I understand your logic...but I don't think expecting it changes the finality of death regardless of the location. Not sure what you mean by suburban, middle class area. These are oil towns with lots of money.
These people were loved and they will be missed. Overwhelming how many people are in pain and mourning because of random acts of gun violence. Seriously overwhelming.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...high-school-student-beloved-uncle-father-two/
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A former math teacher was shot while sitting at a traffic light with his wife and children. A beloved uncle was hit outside the home he had just moved out of. A high school student bled out after leaving a dealership where her brother had just picked up the keys to his new car.
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Here are some of the people who did not survive, according to loved ones who spoke to The Washington Post and other media outlets — and the stories of the reeling friends and family they left behind.
Edwin Peregrino was visiting his parents in Odessa when he heard gunshots outside.
At first, they appeared to be coming from afar.
But when he ran into the yard to investigate, according to his older sister, a gunman sped by and opened fire, killing Peregrino just outside the home he’d moved out of weeks earlier.
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Leilah Hernandez had just celebrated her quinceañera in May.
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The party lived up to the Odessa High School student’s excitement, Leyva said. She looked and felt like a princess in an enormous green dress. “It was like a dream for her,” Leyva said.
Leyva told The Post that Leilah’s mother has been in a kind of daze as she mourns her daughter’s death. She is relieved to be stuck at the Odessa hospital, where dozens of relatives wait for updates on Leilah’s wounded brother, Nathan, still in the Intensive Care Unit, because she dreads going home to Leilah’s room, Leyva said.
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Carla Byrne, the oldest sister of Joseph Griffith, 40, told The Post that her brother was killed by the gunman while sitting at a traffic light with his wife and two children.
“This maniac pulled up next to him and shot him, took away his life, murdered my baby brother. Like nothing,” she said. “We are so broken.”
Byrne recalled her brother’s sense of humor, hallmarked by an uncanny ability to impersonate anyone. But nothing, she said, superseded his devotion to his wife and children.
He worked six days a week to support them, she added.
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Mary Granados, 29, was nearing the end of her shift as a letter carrier when the gunman hijacked her vehicle, twin sister Rosie Granados told CNN.
Rosie told the network that she heard her sibling scream on the phone as she was shot.
“It was very painful,” she said. “I just wanted to help her, and I couldn’t. I thought she had got bit by a dog or something. I tried calling her name, and she wouldn’t answer.”
Knowing her sister’s mail route, Rosie drove off to find her, CNN reported.
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Truly. When we read the lives of victims it really hits you. Hard.
I do think he was headed to that theatre.
I do too. It's really scary when you think about how close he was. I have no idea what movies were showing.
MOODoesn't sound like it, does it?
MOO
Snoods did you ever make contact with your son? I know it had to be agonizing for you when you couldn't reach him.
I'm so sad this officer's career may end. So many of our officers across our nation are assaulted, and many are left with life altering injuries with their lives changed forever.
It's so tragic for they all will say all they ever want to be is a police officer. Yet, from so many serious assaults against them they are unable to continue doing what they love to do, and many are left totally disable.
So many give selflessly to the communities they love, and sacrifice so much in order to keep their community safe.
We all owe so much to each one because every day they get up once again.. put their uniforms on, kiss the ones they dearly love, goodbye... while never knowing if they will ever see them again.
It takes a totally selfless individual to put their lives on the line to protect all others, and they face the worst most dangerous individuals in our society.
Jmhoo
Looking at this map, it seems that North Dakota, Wyoming, and Hawaii are the only states that haven't had a mass shooting since Sandy Hook. I would assume that ND and WY have relatively high gun ownership while HI would have low, though I haven't confirmed that.
Oh Jesus. That gave me chills from head to toe.
It’s happened to me! Consider 3/4 of the drivers aren’t in front of a cop when they do it. Just don’t do it in front of a cop.
Exactly. This (and any) information is so easily skewed, it’s difficult to trust what you read these days.Thank you for the link. Earlier I attempted to Google some answers to my question but I'm never sure which info is impartial. I became a bit frustrated and just waited for info here
On the link above to the map, scroll to the end of the page. There is a chart showing mass shootings...but also murders (that are not mass murders) and suicides. Of those three categories, mass shootings are by far the fewest in number of gun-related deaths in this county.
