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

[Peliman]

Yes and some media outlets took the opportunity to inject a note of fear by suggesting/asking if this was an ISIL attack.

next!

Are you suggesting some people must be unable to parse information.

 

[Peliman]

Sure, right after you show us a post here where someone was trying to stop you from watching certain media or expressing your opinion here.

c'mon now. There are people dead and injured we should be concerned about, don't you think?

Nope I'm done, I've said what needed said. Thanks for playing.

 

[corundogs]

3 dead...2 victims

 

[CARIIS]

how silly of me but the guy behind the gov i wish he would have spit out his darn gum - he is just chomping away why does that bug me? they just said 3 dead -- ??anyone else hearing that number ?

 

[CARIIS]

hand gun i think shooter knew the ones he shot, fatally, just a feeling

 

[Ragamuffin]

Welp. I'm seeing 58 year old lone white male. I admit, the age is not what I was expecting. Next thing I expect to hear of terminal illness/foreclosure of property/wife left him.

JMO, as always.

Scum of the earth, again, as always.

 

[Inthedetails]

Anyone have a local live twitter feed? Or some other type of live text feed (as opposed to video)?
TIA

 

[popsicle]

LE at his house now and awaiting a SW imo

 

[bluesneakers]

hand gun i think shooter knew the ones he shot, fatally, just a feeling

I have the same feeling.

 

[Inthedetails]

Welp. I'm seeing 58 year old lone white male. I admit, the age is not what I was expecting. Next thing I expect to hear of terminal illness/foreclosure of property/wife left him.

JMO, as always.

Scum of the earth, again, as always.

It looks like this movie is a chick-flick. I'm taking a GUESS that he wanted to target women. TOTAL GUESS at this point, willing to change my opinion in flash when we get more info.

JMO.

 

[CARIIS]

Welp. I'm seeing 58 year old lone white male. I admit, the age is not what I was expecting. Next thing I expect to hear of terminal illness/foreclosure of property/wife left him.

JMO, as always.



Scum of the earth, again, as always.

yeh that is my sense -- domestic - then he just figured i am going to kill myself so might as well shoot at others the world is just going nutsola - as a civilized place it sure feels less like that everyday

a ;ot of pissed off people running around the us of a...........................

 

[colette]

Anyone have a local live twitter feed? Or some other type of live text feed (as opposed to video)?
TIA

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lafayette?src=tren&data_id=tweet:624399787757031424

 

[Peliman]

yeh that is my sense -- domestic - then he just figured i am going to kill myself so might as well shoot at others the world is just going nutsola - as a civilized place it sure feels less like that everyday

a ;ot of pissed off people running around the us of a...........................

Sounds like it will turn out that way.

 

[bluesneakers]

It looks like this movie is a chick-flick. I'm taking a GUESS that he wanted to target women. TOTAL GUESS at this point, willing to change my opinion in flash when we get more info.

JMO.

I saw this movie a few days ago. It's not really a chick flick. Amy Schumer has a lot of male fans, although the shooter may have assumed it was a typical rom-com. My gut still says he went after someone known to him.

 

[popsicle]

This is the 3rd mass shooting in just over a month.

 

[CARIIS]

10 ambulances intially dispatched

ambulance guys daughter was in the same row as the shooter

 

[Leilei]

We go to this one sometimes!! So far I have heard friends of a friend were shot: husband and wife

I'm reading at the Tiger Droppings website, that it was a domestic dispute of some kind - he opened fire on his wife and kids? This is terrible...

 

[Hiandmighty]

Reports now the people I posted about are ok. No details about it though.

 

[CARIIS]

This is the 3rd mass shooting in just over a month.

hi pop

its just getting obsurd

 

[LyndyLoo]

What a crazy thing for LE to say -- to have ISIS on the table at all. Odds would be strongly against it being related to ISIS -- it's far more likely to be a far-right wing white male, as many recent studies have shown.

I have no idea who the dead perp is..sounds like he had a death wish and wanted to go out in a blaze of glory..So convenient the American laws allows such things..Bravo>>Sarcasm<..I SMH because right ow a jury is determining penalty phas in Colorado who killed 12 and severely injured 70..won't even go into PTSD of anyone else in that theatre!!

Anyway..Keep it up and try and blame ISIS for such events...I say NO..This stuff goes on all the time as long as such deadly weapons keep being promoted!!

Yeah, the culture/environment of fear, paranoia, xenophobia, and Islamophobia is hardly new in North America.

Yep..Blame everything on ISIS...SMH

Witness being interviewed by Don Lemon on CNN "it was like something out of the movies"

IMO asking about ISIS in this situation is sensationalism.

Don Lemon is not a particular reporter that has my confidence IMO

A lot of people don't like that fact. Also a lot of people get vicious if you suggest this might have something to do with gun culture.

IMO asking about ISIS in this situation is sensationalism.

I'm very sorry for everyone in the theatre. I can't imagine how terrifying it was to be sitting there hearing shots and people screaming, and then thinking it was just like Aurora.

:gaah: Sure spread weapons amongst loose cannons and blame some sort of aberrant ideologue from over there who preach death..Hate to remind you all..But what this guy did and so many other mass shooters entering public spaces kill and create mayhem has been going on for decades long before ISIS ( 2014-15)..It's a crock to blame entirely. :truce:

Sure ISIS is promoting..BUT, freedom to possess weapons is ON the USA/2nd Amendment rights!! Go talk to NRA folks!!