Anthony Powell Asia McGowen
Video’s from the shooter were posted to the social web-site YouTube with the disturbing messages against woman, religion and also his intention of committing suicide, but Powell admitted to being scared to kill himself.
The shooter was apparently linked to a on-line group called “ BMV.”
BMV~ BlackMenVent is well known on different social web-sites and represent men against women.
The group has a radio station and web-site and often promote video’s that show negative behavior of men against women.
The shooter from the recent apparent murder, suicide that took place at the Henry Ford College-Dearborn campus was a supporter of BMV. The college is located on the southwest border of Detroit. Officials from the Dearborn Police Department and Henry Ford Community College have held a news conference to detail what is known about Friday’s shooting.
Brighton says the original 911 call came in as some kind of an assault. He says that a second call came in as officers were responding to reports that shots had been fired in the Fine Arts Building. An entry team entered the south hallway, as they entered they heard another gunshot. Officers were able to enter one of the rooms, and discovered two deceased parties. The officer’s cleared the building.
Witnesses said that a man, known now as Anthony Powell shot and killed a female, Asia McGowan before taking his own life on the campus. The campus was locked down around 12:40 Friday afternoon when shots were heard. Police say that Powell used a shotgun in the shooting. School officials sent out an emergency notification to students and faculty soon after the first reports came in. It was received by text message, phone, and e-mail.
The Grant MacKenzie Fine Arts Building, with the exception of art studios, will be closed for the remainder of the semester. Classes regularly held in the building will be relocated to other classrooms on campus. Information concerning the new locations will be made available on the HFCC website and posted throughout campus beginning Monday. Classes currently scheduled in the art studios will remain in their current locations. Entrance to the art studios will be limited to the west entrance of the building.
The school has been closed since the shooting. All college classes and regularly scheduled activities will resume on Tuesday, April 14th, with the exception of classes held in the Fine Arts Building. They will resume on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Information regarding the scheduling and location of special events will be posted on the website.
To defray funeral costs and assist the family, contributions may be made to the HFCC Foundation-Asia McGowan Memorial Fund. Please send or deliver all contributions to: HFCC Foundation, 5101 Evergreen Rd., Dearborn, MI 48128-1491.
Grief counselor’s will be available for returning students and staff.
Comments
First, I want to say that I feel remorse for both families involved in this tragedy. It hurts me to see my young brothers and sisters dying in such a manner. As a people, no one likes to be rejected or likes to feel pain due to a break up in a relationship. But we must learn how to seek help from resources that are avilable to us (God, family members, close friends, or emergency counseling), to help us through tough times. Accusations I can do without, just like hear-say. What we have here is the death of two African American youths that had families that loved them. As a people, we need to come together and start listening to our children to see if there is anything going on in their lives that may need be addressed before they start taking matters into their onwn hands. We need to do a better job of policing up our children and mentoring them "in a way that will safegarding them from self-destruction or taking the live of someone else". I can care less about proof when it comes down to the loss of our children. If you want proof! The proof is in the pudding(two kids dead for what)! No offense to anyone, but we need to look at the big picture here, our kids are killing themselves and others due to their inability to cope with the pressures of life (the death of a love one, breaking up with a high school sweatheart, because someone called them a name). As a people, we need to step up to the plate and get involve in our children lives and stop trying to be friends with our kids. Tough love is more precious then any amount of money that you can have. It hurts to see our kids dying like this, that is all that I am trying to say.
God bless our kids, and lets take timeout to see what is
is really going on in their minds!!!
(PROVERBS 22:6)
"ideo’s from the shooter were posted to the social web-site YouTube with the disturbing messages against woman, religion and also his intention of committing suicide"
Actually his disturbing messages were in defense of religion.
Thanks for commenting..I originally posted one of the video's here
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