Two Nurses dead in North Texas

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On May 16, Alisa Stewart-40 of Plano and Amy Wingfield-31 OF Celina were returning from lunch on a nice sunny day. When their white Ford SUV pulled up to their workplace: North Central Medical Center in McKinney, a man waited for them. From a field not far away from the parklot was a row of trees, where the man hid. With his .223 caliber rifle he took aim. He killed Amy with a shot to the head and wounded Alisa in the back. Then he left the seen. On Tuesday, Paul E. Wooley-46 was arrest for the assualt of the two Pediatric Nurses. Paul is a manic depressive and had a breakdown at his job. After the shooting he left for Amarillo and attempted suicide. He now is in Jail with a $300,000 bond awaiting his day in court. I ask all nurses on this forum to remember them. We shall honor both these nurses, who lost their lives... and their services.

May the Force be with them...

My heart too, goes out to the co-workers and family of the two nurses gunned down, and I feel so sad the the other nurse will be affected in such an awful way for the rest of her life. I pray she'll have the strenght to overcome the handicap, but I also feel that gun control is not the way to go. In this country ( Australia ) past Governments tricked us into doing the right thing by registering our firearms, then the current one used that as a tool to take them all away. Yes, we can keep some as long as you have a very valid reason, and protection isn't one of them, but the cost of a licence is rediculas, and the measures involved make it too hard for someone like me, who only wanted to keep two family heirlooms, to comply with, so I had to hand them in to be crushed. To me, they did offer a sense of security in an emergency situation as I live alone in a remote bush setting, which isn't an ideal way for any female to live, but I'm now forced to live without them. I urge all American people not to be fooled into thinking that gun control is the answer. The only ones to have open access to guns here now are the criminals and nutters. Gun control has only made it hard on the decent citizens.

Aime.

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This is exactly what I think will happen in America if the 'gun control police' get their way. Hopefully those of us who believe in the Bill of Rights will win this battle.

I for one don't want criminals, crazies, and cops to be the only ones with a gun. It's dangerous enough already out there, isn't it..... :(

Thanks for sharing, Aime, hopefully some will learn from your story. :)

Oh, and I heard the latest is the hubby killed her because of the marital difficulties and to get the life insurance money....:(

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I would swear that I saw a post just like this one last year.

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Specializes in LTC, WCC, MDS Coordinator.

Like so many of you, my prayers are with the families of those nurses. And I was SO impressed with the intelligent responses I have read on this forum. I am a competitive handgunner and also like to shoot my AR-15 and Benelli shotgun. My husband and I have a $1600 gunsafe and are very responsible gun owners. We belong to the NRA, Gunowners of America, and Second Amendment Sisters. We shoot at GSSF Glock Shoots, IDPA shoots, and fundraisers for Special Olympics,etc. I have heard the horror stories from places such as Australia where they first registered and then took the law-abiding public's guns. Adolf Hitler did the same thing in Germany before WWII.

With the gun laws already on the books, it is a felony for a person to attempt to purchase a firearm if they are a convicted felon or have a conviction for misdemeanor domestic violence no matter when that conviction occurred. This is punishable with 5 years in a federal prison and up to a $250,000 fine. As with most laws pertaining to guns, this one is not enforced to the extent that it could be.

My 5 children and 8 grandchildren were raised to respect the rights of all people, including the right of responsible firearm ownership. ALL FIREARMS ARE LOADED! Children should be educated as to the dangers of unauthorized and unsupervised use of firearms.

In conclusion, no rational person condones violence of the use of firearms illegally--nor for that matter the illegal use of alcohol, drugs, or automobiles. In this country, we have been granted certain rights by the Constitution that shall not be abridged: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, and, although some might disagree, the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

As you can see, I believe strongly in this Right. I apologize if I have taken too much space or if you believe this is the wrong forum for this. I will now step down from my soap-box!

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You have the story all wrong two nurses didnt die just my aunt amy wingfield. also it wasnt paul wooley it was her husband Raymond Wingfield.... THANK YOU ..

Rest in Peace

Amy

I LOVE YOU

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It always amazes me how all these so called manic depressives plead that their illness was out of control...yet they try to commit suicide so they won't get caught! We need to make people more accountable, even those with mental illness.

May they RIP.

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OMG! That is awful :cry: God bless the 2 nurses and their families. What a tragic story!

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2002 thread. Hope they/the families are doing well

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