"out of" = 'in'

[Dan Goncharoff]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> CNN reports "shots fired at the University of Oklahoma out of Norman,
> Oklahoma
>

Hmmm...If you read, "CNN reports, out of Norman, Oklahoma, shots fired at
the University of Oklahoma," would you have said anything? Is there a
difference?

DanG

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