A guy stopped his vehicle on I-79 in West Virginia and just started shooting at traffic today:

[tblue37]

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So a guy stopped his vehicle on I-79 in West Virginia and just started shooting at traffic today with his rifle.

https://wboy.com/emergencies/video-suspect-aims-rifle-at-officers-during-i-79-shooting/

My friend alerted me to this bc she was taking her daughter to camp and got stuck in the traffic.

A driver took video.

https://www.wboy.com/emergencies/video-suspect-aims-rifle-at-officers-during-i-79-shooting/

[Scrivener7]

1. It's like a Stephen King book around here these days.

We need the guy to get out of his coma and save the day.

[Straw Man]

2. Looks like a Pennsylvania plate ...

... not that that means anything in particular.

[tblue37]

5. Yes, he was from PA.

[Probatim]

6. Was going to post that but I wasn't logged in.

Spent the weekend at the New River Gorge and took 79N to get home.

99% sure I'd have run the guy over rather than take photos of him. Easy to say from the comfort of my chair, but I've reached the point were I DGAF about these assholes.

[Better Days Ahoy]

14. Agree, Probation! Here's a saying for this moment:

The older I get, the less life in prison is a deterrent.
Word.

[BlackSkimmer]

3. "Man, that was stupid outta me!"

Ya think?

That video would be hilariously if not so horribly serious.

[Ocelot II]

4. Agoraphobia seems like a pretty reasonable lifestyle these days.

[LuckyCharms]

7. +1

[BlackSkimmer]

12. No shit.

[Ocelot II]

13. Covid got me used to not going anywhere. Think I'll keep doing it.

[Cracklin Charlie]

19. Same.

I have yet to find much I’m missing.

[BlackSkimmer]

22. Yeah, I'll go to outside gatherings with close friends.

Other than that, it’s just me and my pooches out on hikes.

I’ve always been a happy homebody.

[MissB]

18. Yep

I go grocery shopping at 6 am on Saturdays.

[Evolve Dammit]

8. This is our "new normal"???

[Evolve Dammit]

9. This is our "new normal"???

[tblue37]

10. Apparently so.

[Yonnie3]

11. I believe that this happened on Thursday.

Image sure looks like what I saw then.

[Samrob]

15. Law enforcement has got to begin putting these people in jail pronto!

The nation is going crazy.

[Red Mountain]

16. Rifle is kinda old school

dare I wonder if that wasn't a contributing factor in the limited mayhem the nut was able to create?

[Aristus]

17. "THE GOVERNMENT WAS ONE DAY LATE WITH MY SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK!

THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD THINK OF TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT!"

[Baitball Blogger]

20. White AND dead.

Well. That's interesting.

[NutmegYankee]

21. Shoot a police officer or deputy and that tends to happen.

That scenario has much less racial disparity.