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Route 91 Harvest country music festival
Initial reports of 50 dead, 400+ sent to hospital.
Believed to be a lone shooter. Dead in his hotel room.
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Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
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Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
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Re: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
I see the media wasted no time whatsoever declaring this the deadliest shooting in US history and naming the shooter.
Congrats, fuckers. You gave him everything he ever wanted. Again.
Congrats, fuckers. You gave him everything he ever wanted. Again.
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Re: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
Despite their usual pattern, I was having a hard time finding a *picture* of the guy. Usually they plaster that everywhere. Which tells me he doesn't look white.Jericho941 wrote:I see the media wasted no time whatsoever declaring this the deadliest shooting in US history and naming the shooter.
Congrats, fuckers. You gave him everything he ever wanted. Again.
The media seems to be playing this as "just a crazy guy, no connection to anything at all", which is so out of character for them, so different from their usual urges to wallow in the blood and push 'right wing NRA terrorism' narratives, that they must *know* the guy is one of theirs. Like the Scalise shooter.
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Re: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
For those of you who know who she is, Julie Dall of Western Australia is visiting the states. She was in Vegas, but left on Saturday. She is okay.
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Re: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
From the cell phone video, it sounded belt-fed. Anybody know?
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Re: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
Well, the guy did light up a pop country concert.Greg wrote:Despite their usual pattern, I was having a hard time finding a *picture* of the guy. Usually they plaster that everywhere. Which tells me he doesn't look white.Jericho941 wrote:I see the media wasted no time whatsoever declaring this the deadliest shooting in US history and naming the shooter.
Congrats, fuckers. You gave him everything he ever wanted. Again.
The media seems to be playing this as "just a crazy guy, no connection to anything at all", which is so out of character for them, so different from their usual urges to wallow in the blood and push 'right wing NRA terrorism' narratives, that they must *know* the guy is one of theirs. Like the Scalise shooter.
EDIT: Cops identified him as white.
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Re: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
Sounded like an AK-based auto to me, slower rate like a RPK perhaps? Sounded like he was doing mag swaps every 30-40 rounds.Weetabix wrote:From the cell phone video, it sounded belt-fed. Anybody know?
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Re: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
First reports I read this morning indicated that the perp had a long history of legal and psychiatric issues. I suspect they will find that he all the firearms he had were illegally obtained (or through a straw purchase - same thing).
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Update - now they are saying no record, so as always the first word is always wrong:Vonz90 wrote:First reports I read this morning indicated that the perp had a long history of legal and psychiatric issues. I suspect they will find that he all the firearms he had were illegally obtained (or through a straw purchase - same thing).
Local police have provided some information about Stephen Paddock, the gunman in the shooting. Paddock, 64, lived in Mesquite, Nev., some 80 miles away from Las Vegas. He had no criminal record, and police had only cited him for a traffic violation. Paddock had reportedly been staying in the hotel since Thursday, and police say they found at least ten firearms in his room. His brother Eric told the Orlando Sentinel that he is “completely dumbfounded.”
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Re: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay) Concert shooting
Guess it took awhile for the media to find and confirm pics, because they're everywhere now.