# The Toulouse shooter, now that we know who he is . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423 "2012-03-21T17:05:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423/61 "2012-03-26T02:26:25Z")
His brother, who’s reportedly told police he’s proud of what the shooter did, is being investigated for complicity. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423/62 "2012-03-26T07:43:44Z")
> [@](#): > > His brother, who’s reportedly told police he’s proud of what the shooter did, is being investigated for complicity. Failing to report a crime? I mean, being proud of his actions and more explicitly admitting to being proud of them is particularly moronic, but I’ll bet he’s not the only French guy to make those statements. It doesn’t mean he was involved in the planning at all. However if he was aware of a crime (his brother planning to commit murder) and didn’t report it, I think that’s a crime in itself in most European countries. If he was really planning something similar he’d probably denigrate his brother now and then replicate his actions later. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423/63 "2012-03-26T07:47:01Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > If he was really planning something similar he’d probably denigrate his brother now and then replicate his actions later. Just like every other terrorist through history, yep. Oh wait… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423/64 "2012-03-26T15:39:49Z")
[The brother’s now been arrested](http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/26/world/europe/france-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t3). ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423/65 "2012-03-26T16:25:03Z")
If he were, even. That doesn’t look like what the charges were though. I’m guessing if he did pose a threat he would have been more difficult to get into custody. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423/66 "2012-03-27T13:04:27Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > but I’ll bet he’s not the only French guy to make those statements. Far from it. There’s been a teacher suspended for having a corresponding minute of silence for the gunman. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423/67 "2012-03-27T17:04:56Z")
A bit of an update. [The killer recorded his own murders with a video camera](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/world/europe/al-jazeera-receives-video-of-french-gunmans-rampage.html) and emailed the footage to Al Jazeera (or maybe a confederate sent it). Al Jazeera gave the it (or a copy of it) to the French police, and has agreed not to put it on the air. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toulouse-shooter-now-that-we-know-who-he-is/616423.md?page=3)