleep with you, clean or not.
Posted by: troschne | May 6, 2008 10:05:50 AM
Twerp, he wasn't going to commit suicide, just shoot people and live in prison. At least he has goals.
Posted by: kevy | May 6, 2008 10:13:03 AM
This guy obviously wanted to get caught more than kill anyone.
I only wished all the other psychos out there would do the same.
Posted by: Anna | May 6, 2008 10:14:03 AM
They arrested him near the entrance to the store and said he was carrying a 9 mm handgun and "an unreasonable amount of ammunition."
Just what qualifies as an "unreasonable" amount of ammunition in Texas? I was sure that would require at least an 18-wheeler.
Posted by: tiacheryl | May 6, 2008 10:15:26 AM
What is it with weapon-toting nut jobs and beards? He looks like the Unabomber, only with a bit more facial hair.
If "Unabomber Lite" had really wanted to shoot up the Wal-Mart, he'd have just done it. But he warned his wife ahead of time and even left suicide note-like instructions for her. While this is certainly crazy-ass, it doesn't sound like the actions of a mass murder to me. Frankly, I think he was going for suicide by cop.
Posted by: Phranqlin | May 6, 2008 10:18:09 AM
Eberle had worked at the Wal-Mart at 9300 Interstate 35 South near Slaughter Lane from September until March ...
How appropriate
Posted by: mak | May 6, 2008 10:21:49 AM
It just shows how DT really doesn't have much respect for his women. Male uncleanliness in the genital region can cause cervical cancer in the female sex partner.
Of course, he may not know that because he's an ignorant dick....but why should that suprise any of us?
Posted by: twerp | May 6, 2008 10:22:52 AM
GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR PUTTING THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN ORDER . LMAO
Posted by: ULTRA | May 6, 2008 10:26:41 AM
It could be worse ... we could be reading Dick's deathless prose in Smell-a-vision.
Posted by: Phranqlin | May 6, 2008 10:27:27 AM
"Unabomber Lite"--I'm still giggling over that one!
This is what I get for profiling. I didn't look at this overly hairly, former Walmart worker and see 'advanced reader' at all. Wonder what the book was...Horton Hears A Who (that tells him to shoot up Walmart)?
Posted by: jojo | May 6, 2008 10:28:20 AM
Willie Nelson worked at WalMart?
Posted by: Inigo Montoya | May 6, 2008 10:31:13 AM
If he didn't want them to find the gun he should have just hid it in his beard.
Posted by: ttjack | May 6, 2008 10:36:28 AM
he looks like charles manson to me
Posted by: Lambiepie` | May 6, 2008 11:08:37 AM
At a local bar yesterday, the owners...husband and wife...had been going through a divorce....the husband pulled up behind the bar at about 11am...not 300 yrds from the local high school and shot himself to death.
My daughter came home and told me about it. The wife was inside the bar at the time, my first thought was "that woman ought to be thanking her lucky stars he didn't enter the place, kill her first and then take his own life". He did it the right way. Don't saddle other families with your issues. Just kill yourself.
Posted by: Cherie | May 6, 2008 11:10:01 AM
Cherie it's a sad commentary that the wife was in a bar at 11am... unless she was one of the "ladies who lunch;" somehow i doubt it...
Posted by: oldewave | May 6, 2008 11:27:36 AM
So if the victim of a child molester wants to kill himself, it's not fair to kill the molester first?
Generally people suicide because of how they are treated...remember the fat girl who offed herself because myspace trolls were being mean? What if she killed the mom and then herself?
Sometimes it seems quite justified.
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | May 6, 2008 11:38:58 AM
oldwave...its also a restaurant and she runs it, so she was there cooking. Don't be an ass.
Posted by: Cherie | May 6, 2008 12:05:48 PM
Now wait a minute Cherie.....there is a bar 300 yards from a school?....guess the teachers need someplace to lunch.
Posted by: JJ | May 6, 2008 12:10:27 PM
Twerp, don't worry about DT's hygeine, its fictional, he also thinks he has five wives and homeschools, oh 12 or 13 kids.
DT has a high order delusions about everything except meeting me at the oyster bar in Grand Central for slurping up lovely slippy raw things and dirty martinis.
Posted by: nellagain | May 6, 2008 1:40:41 PM
DT has a high order delusions about everything except meeting me at the oyster bar in Grand Central for slurping up lovely slippy raw things and dirty martinis.
Does that mean that that´s a possibility? Because that is like my favorite place, but I don´t usually get oysters...
Posted by: sometimesilie | May 6, 2008 1:50:18 PM
ps, I had thought that the Oyster bar I liked was in Penn Station. But what are the odds that there are two? Only in New York...
Posted by: sometimesilie | May 6, 2008 1:52:14 PM
The one at Penn station has the best guinness in the city.
Posted by: nellagain | May 6, 2008 2:02:33 PM
he looks exactly like that Santa Claus from the old Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. Here's a picture.
http://www.humormeblog.beloblog.com/rudolph
Posted by: Elroy | May 6, 2008 2:13:36 PM
nell, last time I got guinness and calamari. I also thought the guinness was exceptional.
Posted by: sometimesilie | May 6, 2008 2:23:58 PM
You're up, Fla.
Then you, Calif.
Posted by: A.V. | May 6, 2008 3:50:01 PM
The crazy thing about this is that it took 2 hours to find this guy after a 911 call from the wife to the police.
Thank god the guy wasn't "Dead-serious", otherwise it could have been really bad. Sounds like he really just wanted to go to jail and not go on a rampage.
A two hour head start.
Posted by: JB | May 6, 2008 6:25:27 PM
It's Wal-Mart's fault, they attract all the sociopaths. Just go on any Saturday afternon and see for yourself.
I heard Romero was doing the next zombie movie "Wal-mart of the Dead".
Posted by: Ted | May 7, 2008 5:40:35 AM
You know, after reading DT's comment yesterday, when I was driving in to work this morning, I started to suddenly wonder if he has dredlocks....probably because the radio-traffic-guy in the big nearby city does.
Posted by: twerp | May 7, 2008 10:23:05 AM
