HOLLYWOOD, CA: Jihadist Shoots Passerbys In the Middle of the Street Yelling "ALLAHU AKBAR!"

12/9/11 -- What is most disturbing about this story, apart from the obvious horror, is that not one news account reported what one witness said the shooter was screaming: "allahu akbar." Not one news account. The media is the enemy.

One of the witness states that the shooter was repeatedly shouting "allahu akbar" at minute 2:42. This video is on the bottom right of the LA Times new story, but they don't mention it in their coverage -- neither does Reuters, CBS news, The Hollywood Reporter, KFAI, or any of the other news reports. I expect that this video will be removed or edited.

A gunman pointed his weapon at more than a dozen people Friday as he randomly opened fire on drivers and pedestrians in Hollywood before being fatally shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers.

Video shows the gunman calmly pointing his handgun and opening fire on passing cars near Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard near the ArcLight Cinema.

A man driving a Mercedes was shot in the jaw and taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was in critical condition. He is expected to survive.

The scene resembled a fast-moving Hollywood production, said some witnesses, leaving them with the sensation that they'd witnessed something surreal.

"When I heard it, I didn't react to it being real," said Greg Watkins, a student at the nearby Los Angeles Recording School who was walking on the street and had just taken off his headphones to take a call from his girlfriend when the shooting began.

"This is Hollywood, and they do film stuff all the time," he said, standing near the ArcLight Cinemas. "I honestly thought they were filming something."
Serge Durand, who said he was visiting from Atlanta, filmed the attacks from a friend's apartment above the intersection. In the video, a gray car swerves to avoid the shooter as he points what appears to be a weapon at the car.

"Is this the end?" Durand said he heard the shooter exclaim.

Emmanuel Fierro, 21, staying with a friend in another apartment above the intersection and also a student at the recording school, said, "I walk through these streets every day to go to school."

"I couldn't believe what was happening in the streets," he said, "but I guess this is Hollywood."

The attacks began about 10 a.m. south of Sunset, police said.

A young man in a white tank top was spotted walking up the street yelling and firing a handgun in the air. He then turned to firing at passing motorists who seemed to be picked at random, including the man in the Mercedes, police sources said.

The gunman was eventually shot by a detective and an off-duty officer who may have been working on a movie set nearby.

Police have so far found no motive in the shooting.

In addition to a gun, the attacker also displayed a knife during the incident. LAPD detectives have gone to the man's home to make sure there was not a domestic incident or some other act of violence that precipitated the shooting.

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[mattahaisha]

another Christian terrorist and you blame it on Islam... Islam is a religion of peace and there are no radical Muslims... you either believe in God or you don't ... there is no in between, heaven or hellfire

[YouCruising]

@mattahaisha

I didn't blame it on anything. The eyewitnesses said he shouted, "Allahu Akbar." Never said he shouted, "In the name of Jesus Christ."

[Msmira3]

The shooter was a white American, and now people made a jihadist out of him!!! idiots!

[YouCruising]

@TheKillaBeezie

Sorry, it certainly matters what he was saying. It's the same thing hijackers on planes shouted before they flew them into the WTC murdering 3000 People. It's the same thing Nidal Hassan said before murdering 13 soldiers & wounding 32 while they were sleeping. It's the same thing believers in islam shriek EVERYTIME they kill infidels & themselves on their way to paradise.

U cherrypick rights lost. What about 1st Amendment Right the OIC is trying to take away?

[usmc7242]

@Msmira3 No, his comments made him an Islamic terrorist, not his skin color

[YouCruising]

@chickatawbutt

The Gov and media have a responsibility not to cause a panic. I understand why many reports of the truth are hidden, or erased. It still is frustrating. That's why I post videos before they can be deleted.

[YouCruising]

@chickatawbutt

Msmira3 is a muslim. If you go to his/her page you'll see she frequents anti-Israel videos and has all islamic videos.

Being a muslim has nothing to do with color. Many people convert in prison. I take witness accounts w/more credibility than media or the Gov. I posted the video before the info this type of information is hidden.

Where I live, 5 Somalis w/baseball bats beat a good Samaritan inside a gas station. The video and article were deleted in a week.

[chickatawbutt]

@Msmira3 What does the eye witness say he was yelling at 2:40? Sure sounds like "Allahu Akbar" to me