Florida Shooting: 7 Dead In Hialeah Apartment Shootout, Including Gunman
Source: Huffington Post
HIALEAH, Fla. — A gunman holding hostages inside a South Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team that stormed the building early Saturday following an hours-long standoff, police said. Sgt. Eddie Rodriguez told The Associated Press that police got a call around 6:30 p.m. EDT Friday that shots had been fired in a building with dozens of apartments in Hialeah, just a few miles north of Miami.
Although a crisis team was able to briefly establish communication with the man, Rodriguez said talks eventually "just fell apart" with the gunman, who was holding two hostages on the fifth floor. Both of them survived when officers stormed the building, fatally shooting the gunman during an exchange of gunfire. "They made the decision to go in there and save and rescue the hostages," he said.
The dead bodies of three women and two men were found at two different apartment units inside the building, which Rodriguez said was in a "very quiet neighborhood." Another man who was walking his children into an apartment across the street also was killed. Rodriguez said it wasn't immediately clear whether the gunman took aim at him from an upper-level balcony or if he was hit by a stray bullet.
"From up there, he was able to shoot at people across the street, catching this one man who was just walking into his apartment," Rodriguez said.
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Believes that is the proper spelling 
living or working in the low income district of any large city? Youths can and do get guns regularly, not only to protect themselves but to threaten and harm others for some slight like suspecting someone took a piece of jewelry. (This was a reason one youth was shot in DC last year and during the young man's funeral, others were shot in retaliation).
One of my hs students in the inner city who is headed for college was accosted by two other hs students who showed a gun and asked if he was a certain person. My student said no, and luckily he had a school ID and showed it to them. They all then had a pleasant conversation and the gunmen went off to find their target.
What is your solution to youths getting guns illegally? Loosening up gun control laws, I suppose 
living or working in the low income district of any large city. Youths can and do get guns regularly, not only to protect themselves but to threaten and harm others for some slight like suspecting someone took a piece of jewelry. (This was the reason one youth was shot in DC last year and during his funeral, several others were shot in retaliation).
One of my wonderful hs students in the inner city was accosted by two other hs students who showed a gun and asked if he was a certain person. My student said no, and luckily he had a school ID and showed it to them. They all then had a pleasant conversation and the gunmen went off to find their target.
One block from the school, a young mother was shot while boarding a bus with her child. She was shot by the child's father.
"Occasional?" Get police reports from large US cities daily and you will see regular youth violence with guns.
What is your solution to youths getting guns illegally? Loosening up gun control laws, I suppose
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Responsible gun owners.
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Pedro Alberto Vargas, gunman [/center]
A look at the victims in the Hialeah killings
By Patricia Mazzei
pmazzei@MiamiHerald.com
Six neighbors did routine, mundane things Friday evening in Hialeah. A father parked his car after his son’s boxing practice. A family hung out inside their apartment. A husband and wife, both building managers, knocked on a tenant’s door.
At some point, the tenant pulled out a 9mm pistol.
By the end of the night, the six neighbors were dead. So was the gunman, identified by Hialeah Police as Pedro Alberto Vargas, 42, killed by a SWAT team that stormed the apartment where for hours he kept two more neighbors hostage.
These are the victims’ stories.
Samira and Italo Pisciotti
The first to die were Italo and Samira Pisciotti, the husband and wife who managed the building at 1485 W 46th St. where Vargas and his mother, Esperanza Patterson, were tenants of apartment 408.
After an apparent dispute, Vargas fired about 15 to 20 shots, killing 78-year-old Italo and 68-year-old Samira.
More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/27/3526078/a-look-at-the-victims-in-the-hialeah.html#storylink=cpy
