Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

oh my mistake, I thought he was barricaded in the sunset foods

yeah it's confusing, I'm not seeing anything acknowledging/disavowing those earlier reports but updated reports are just saying he's still at large

Update an hour ago said he had left the rooftop “in a discreet manner” after shooting.

#HighlandPark Shooting:

*Shooter still at large.
*Shooter exited a rooftop in a "discreet" way making himself "difficult to see".
*The size of the crime scene making it hard to process.
*Updates at the top of each hour.@cbschicago

— Chris Tye (@TVTye) July 4, 2022

i have heard two witnesses say they tried to protect their children by putting them inside dumpsters -- so fucking grim

They just cancelled our local fireworks. Good.

JUST IN: Photo of suspect: pic.twitter.com/nK0c49ZnjW

— Chris Tye (@TVTye) July 4, 2022

Uh, Googling around I think I found the suspect’s a rapper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIlIVDpc_mw

I'm not giving that person more clout.

He apparently left behind a trail/trove of videos, some pretty disturbing. Possibly part of a three+ generation Highland Park family whose grandfather ran a bakery and dad maybe ran for mayor. But given the guy is a walking distinguishing feature, it's just a matter of time before he's caught/killed and all details come out.

Fuck this next toad. Don't want to know him. Line up behind the last white male asshole that threw a tantrum.

considering he is still at large and considered armed and dangerous, it's probably worth getting to know him a little.

news flash that's not shocking to anyone whatsoever: he's a racist coward and his online content is full of hate gore.

erase the fucking mistakes already.

You might want to rethink that last sentence.

xxp fair enough Josh, but an identifying picture will do. Glad you are safe.

Suspect apprehended alive apparently

well, he's white you know

They’ll take him to the station after he finishes his shake and catches some fireworks

burger king run obv

Martinis w/Rittenhouse.

You might want to rethink that last sentence.

― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, July 4, 2022 4:29 PM

sorry for lack of clarity— meant the stupid "amendment" that they hide behind.

i have no business talking about this.

Downtown Orlando's fireworks show ended in mass panic and people fleeing for their lives, believing there was a shooting. It was actually a firecracker noise in the crowd that confused people and there was no shooting.

(I wasn't there, I hate fireworks and the holiday)

If this doesn't encapsulate how on edge everybody (rightfully) is, I don't know what does

^^^^

A Texan friend reports that the state had has a rash of brush fires as a result of fireworks this year.

You could set that place on fire tomorrow and it'd look the same as it does today.

Ngl, as someone who has lived in pretty rough urban areas as well as rural areas for a lot of my adult life, it is wildly easy to tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks. Not that being on edge isn’t justified, but still.

Ina crowd like that, it probably only Takes a couple people panicking to set everyone off

It's harder to tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks when they are both happening at the same time.

totally, i mean i get it, just pointing something out. it’s actually the subject of jokes in a lot of gentrifying neighborhoods— older residents making fun of the new residents calling the cops over some kids with cherry bombs.

The owner of a chain of Cigar bars said the reason everyone was on edge last night was the "polarizing message the City of Orlando sent" two days earlier suggesting "inclusivity doesn't include conservative beliefs".

He was broadly clowned and I'm never going to his shitty cigar bars again

Also trading him off my Madden team when I get home

Sounds like a well-deserved clowning.

xxxpost Yeah, the people who think every boom is a gun have no idea. But a series of pops can be easily confused for a series of other pops. For a while here assholes were installing exhaust pipes that mimicked the sound of guns. A la

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq9-rc4WrPk

trend in our village these days is loud backfiring bikes/cars. It's real fun guys, real fun.

I'm pretty(?) used to fireworks & stuff? But last year there was an actual drive-by shooting around the corner from me and tbh I didn't realize until way too late that they were actual shots.

Supposedly it was the pops from an idiot who set off his own firecrackers in the crowd, and then one guy yelling THEY'RE SHOOTING, THEY'RE SHOOTING

They had to have a reunification area and everything. Relieved there was no shooting.

Xpost holy hell that is scary

If my health ever depends on me dropping to the ground quickly from hearing a loud noise, I'm toast. There's way too much going on for that.

ha is it a cigar bar named like a certain mass marketed Mexican beer?

Many people who are not stupid or otherwise ignorant (people like me) are sensitive to loud noises because they have damaged nervous systems.

I truly do not see the point in boasting about how easy it is to distinguish between types of loud noises and explosions?!?! pretty cold imo, or self-congratulatory at least. i mean GOOD FOR YOU if you are so skilled at managing your reactions to loud noises, 7-8 cookies 4 u

but if people are tetchy about sounds that could indicate shootings it could be because they happen everywhere all the fucking time? USA USA USA

ha is it a cigar bar named like a certain mass marketed Mexican beer?

― no one wants to twerk anymore (will), Tuesday, July 5, 2022 11:11 AM bookmarkflaglink

That's the one!

Don't want to Jeff any Boryciewiczes or anything but

If you can't tell the difference between the sound of a Glock 19 and a Ruger GP100 then you are a corny suburbanite is how I break it down to a certain extent

but if people are tetchy about sounds that could indicate shootings it could be because they happen everywhere all the fucking time? USA USA USA

Otm

hopefully gonna continue not knowing exactly what gunshots sound like

i've lived in new york for a while! there have been shootings in my neighborhood! fuck if i know what differentiates one explosive sound from another

Ngl, as someone who has lived in pretty rough urban areas as well as rural areas for a lot of my adult life, it is wildly easy to tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks. Not that being on edge isn’t justified, but still.

― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, July 5, 2022 7:26 AM (five hours ago)

how did/does your dog feel about this? ... like, humans are animals with a more complex mechanism to rationalize scary shit. ... 4th of July weekend here (where table used to live) is basically "dog trauma weekend" ... many friends who have dogs basically go out of town this weekend rather than dealing with their dogs freaking the fuck out.

I housesit sometimes for a friend and their dog is freaked out by both lightning and fireworks.

The fireworks the friends neighbor sets off sound like mortars. Basically the dog will not go outside once they start. They bother me too! Home fireworks should crackle, not sound like The War of 1812.

I don't really like them to begin with. I won't ruin someone else's fun if it's minor but I'm sick of hearing loud explosions on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc

this probably belongs on another thread, but yeah, Oakland last night sounded like the siege of Stalingrad, just unrelenting explosions

Our dogs are completely unfazed by fireworks if they're indoors with us.

I wasn't bragging, more just saying that there is a discernible difference in sound. I'm not happy that I know this difference, for what it's worth.