Gunmen Open Fire At Roller Rink Holiday Party, 5 Hospitalized

December 23, 2011 5:20 PM

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UPDATE: Police Name One Of Three Suspects In Roller Rink Shooting

WATERFORD TWP. (WWJ) -Five people have been hospitalized after three gunmen open fire at a roller-skating rink in Waterford Township during a private holiday party.

WWJ’s Mike Campbell spoke with Kurt Anselmi, co-owner of “Rolladium,” where the shooting took place. Anselmi said shots were fired around 1:45 a.m. Friday as a private party billed as an 18 and up “Roll Up” was coming to a close.

Gunmen Open Fire At Roller Rink Holiday Party, 5 Hospitalized

Flier for the party where at least 5 people were shot. (WWJ Photo/Mike Campbell)

“As people were leaving, a fight broke out inside and from what we can tell from the videos, the shooters came in the exit doors as people were leaving, just walked into the area where you can first turn to the skating surface, fired a number of shots, we don’t know how many, and turned around and ran out,” said Anselmi.

At an afternoon news conference, Waterford Township Police Chief Dan McCaw said the shooting was prompted by an argument that happened earlier in the day. The party’s promoters provided security detail during the event.

Although the rink has a surveillance system, Anselmi said he’s not sure the cameras captured everything.

“They passed one camera and there are good views of their faces and their clothing. But at the point in time that the shooting occurred, we can’t see them. They go off camera, they shoot, it all takes place within a matter of seconds,” said Anselmi.

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The victims, three women and two men all in their early twenties, were taken to area hospitals for treatment. One victim was shot in the upper body while the others received grazing wounds to their hands or legs. Four of the victims are from Pontiac, while the other is from White Lake Township.

Nearly 300 people were inside the rink, which is located on Highland Rd. near Pontiac Lake Rd. in Waterford Township, about 25 miles northwest of Detroit.

Police are now searching for the three gunmen, as they interview witnesses and review footage of the incident.

Anselmi said the last time they had any trouble like this at the rink was back in the 70s.

Stay with WWJ and CBSDetroit.com for the latest.

dooky

This is typical savage behavior from the apes. They all carry stolen weapons and have no regard for human life. They are savages and must be reformed under the whip and noose.
It is the only remedy the ape can comprehend.

The Bell Curve had it right all along.
A sea change God willing

I think the only way out is for the black community to forcefully repudiate violence in their midst and take vows as such at their churches, and ostracize any practioner of violence. They have embraced gangsterism almost universally & they can embrace peace. They had better start doing it, because I can tell you whites are talking segregation amongst themselves and you can’t blame them one damm bit!. Read the above comments. Its on the way.
Aggie 95

Wonder if this was over Air Jordens
Joe G

Every black in North America needs to be either shot or deported. I was shocked when I saw this occurred in Waterford, since Waterford is a white town. Then the video showed a bunch of n!ggers, and the shock went away.
Jerry Frey

http://napoleonlive.info/did-you-know/violence-2/
Dat_Truth_Hurts

Dey see me rollin’, dey shootin’
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-politics-religion/646578-any-amongst-you-surprised-2.html#post6452002 Are any amongst you surprised at this? – Page 2 – Pelican Parts Technical BBS

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Real Rick

Detroit? Is anyone surprised?
AsRealAsItGets

ok now y’all real talk. none of us knows why these people were shot. maybe they disrespected somebody, i dunno and neither do you. that vid is also very low quality. i aint sure this is black folks cuz it might jus be dark in the scene. all i knows is that there is a lot of racist white crackers that harp on this shiit and I’m tired of deal with it. president obama is black. we’re here. deal with it.

michael

president obama is not black. his momma was a pale caucasian from kansas. his daddy was a dark negro from kenya. president obama is gray. or as some people put it, half-asssed.

buckeyejim

Its a black thang……………….what a shock……………black people having no self control
jbspry

Yeah. If they were only killing themselves off this sort of thing would be a net positive but unfortunately their poison spills over into the decent segments of the population.
c.moorehead

Ahhh yessss… PLANET OF THE APES.

Lock and load.
A. Diop

Amazing what people can write when protected behind a computer screen, also the grammar errors. Wow, real smart people on here.

Death of America

What do you expect when so many states don’t give us the right to protect ourselves against these black subhuman savages. Give us that right and we’ll all come out from behind the computer screen.

Pauli

I guess the South was right after all.

noon15

The southern-jewish plot to load the new world with Africans was not in any way right.

Mike

They all look alike—BLACK THUGS
toray99

A common denominator with this story just like the sneaker stories all over the country.
Mike Gauthier

What else is new, another Black thug attack. All probabperly living off weldare and food stamps
Vindicator

Just put a fence around Detroit/suburbs and let the enlightened inhabitants within attrit. Problem solved.
tod schwarze

d’uhh, typical basketball american behaviour
tod schwarze

maybe guns come with the new air jordans?
carlb

blacks shooting at each other. who knew!
Rod Rangle

Why are Obama voters so violent?
Zod Cranards

Why is it that this is a regular occurrance wherever and whenever there are large groups of blacks?
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/12/24/police-search-for-one-of-three-suspects-in-roller-rink-shooting/ Police Search For One Of Three Suspects In Roller Rink Shooting « CBS Detroit

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Tom Edgar

I guess I must be lucky, I don’t see this as a racial thing. I know too many black people that have similar hopes and dreams and face and work to overcome similar obstacles as I do to label this a “black thing”. I bet you over time if you raise any kid from any racial background in an environment of no discipline and disregard for human life, you’d see the same results. My question is how the hell did it end up like this?