Tuesday Quilt block April 3

It is April, and is Spring finally here?
Where I am in the American Midwest, we had a light dusting of snow yesterday night, which then melted yesterday, and my son mowed the yard for the first time this season!  Strange huh?

It's Tuesday and time to share a quilt block.

This is B-11 of the Jane Stickle quilt.  I appliqued the outer curved pieces on; paper pieced the center bits; then added them all together.  A little wonky but it will do.  

Linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Let's Bee Social.

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Viridian

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C is for Columbine HS

The Columbine shooting shocked many of us at the time, though there were school shooting and other mass shootings before it happened.

It happened on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School, Jefferson County, Colorado.  I have just read the Wikipedia account, and it is painful reading, as two students entered the school and deliberately sought out students and teachers and shot them.  One student was equipped with a 12-gauge Savage-Springfield 67H pump-action shotgun (which he discharged a total of 25 times) and a Hi-Point 995 Carbine 9 mm carbine with thirteen 10-round magazines (which he fired a total of 96 times).  The other student was equipped with a 9×19mm Intratec TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun with one 52-, one 32-, and one 28-round magazine and a 12-gauge Stevens 311D double-barreled sawed-off shotgun. He primarily fired the TEC-9 handgun for a total of 55 times, while he discharged a total of 12 rounds from his double-barreled shotgun.

The dead and injured include:
1. Rachel Scott, age 17. Killed by shots to the head, torso, and leg alongside the west entrance of the school.
2. Richard Castaldo, age 17. Shot in the arm, chest, back, and abdomen alongside the west entrance to the school.
3. Daniel Rohrbough, age 15. Fatally injured by shots to the abdomen and leg on the west staircase, shot through the upper chest at the base of the same staircase.
4. Sean Graves, age 15. Shot in the back, foot, and abdomen on the west staircase.
5. Lance Kirklin, age 16. Critically injured by shots to the leg, neck, and jaw on the west staircase.
6. Michael Johnson, age 15. Shot in the face, arm, and leg to the west of the staircase.
7. Mark Taylor, age 16. Shot in the chest, arms, and leg to the west of the staircase.
8. Anne-Marie Hochhalter, age 17. Shot in the chest, arm, abdomen, back, and left leg near the cafeteria's entrance.
9. Brian Anderson, age 17. Injured near the west entrance by flying glass.
10. Patti Nielson, age 35. Hit in the shoulder by shrapnel near the west entrance.
11. Stephanie Munson, age 17. Shot in the ankle inside the North Hallway.
12. William David Sanders, age 47. Died of blood loss after being shot in the neck and back inside the South Hallway.
13. Evan Todd, age 15. Sustained minor injuries from the splintering of a desk he was hiding under.
14. Kyle Velasquez, age 16. Killed by gunshot wounds to the head and back.
15. Patrick Ireland, age 17. Shot in the head and foot.
16. Daniel Steepleton, age 17. Shot in the thigh.
17. Makai Hall, age 18. Shot in the knee.
18. Steven Curnow, age 14. Killed by a shot to the neck.
19. Kacey Ruegsegger, age 17. Shot in the shoulder, hand and neck.
20. Cassie Bernall, age 17. Killed by a shotgun wound to the head.
21. Isaiah Shoels, age 18. Killed by a shot to the chest.
22. Matthew Kechter, age 16. Killed by a shot to the chest.
23. Lisa Kreutz, age 18. Shot in the shoulder, hand, arms and thigh.
24. Valeen Schnurr, age 18. Injured with wounds to the chest, arms and abdomen.
25. Mark Kintgen, age 17. Shot in the head and shoulder.
26. Lauren Townsend, age 18. Killed by multiple gunshot wounds to the head, chest and lower body.
27. Nicole Nowlen, age 16. Shot in the abdomen.
28. John Tomlin, age 16. Killed by multiple shots to the head and neck.
29. Kelly Fleming, age 16. Killed by a shotgun wound to the back.
30. Jeanna Park, age 18. Shot in the knee, shoulder and foot.
31. Daniel Mauser, age 15. Killed by a single shot to the face.
32. Jennifer Doyle, age 17. Shot in the hand, leg and shoulder.
33. Austin Eubanks, age 17. Shot in the hand and knee.
34. Corey DePooter, age 17. Killed by shots to the chest and neck.

13 dead and 24 non-fatal injuries (21 by gunfire, others from trying to escape)

This is tough blogging.  Not as tough as what these families have endured.

Viridian

B is for San Bernardino

On December 2, 2015, a training event and holiday party was in progress at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino CA.  About 80 employees were in a rented banquet room.  A man and a woman (husband and wife), armed with semi-automatic pistols and rifles, approached the building and shot and killed two people outside.
 
Then then entered the building and went to banquet room and started shooting.  According to the Wikipedia account, they shot more than 100 bullets in 2 to 3 minutes. Some people were able to flee to other parts of the building, but others were shot if they moved or tried to escape.  The two shooters then fled and a chase ensued.

Three explosive devices were left by the man in a backpack but failed to work.  They may have been targeted at the first responders.

14 people were killed:

Robert Adams         40
Isaac Amanios 60
Bennetta Betbadal 46
Harry Bowman 46
Sierra Clayborn 27
Juan Espinoza        50
Aurora Godoy        26
Shannon Johnson 45
Larry Daniel Kaufman 42
Damian Meins 58
Tin Nguyen         31
Nicholas Thalasinos 52
Yvette Velasco 27
Michael Wetzel       37

According to autopsy reports released on May 27, 2016, the 14 deceased all died from multiple gunshot wounds, and almost all of them were shot in the back.  In addition, 22 people were seriously injured.  I am not sure about minor injuries.

My information comes from the Wikipedia page for this shooting.  Note the use of a semi automatic pistol, and the short time during which the shooting happened.

Viridian

A is for Aurora, CO

And so I begin the A to Z challenge.  I hope I make it to the end!
My category is Politics and News.
My theme is Mass Shootings in America: Remember the Victims.

In July 2012 a group of patrons were in a movie theater, for a midnight showing of a current Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises.  A man entered the theater, set off tear gas grenades, and started shooting into the audience.  He had a shotgun, a semi-automatic rifle, and a handgun. The shooter fired 76 shots in the theater: six from the shotgun, 65 from the semi-automatic rifle, and five from the .40-caliber handgun. (Note the high number from the semi-automatic.)  I believe all guns were obtained legally.

From Wikipedia:
The dead included:
Jonathan Blunk, age 26, shot once in the back (fatally) and once in the head
Alexander J. Boik, age 18, shotgunned once in the head (fatally), chest, and shoulder
Jesse Childress, age 29, shotgunned once in the torso (fatally), both legs, and right arm
Gordon Cowden, age 51, shot once in the chest
Jessica Ghawi (a.k.a. Jessica Redfield), a sports journalist, age 24, shot six times, four in the torso and limbs and once in the head (fatally).
John Larimer, age 27, shot twice in the chest and abdomen (both fatally)
Matt McQuinn, age 27, shot nine times, including in the chest and neck (both fatally)
Micayla Medek, age 23, shot once in the chest
Veronica Moser-Sullivan, age 6, shot four times, including in the chest (fatally), limbs, and lower right side
Alex Sullivan, age 27, shot once in the chest
Alexander C. Teves, age 24, shot once in the head
Rebecca Wingo, age 31, shot and shotgunned in the head (both fatally), shot once in the torso, and once in a limb

The total number of casualties is reported as 80 - these deaths, plus others hit by bullets, and at least 8 people injured trying to flee the theater.

Viridian