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Multiple victims reported in shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival

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  1. Meh
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    At a damn garlic festival? No where is safe anymore.

    At a damn garlic festival? No where is safe anymore.

    14 votes
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    alyaza
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    add another one to the tally for the year! unlike a lot of mass shootings, there aren't that many details about this one so far as far as i can tell, even though this story has been developing for...

    add another one to the tally for the year! unlike a lot of mass shootings, there aren't that many details about this one so far as far as i can tell, even though this story has been developing for over an hour and a half now. some additional stories on this:

    NBC LA: Multiple Injuries Reported in Shooting at Calif. Garlic Festival
    CBS News: Shooting at Gilroy garlic festival in San Francisco Bay Area
    The Guardian: '11 people down': Mass shooting at Gilroy garlic festival in California
    Reuters: Shooting reported at annual garlic festival in California
    AP: The Latest: Witnesses describe confusion, panic at festival

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    1. alyaza
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      we now have some more information, courtesy of the NYT: 3 dead, 12 injured. there were already unconfirmed reports of the 11 down and at least 1 dead, so i guess that confirms that.

      we now have some more information, courtesy of the NYT: 3 dead, 12 injured. there were already unconfirmed reports of the 11 down and at least 1 dead, so i guess that confirms that.

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    2. Ellimist
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      If I had to wager a guess, I'd say it's been a slow developing story because there isn't any info on the shooter. Hasn't been apprehended, last I read, so there's nothing but questions with no...

      If I had to wager a guess, I'd say it's been a slow developing story because there isn't any info on the shooter. Hasn't been apprehended, last I read, so there's nothing but questions with no answers. No motivations, no manifestos....just an unknown suspect shooting up a food festival of all places.

      3 votes
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    nic
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    The shooter killed Stephen Romero, a six year old boy outside a bounce house. The shooter was shot and killed by police. He was apparently asked "Why are you doing this?" and the reply: "Because...

    The shooter killed Stephen Romero, a six year old boy outside a bounce house.

    The shooter was shot and killed by police.

    He was apparently asked "Why are you doing this?" and the reply: "Because I'm really angry."

    @Deimos, do you have any policies regarding the identification of mass murderers?

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      Deimos
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      There's no real policy, but I think it's probably better if we don't identify them. Why?

      There's no real policy, but I think it's probably better if we don't identify them. Why?

      12 votes
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        nic
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        IMHO it is definitely better to only identify the victims.

        IMHO it is definitely better to only identify the victims.

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          Sand
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          I think most people agree with that.

          I think most people agree with that.

          1. nic
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            Yet the most popular news stories are always the ones that tell us more about the killers...

            Yet the most popular news stories are always the ones that tell us more about the killers...

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      alyaza
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      figures. and of course with the revelation, some people are already trying to detract from the possibility that ideology could ever play a role, which seems to happen weirdly often with people who...

      figures. and of course with the revelation, some people are already trying to detract from the possibility that ideology could ever play a role, which seems to happen weirdly often with people who are revealed to be dabbling in nazi/white supremacist/white nationalist/volkish/whatever ideology.

      4 votes
      1. sqew
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        That's the way these things work in America now, apparently. If the shooter is of Middle Eastern decent, it's clearly a dangerous, radical Islamic terrorist attack and we should ban Muslims from...

        That's the way these things work in America now, apparently. If the shooter is of Middle Eastern decent, it's clearly a dangerous, radical Islamic terrorist attack and we should ban Muslims from entering the country. If they're white and adhere to Nazism or some other white supremacist ideology, then they're clearly just a confused, mentally ill young man who did a bad thing.

        3 votes