Shootings at Batman Movie Premiere

[hornetrider]

Suspect now under arrest admitting there are explosives at his apartment. From Telegraph feed.

[croyde]

Don't know what to say

[Jasandjules]

WTF? I guess until we know a motive we can't really say much.

[Extra 300 Driver]

Watching this on SKY News, seems there are two shooters now. Bloody awful news and these sick people who do this, what pushes them to do this.

[StottyZr]

V88Dicky said:

I blame violent video games tbh

I can't tell if this is tongue in cheek or not

[eccles]

Fittster said:

And my making it the top story on many media outlets the chance of a copycat are increased.

So you're saying no one should know about this?

[Carfiend]

Guess he couldn't get a ticket.

[EDLT]

Negative Creep said:

Anyone else get the horrible feeling someone will blame violent films and video games for this?

Only if the shooter is white.

[Dan_1981]

hornetrider said:

Terrible story. Not speculating who was responsible but this kind if terror attack is far more achievable for the perps than convoluted bomb schemes.

Police are saying no current terrorism links.

What I don't understand is why terrorists don't go in for more of this sort of thing.

They could create far more fear with regular these type of smaller attacks than trying large coordinated bombing / spectaculars.

[dandarez]

What's changed over the years?
I'm beginning to believe Peter Hitchens, the only journo campaigning on this subject.

And having had first hand knowledge now, I think I can delete the 'beginning to'.

Why are more of these episodes becoming commonplace?

No idea, but just saying they're nutcases, what makes them nutters?

ADs are so widespread now. Good friend of mine was put on them and for no reason got out of car, onto a bridge and dived in. Good fortune got out and arrived at work like a drowned rat. Good fortune didn't decide to cross reservation into ongoing traffic.

ADs are prescribed willy nilly today.
Columbine killers were on ADs, awash with Serotonin.

http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2011/10/we-...

Coincidence?

[Pixelpeep]

Eric Mc said:

What in God's name drives someone to do something like this?

God

[onyx39]

"1135: Dr Stephen Wolf, from Denver Health, one of the hospitals receiving the wounded, says they have received eight patients with gunshot injuries, mostly to the trunk and the extremities.
"

eh?

[Mattt]

onyx39 said:

"1135: Dr Stephen Wolf, from Denver Health, one of the hospitals receiving the wounded, says they have received eight patients with gunshot injuries, mostly to the trunk and the extremities.
"

eh?

What's odd there?

They won't send bodies to the hospital when there are injured people. Injured (but not dead) people are likely to have received a shot to a limb or torso (but not major organ).

I guess these guys just sprayed automatic fire into the audience - giving random locations for shots - not aimed like other massacres.

[hornetrider]

Dan_1981 said:

What I don't understand is why terrorists don't go in for more of this sort of thing.

They could create far more fear with regular these type of smaller attacks than trying large coordinated bombing / spectaculars.

Yeah was kinda my point, but didn't make it very well

[Raify]

eccles said:

Fittster said:

And by making it the top story on many media outlets the chance of a copycat are increased.

So you're saying no one should know about this?

There's something to be said for this approach. There was some sort of psychologist on the Charlie Brooker Newswipe program saying that one way to battle this sort of attack is to starve the psycho of publicity.

He said something like "Don't put it on national news, don't show his picture, don't name him."

[King Herald]

WTF is going wrong with the world?

[172ff]

V88Dicky said:

I blame violent video games tbh

.. and the easy supply of guns! Wouldnt happen over here thats for sure!

[GTIR]

"I then saw bullets flying"

I don't believe you.

[vixen1700]

Jesus, what's wrong with people?

[Mattt]

Dan_1981 said:

Police are saying no current terrorism links.

What I don't understand is why terrorists don't go in for more of this sort of thing.

They could create far more fear with regular these type of smaller attacks than trying large coordinated bombing / spectaculars.

Fortunately terrorism & intelligence don't always go hand in hand.

I would hazard a guess that the mindset of a terrorist is related to glory/highlighting a cause - and in that respect the bigger scale attacks are more effective. If an organisation such as A-Q decided on a tactic of multiple small scale attacks, that would truly cause terror like you say.