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Archae

(47,245 posts) Wed Jul 14, 2021, 08:41 AM Jul 2021

I first heard about this story yesterday, but still have no idea why it happened...

Last edited Wed Jul 14, 2021, 05:07 PM - Edit history (1)

I mean, was this guy on dope, or what?

Sheriff: Man “viciously executed” victim at Wisconsin gas station

FRANKSVILLE, Wis. (AP) - A man filling up his car at a Wisconsin gas station was shot and killed by another man on Tuesday, with the suspect fleeing the scene and dying soon after in a shootout with an undercover sheriff’s investigator.

Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling say sevents unfolded starting about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Pilot Travel Center in the village of Caledonia. Schmaling says a 32-year-old white man approached and “viciously executed” a 22-year-old white man putting gas in his car.

https://www.wbay.com/2021/07/13/police-scene-incident-wisconsin-travel-center/

Update: The victim and shooter have been identified.
The shooter looks like a doper.

https://www.wisn.com/article/sheriff-identifies-22-year-old-victim-in-gas-station-shooting/37026156#

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I first heard about this story yesterday, but still have no idea why it happened... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2021 OP

Gunsssssssss mikeysnot Jul 2021 #1

Obviously not enough of them out there... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #2

An armed society is a polite society. Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #3

Updated... Archae Jul 2021 #4

Well, all cops are not Bs, this one likely saved other lives. Treefrog Jul 2021 #5

mikeysnot

(4,928 posts)

1. Gunsssssssss

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 02:00 PM

Jul 2021

Wounded Bear

(64,643 posts)

2. Obviously not enough of them out there...

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 02:15 PM

Jul 2021

Crunchy Frog

(28,299 posts)

3. An armed society is a polite society.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 02:17 PM

Jul 2021

We have the politest society in the world.

Archae

(47,245 posts)

4. Updated...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 05:08 PM

Jul 2021

Treefrog

(4,170 posts)

5. Well, all cops are not Bs, this one likely saved other lives.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 05:11 PM

Jul 2021

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