July 4th parade shooting, Highland Park, IL

[bwframe]

...Why would a supposed right wing MAGA (Make America Great Again) Trump supporter shoot up a patriotic American holiday crowd? The media, being in such a hurry to drive the narrative, forgets basic common sense.

Exactly!

 

[CindyE]

A few SSRI's in this guys cabinet.

I don't think SSRIs did this...

 

[Cameramonkey]

Exactly!

No, I'm sure he's just a disgruntled Trumper who is upset at any NeverTrumpers that might be in the crowd. I'm sure he was looking for DeSantis 24 shirts to target.

 

[bobzilla]

Really? What percentage of these people actually end up attacking or killing people? It's always easy to look back and see it without thinking about that.

Stop moving the goalposts. I said nothing about percentages only that the transformation from 2020 to 2022 would be hard to miss, therefore a family member saying they didn't see any change would be a lie, or they are suffering from the worst case of denial I've seen in a while.

 

[Ark]

Yeah it seems that the ones closet never see any warning signs.

This seems to hold pretty consistent across these stories. Nobody wants to admit it might actually be their kid or nephew or whatever. It's only natural, I guess.

 

[Keith_Indy]

Point of order: Why would a supposed right wing MAGA (Make America Great Again) Trump supporter shoot up a patriotic American holiday crowd? The media, being in such a hurry to drive the narrative, forgets basic common sense.

Who would want to shoot up a parade in a rich, liberal suburb? Sounds like enemies of the ultraMAGAnationalists.

It’s interesting that only a few articles mentioned either that the area was rich or liberal.

Otherwise, who dresses up like Waldo to attend a political rally? A jester.

My quick take, isolated stoner loner with history of off behavior. What pushed him over and when is what needs studied.

How he got the weapon (anyone seen it yet?) is a good question. What FFL looks at this guy and says, proper person, sure, no problem.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the meaning of the "square with triangles" in the bottom two images? Since it is drawn on the wall behind him and on the sketch it must have relevance to the POS.

I was wondering that myself. Anybody got the 411?

 

[qwerty]

I was wondering that myself. Anybody got the 411?

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It is kind of based on the Bowen Knot.

 

[KLB]

Stop moving the goalposts. I said nothing about percentages only that the transformation from 2020 to 2022 would be hard to miss, therefore a family member saying they didn't see any change would be a lie, or they are suffering from the worst case of denial I've seen in a while.

No goalpost moving here. I've consistently said I do not see where in most cases a family is going to notice someone is going to become a mass murderer. For most things people will point to as indicators, I am betting that the vast majority of people that would do similar things never become anything evil

 

[CTC B4Z]

Not saying just saying.

 

[chipbennett]

The whole bit about international right wing affiliation wasn’t expected. To shoot up a 4th of July celebration would seem more fitting of some one more radicalized by Antifa. But that looks not to be the case.

I'm going to go with "general nutcase". Sometimes, people are just crazy, and their crazy isn't based on political ideology.

 

[nucular]

They have the shooter and the rifle. Strange that we haven't heard what kind if rifle he used.

 

[Cameramonkey]

They have the shooter and the rifle. Strange that we haven't heard what kind if rifle he used.

I thought that was odd too. I expected them to have it paraded around by now.
But what else would it be?

 

[BFG]

They have the shooter and the rifle. Strange that we haven't heard what kind if rifle he used.

Probably not the "right " kind that will fit the narrative.

 

[oze]

I thought that was odd too. I expected them to have it paraded around by now.
But what else would it be?

Of course the mediots have told us what type of rifle was used: a *High Powered Rifle* And here I was sure the kid would have chosen a low powered rifle. Hmm.

 

[nucular]

Probably not the "right " kind that will fit the narrative.

From the news clips I saw, it 'sounded' like a semi with high cap but not sure if those clips were actual audio of the scene or not.

 

[1DOWN4UP]

 

[Bollorollo]

Paul Gallow of Legally Armed America has a interesting take on some of the pictures plus info found on this individual we see coming out now.

 

[qwerty]

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That top photo is of a profile that was created yesterday after the shooting, as seen by the 5 posts 1 followers.

 

[Shadow01]

As tragic as this is Chicago had 23 die from gunshot on the 4th holiday weekend last year and it didn’t garner this king of attention.