Mass Violence in America: the All Inclusive Thread

[MagnarTheGreat]

After interstate shootings wound 5, searchers comb Kentucky hill country for suspect

Authorities have been searching a rural of southeastern Kentucky for a man suspected in a weekend shooting along Interstate 75 that wounded five people.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Kentucky manhunt update: AR-15 found, community warned to...

Authorities recovered a semiautomatic rifle in an elevated wooded area on Sunday as the search intensifies for highway shooting suspect Joseph A. Couch.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Mother of Georgia shooting suspect said she called school before attack, report says

Marcee Gray, the mother of the suspect who allegedly killed four at a Georgia high school, told a relative she called the school before the shooting.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

Kentucky manhunt update: AR-15 found, community warned to...

Authorities recovered a semiautomatic rifle in an elevated wooded area on Sunday as the search intensifies for highway shooting suspect Joseph A. Couch.

www.newsweek.com

Hope they catch him soon.

 

[Lily Adler]

I don't have Twitter, but I'm assuming he's referring to Haitians.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Fugitive accused of opening fire near Kentucky highway had sent text saying 'I'm going to kill a lot of people,' authorities say

The search for Joseph A. Couch entered its third day Monday after the shooting Saturday evening on Interstate 75.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Fugitive accused of opening fire near Kentucky highway had sent text saying 'I'm going to kill a lot of people,' authorities say

The search for Joseph A. Couch entered its third day Monday after the shooting Saturday evening on Interstate 75.

www.nbcnews.com

Crazy that they haven't found him yet

 

[blueharvest]

‘I still tried to make peace with him’: Neighbor discusses reported threat made by suspect

The neighbor said Joseph Couch’s behavior got worse during the past few months, leading up to the situation that happened on the interstate.

www.wymt.com

 

[blueharvest]

Crazy that they haven't found him yet

I think there's a lot of wooded areas around where the shootings took place, so he's probably hiding there somewhere.

 

[blueharvest]

Apalachee High School suspect kept gun in backpack, hid in bathroom, officials say

The 14-year-old accused of shooting four people at Apalachee High School brought a gun to school in his backpack, according to the GBI.

www.usatoday.com

 

[blueharvest]

Three people wounded in downtown Dallas shooting; police say suspect is unknown

At least three people have been shot in downtown Dallas Thursday and the suspect is at large, a police spokesperson said at a news conference.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Babillygunn]

This is a guy who obviously doesn’t understand statistics.

Here’s a statistic for him: I have two teenage boys who attend two separate high schools. In the 2022/23 school year both of them had active shooter scares at their schools which led to them barricading in their classroom.

That’s 100%.

How’s that for a statistic.

(And one of the schools is the #1 academic public school in our state and the other is a private school. So these aren’t “bad” schools.)

 

[Lily Adler]

Parents today:

 

[squeekness]

Apalachee High School suspect kept gun in backpack, hid in bathroom, officials say

The 14-year-old accused of shooting four people at Apalachee High School brought a gun to school in his backpack, according to the GBI.

www.usatoday.com

I take it they don't have metal detectors?

 

[squeekness]

This is a guy who obviously doesn’t understand statistics.

Here’s a statistic for him: I have two teenage boys who attend two separate high schools. In the 2022/23 school year both of them had active shooter scares at their schools which led to them barricading in their classroom.

That’s 100%.

How’s that for a statistic.

(And one of the schools is the #1 academic public school in our state and the other is a private school. So these aren’t “bad” schools.)

Your kids must have PTSD.

 

[blueharvest]

Dad of school shooting victim rips Donald Trump Jr. for assassination ‘B.S.’

The dad of a Parkland high school shooting victim tore into Donald Trump Jr. for his statement on the attempted assassination of his father.

www.nj.com

 

[blueharvest]

Police shift focus in search for Kentucky highway shooting suspect: 'Boots on the ground'

On Tuesday, law enforcement officials scaled back on their search to focus on increasing their presence in nearby residential areas.

www.usatoday.com

Still haven't found him yet.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Kentucky highway shooting suspect found dead, officials believe

Joseph Couch had been the subject of a manhunt in Kentucky since a shooting on an interstate highway earlier this month.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

I take it they don't have metal detectors?

Remember when this idea was considered too extreme and was usually satire of how people exaggerated inner city schools?

 

[squeekness]

Remember when this idea was considered too extreme and was usually satire of how people exaggerated inner city schools?

How the times have changed.

 

[blueharvest]

Mother of Georgia teen from school shooting indicted in separate incident

Marcee Gray, 43, charged with exploiting an elderly person in Ben Hill county, 200 miles from Apalachee high school

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

At least 4 killed and dozens more injured in Birmingham shooting

“We believe that multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people,” said Birmingham Police Department Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

www.google.com