LA - Two killed, 9 injured in Lafayette movie theater shooting, 23 July 2015

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I was actually referring to bluesneakers quote that you used. Sorry.
Actually, I'm the one who posted most of the twisted ramblings. My purpose? An effort to understand what drove him to commit such an atrocious act, by piecing together a snapshot of his personality.
 
This guy did have a wife and daughter so it isn't as if he was never included in life.

Some people are sociopaths. Not sure if being inclusive with them will help.

Early intervention as a tiny child if circumstances can be identified? Working on empathy and getting people to think of others and not just themselves?

He probably felt hopeless and was taking revenge. The movie theatre? Why?
 
This guy did have a wife and daughter so it isn't as if he was never included in life.

Some people are sociopaths. Not sure if being inclusive with them will help.

Early intervention as a tiny child if circumstances can be identified? Working on empathy and getting people to think of others and not just themselves?

He probably felt hopeless and was taking revenge. The movie theatre? Why?

I wonder why he shot himself if he planned to make a getaway? When does it go from self-preservation for a mind like that to clearly not wanting to face justice at others' hands? Seems so cold and calculated somehow a thing to do at a moments decision. If he had seen the police earlier, going in, would he have not killed here and then some other time? Or maybe somebody would have noticed something in time to call LE? What ifs... they all seem to have guns, practice with them, families who are aware of their propensities, resources, and seem to be loquaciously deviant on SM... but that could describe so many people. We accept speed limits on roads, will SM self-regulate at some point? It seems to be the biggest social factor, beside continuing lax gun control, to have changed dramatically over the last half decade compared to anything else, to me. hmm, it feeds everybody's egos at will equally into a what may seem like a vacuum of no consequence at times, makes lots of money for some people and makes real people seem less human to some, so any ideas on where this will go?
 
He obviously did not want to go to prison. Either get away or go out with a bang.


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Louisiana shooter [name] had history of domestic violence
By Julia Dahl, CBS NEWS Crimesider
July 24 '15, 4:31pm

"In 2008, [his] wife and daughter filed an order of protection against him after he allegedly "perpetrated acts of family violence" and threatened them over his daughter's impending marriage."

[... he]

"exhibited extreme erratic behavior and has made ominous as well as disturbing statements...that [his daughter's upcoming] marriage will not occur."

[... he]

"vandalized a home he had been evicted from Phenix City, Ala., by pouring concrete into the pipes and tampering with the gas line."

[...]
 
It's not a special license plate. He had a stolen license plate on his car.
Can someone explain about the switch-license plate? I am not too technical and have never heard of these kinds of plates.
 
KLFY news:Live update... the shooting was slow and methodical. 15 casings found in the theatre. LE is aware of his ramblings on numerous blogs. Officers are trying to connect the dots. One of the victims played dead. Much info has come via the Internet. Shooter was in need of employment, mom sent money, circulating to find a job. He had contacted a businessman to start up a 2 minute oil change venture.
One couple in the lobby, transferred an injured person to the hospital rather then waiting for the ambulance.
 
If we had this discussion now and not keep saying "this isn't the right time" maybe we wouldn't need to keep watching it happen.
 
‘Jillian was a force': Lafayette remembers shooting victim Jillian Johnson
By Abby Ohlheiser, Washington Post,
July 24, 4:58 pm


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"Jillian Johnson. (Lucius A. Fontenot)"

‘This is going to affect the community for a long time': Town mourns shooting victim Mayci Breaux
By Ashley Cusick and Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post,
July 24, 4:47 pm


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"A February 2015 photo of Mayci Breaux modeling clothes from Coco Eros clothing boutique, the store she worked at in Lafayette, La. (Credit: Coco Eros)"
 
Mostly, there is a lot of untreated mental illness out there. And men are more likely to not go to the doctor. I took care of an older white male (30 years ago in nursing school) who quoted commercials off tv and said they were messages from God. I certainly never assumed that he and his poor brain represented all Christians or all white men his age. I think it is all part of the game we have to play in our minds to get through day to day. I am different because I do have this or I don't believe that, therefore this type of random violence cannot occur to me or mine. But it can. But we have to live anyway.

I first started thinking this way after Katrina. Everyone was so angry at the people stranded in the city and saying they should have done this or that, or I would have done the right thing. I figured it was a self-protection thing. In their minds they had to put it like that because they needed to cling to "It can't happen to me."

It's like when something awful happens and people say they never thought it could happen here. It can. Bad stuff happens everywhere.
 
Two women killed in Louisiana theater shooting
By Ray Sanchez and Pete Burn, CNN

Updated 3:19 PM ET, Fri July 24, 2015

View attachment 78688

The lovely Mayci Breaux,

"attended Louisiana State University-Eunice...

Her employer posted on Facebook that "many of you had come to know and love Mayci" during her time working there...

"Nothing ever prepares you for a loss... Much less the loss of such an amazing young woman,"...

"We are deeply saddened."


View attachment 78689

The accomplished Jillian Johnson,

"made everything more beautiful. She worked to make Lafayette a more beautiful place, and one of the most tragic things that has ever happened here took her. She was a mother, a wife, a sister, an artist, a collaborator, a band member, a friend to so many."


~

Another day, another mass shooting: Americans are caught in a crossfire
By Joel Achenbach, Washington Post
, July 24 at 3:26 PM


[...]

""The mass shootings are paradoxical in the broader picture of crime in America: The murder rate nationally has been

halved in the last two decades. But homicides with four or more victims have held basically steady. Then there are these special

“active shooter” events, which appear to be on the rise."

A 2013 FBI study of 160 active shooter events since 2000 showed a staggered increase over time, with the four most violent years of the survey."


[... according to experts]

“It’s clear that social isolation is a risk factor for suicidal behavior in general. Having real friends, close face-to-face friends, those people can be moderating forces on your moods. They can help you get treatment if you really need it,”

[...]

“We oftentimes try to avoid people who seem angry, because we don’t know what to say and what to do. That’s the wrong move,”...

“We can try to restore the sense of community in our neighborhoods, in our workplaces, in society more generally.”

Just want to thank you (button was not enuff) for this thoughtful post!
 
This guy did have a wife and daughter so it isn't as if he was never included in life.

Some people are sociopaths. Not sure if being inclusive with them will help.

Early intervention as a tiny child if circumstances can be identified? Working on empathy and getting people to think of others and not just themselves?

He probably felt hopeless and was taking revenge. The movie theatre? Why?

bbm

It's ideal -- a modern version of a cowboy movie ambush -- total surprise because if you dress correctly, you can barely be seen. And if you work it right, you just might not be caught. The theater-goers are just sitting there, off in the world of the movie; you need to keep a good distance from the victims; and if you're quick, you may be able to get away before LE arrives.
 
Louisiana shooter [name] had history of domestic violence
By Julia Dahl, CBS NEWS Crimesider
July 24 '15, 4:31pm

"In 2008, [his] wife and daughter filed an order of protection against him after he allegedly "perpetrated acts of family violence" and threatened them over his daughter's impending marriage."

[... he]

"exhibited extreme erratic behavior and has made ominous as well as disturbing statements...that [his daughter's upcoming] marriage will not occur."

[... he]

"vandalized a home he had been evicted from Phenix City, Ala., by pouring concrete into the pipes and tampering with the gas line."

[...]

Heck, he's just plain mean.
 
OH god, CNN talking about metal detectors in theatres


sad state of affairs


We are killing each other every day. Every day. If things don't change, it will never stop. smh
 
Researching Houser's internet activity, I came across at least three references to the U.S. as a "financially failing filth farm". I find that telling. It goes to my comment about needing a scapegoat for his own financial failure and personal shortcomings.

rsbm --

I also noticed how enamored he was with this phrase. First off, let's not ignore that there is alliteration there. Part of why he repeated this phrase is because it sounded good to him. For what it's worth, most of us probably know people who repeat some of the same phrases/expressions over and over again -- and we see it here in this forum as well, considering what a broad swath of the population is represented here. He has four F-words in a row.

He starts with 'financially' -- and so it's possible that this is especially important to him. He believes that money is important -- and, well, it is.

He then mentions 'failing' -- and I have to guess that this is key for him here personally, as in some of his social media postings, he identifies himself as a 'hustler' -- as a sort of con man, which can be lucrative, but it is always risky, and perhaps his luck had run out.

He then mentions 'filth' -- which I see as a moral dimension. The way we judge people (or anything) as 'clean' or 'dirty' usually has to do with some sort of value judgment we make. Many people in majority groups consider anyone other than themselves as being dirty, ignorant of the fact that people are people and generally do what they can with respect to hygiene, grooming, housekeeping, etc. I haven't seen enough information yet to speak confidently, but I have a feeling that this guy hated women, and thought they were unclean, and I have a feeling that he targeted women in the theater. I have to think that he chose that movie because he thought women would be there -- Schumer is a very talented gal who, as a guy, I find funny, and I think that many men do as well, but I think that it's possible that more women than men find her funny, and I would guess that he would have guessed that this was a movie for the gals. (My parents are both in their mid to late 70's, and my mom loved the movie, my dad thought it was ok, but a bit potty-mouthed.)

And then he mentions 'farm'. I don't know what this might mean, but I am going to guess that 'reproduction' is part of what riles him up. Farms are not one-off businesses -- they're all about reproduction, whether it's animals reproducing or crops that give both grain for food and seed.

Good call, Bessie -- I do think that this phrase, or mantra, is significant to this person.
 
Does the phrase "financially failing filth farm" come from somewhere else, or is it his own?
 
I love his admiration of Iran.

I would have gladly contributed to a ******** for his one way ticket.
 
Home owners say John 'Rusty' Houser destroyed their house
Ledger Enquirer
Jul 24, 2015

[video=youtube;BJfVrJaUsfY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJfVrJaUsfY[/video]


The Bitter Online Life ... Shooter...
... was a member of a Tea Party website who wrote about the decline of America and his own willingness to die
By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh and Adi Cohen on Jul 24, 2015 at 09:45 AM


"It is true that the US is about to fall. I will be in fear at that time as will everyone else,but not in a fear which resembles that of the leaders of foolishness and the brainwashed that follow.Truth carries with it an understanding of death. Rather than live without it, I will take death. My greatest fear is that I could die making a decision for the good of myself against everyone else."

Lafayette Theater Shooter Bought Gun Legally, Police Say
by Phil Helsel & Elisha Fieldstadt, NBCNEWS, Migeul Almaguer reporting
July 24 '15, 8:36 pm et informative videos follows the first report, as well.

Back inside the theater, Houser fired three more shots at people who remained, possibly striking another victim, before taking his own life with a fourth shot, Craft said.


Thorough Local Coverage from KATC Acadiana with numerous stories

Memorials Pop Up for Jillian Johnson



Lafayette Theater Shooting Survivor Describes 'Strange Calm' After First Shot
By Tom LLamas, Courtney Condron & Emily Shapiro, ABCNEWS,
Jul 24 '15, 8:29 pm et

the videos continue to run with more info with a very interesting ten min report by Marci Gonzales

[...]

"After that first shot ... there was this very strange calm," Mann, said. "Because everybody was just trying to make sure it wasn't that ... anything but that."

[...]

"There was no pushing each other. People were pulling each other out instead of trying to scramble on top of one another," Mann said. "I think that that says a lot about the people here."

"There was an immediate understanding that every single person in that room was going through the same thing and that we all needed to get out," Mann said.

[...]

~

Lafayette Shooting Adds Another Angry Face in the Gunmen’s Gallery
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and ALAN BLINDER
New York Times, July 24 15


"Using a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, Mr. Houser shot one man four times, but the man survived, the police said. By Friday evening, five victims remained in hospitals."

[... a Columbus, GA, former TV host said]

“If you gave me 40 names and 40 pictures of people who might have done that, I wouldn’t have hesitated to point him out,” he said. “I could just sense the anger was there.”

[... he]

"believed that women should not work outside their homes, and “had a lot of hostility toward abortion clinics,” Mr. Floyd said. He was the sort of person who believed “that all the trouble started when they took Bibles out of school and stopped prayer.”

[...]

In 1989, he was accused of trying to hire a man to start a fire at a Columbus law firm whose clients included pornographic theaters, which [he] opposed. A grand jury declined to indict him, but a Superior Court judge in Muscogee County ordered [him] to undergo a psychiatric examination, because his competency had “been called into question.”

[...]

After his company’s liquor license was revoked, in 2001, he placed a banner with a swastika outside the pub,

[...]

“He was crazy,” Ms. Bone said outside the home where Mr. Houser flew the Confederate battle flag. “But I didn’t think he would kill someone.”

[...]

he stood at the back of the auditorium, which had steeply pitched, stadium-style seating, and fired down at others.
 

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