They were Chinese farm workers, killed by a 67 year old Chinese male.
That is so weird. Four shootings a day or two apart, two carried out by each man, both shooters more or less elderly men, both Chinese, and both shooting other Asians.
The first killer had a Vietnamese name, fwiw.
The shooter more or less turned himself in, driving to a sheriff’s substation. I saw his arrest on TV. Nothing is certain yet, but he might have worked at one of the agricultural businesses he attacked. The weapon was reported as a semi-automatic pistol. Sorry, no links, this is from the TV coverage.
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From the link.
Upon arriving at the scene, OPD officers learned that there was a shootout between several people. Video from the Citizen app shows the crime scene is a Valero gas station.
There were no victims at the scene when police arrived, but officers found shell casings. OPD later learned of multiple gunshot victims taking themselves to local hospitals.
Not your typical mass shooting.
Ah. Thank you. I don’t think I’ve heard his name yet, but that’s no excuse for making the assumption.
Mind you, I’m not assuming a conspiracy of any sort. Just coincidences in incidents that are way out of the “normal” (gag) parameters for a mass shooting.
“normal” parameters. Dear Og, what have we come to.
It is (incorrectly) said Eskimos have a hundred different words for snow. Think how many words the average American know for murder. We know the fine difference between “spree killings,” and “serial killings.” We can use the word “familicide” in a sentence.
Most of us can name five famous killers, but not five US senators, or baseball pitchers.
We watch movies where lines like, “You’re funny, I’ll kill you last” are laugh lines. Our action heroes are mass killers.
(Hollywood will not generally make a movie where a good guy fails to wear a seatbelt, or smoke a cigarette. It makes lots of movies where violence is used illegally.)
American culture is violent, and it seems to be getting more violent.
It never ends. Three dead in convivence store shooting.
A local TV station had on one of their announcements this evening about the annual SF Chinese NY Parade (on Feb. 4) and it gave me pause. I don’t normally go, but if I did, would I hesitate this year?
Lunar New Year is analogous to Christmas as a family holiday time. The widespread belief that suicide rates increase at Christmas is false, and murder rates do not increase either. But I don’t think your concern is unfounded for the next few days with the possibility of copycats.
Why the ‘Holiday Suicide’ Myth Is Dangerous
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/understanding-the-reality-of-holiday-related-crimes-49947
The whole world watches those same Hollywood movies without the same effects. Cartoons and lowbrow comedies had over-the-top violence 80 years ago, but most people weren’t going around inflicting deadly blows like a cartoon character or poking people’s eyes out like the Three Stooges. Hell, writers going back to Shakespeare have been putting clever or witty lines in the mouths of villainous characters.
It may be American culture, but it ain’t our movies.
An article from NPR. Mass shootings are contagious.
He committed the shootings during a jailhouse interview? They need better security at that jail.
Yeah, that is lax as hell. How did Janelle Wang survive?