Holy Shit - my oldest nephew and his wife were in that Copenhagen mall

[malaise]

when the shooting started - they and others escaped through an exit door and ran to someone’s apartment.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/europe/copenhagen-mall-shooting-intl/index.html

A shooting at a mall in Copenhagen has left several people dead, local police said Sunday.

One person has been arrested, Copenhagen Head of Police Soren Thomassen told reporters at a news conference. He described the suspect as a 22-year-old ethnic Danish man.
The shooting unfolded on Sunday at multiple locations inside Field's, a shopping center in the Danish capital, he also said.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Good news for you then, sort of.

My first thought when I saw this was did an American travel there and do this?

[malaise]

2. Even better news for their kids and parents

Damn!
Ethic Dane means white male - what an odd description.

[orleans]

27. thanks for the explanation -- i'm sitting here going: what is ethnic dane?

i'm glad your nephew is safe.

[CottonBear]

3. Oh no! How awful. I am so sorry.

The world is so f****ed up now.

[malaise]

13. Nowhere is safe

[CottonBear]

25. Oh dear. Every day is so scary now.

🤗
☮️
💗

[MuseRider]

4. That must feel really awful

knowing they were there! I am so glad they got out. (((HUGS))) for the scare!

[malaise]

6. He'll celebrate his 50th birthday next month

I was there for his birth.
What a messed up planet

[MuseRider]

11. It certainly is

messed up. Such a sad thing.

[electric_blue68]

5. Yikes! Thank goodness they escaped...

They might feel weirded out [expressed mentally, emotionally, physically] for a while which Is Normal for traumatic events. "It's OK Not to Feel Ok" as the saying goes - which what we in NYC and surrounding areas learned post 9-11.

[malaise]

24. This will change them

forever

[electric_blue68]

44. Yeah 😔 So sorry

[ancianita]

8. What a shock! Glad you found out they're okay. Whew.

[malaise]

10. As soon as one of the US sisters heard the news she FaceTimed Big sis

and her hubby, then spread the word to the rest of us.
I’ll wait until morning to speak with them

[ancianita]

17. Good.

They'll be glad you'll reach out.

[spooky3]

9. I'm so sorry this happened! Nt

[malaise]

12. We live in a messed up planet

Thanks😏

[ancianita]

18. My theory -- oligarchs got bag men and hit men every where, kid you not. They're panicking.

Attacking to demoralize normal humans.

[Sogo]

34. I tend to agree....

Destabilization tactics always benefit "strongmen" leaders.

[malaise]

46. This young man has psychiatric problems n/t

[gademocrat7]

14. Glad your nephew and his wife were able to escape the shooting.

What a horrible experience.

[malaise]

19. It's much worse for the families of the deceased

and the injured. Those who escaped are the lucky ones.
It’s a very large mall.

[wnylib]

15. OMG! Glad they are safe.

Listening to the shots on the video, it sounded to me like they were single shots, not the multiple rapid fire shots of massacres in the US. Bad as this was, it could have been even worse.

Traumatic for everyone there, even those who escaped.

Any word on the ones who were shot?

[malaise]

22. Will speak with them tomorrow

and get more details

[wnylib]

29. Please be sure to update us.

[panader0]

16. Who would think of Denmark as a dangerous place?

Has there been any motivation for the shooting?
I'm so glad that your nephew and his wife escaped harm.

[malaise]

21. My sister's hubby always laughs at me for locking the car, windows and doors

They lock nothing. They don’t live in Copenhagen but their first born and his family do. He thinks I’m paranoid 😐

[MissB]

20. Im so glad they're ok

So scary when stuff like this hits so close to home. Hope they are coping well with the trauma too.

[malaise]

23. You never think anyone you know will face this

Crazy

[pandr32]

26. I'm glad they got out safely

So awful for those who didn't.

[Kid Berwyn]

28. "It looked ...like something you would see from a school shooting in the US."

Eyewitness Joachim Olsen, a former Danish politician and athlete, told CNN that he was on his way to a gym inside Field's when he saw large groups of people exiting the mall.

"It looked like something, I'm sorry to say, like something you would see from a school shooting in the US, people coming out with their hands above their heads," Olsen said.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/europe/copenhagen-mall-shooting-intl/index.html

Glad your nephew and his wife were able to get out, malaise. They will never be the same. I bet the shooter is a RWNJ.

[calimary]

30. Is this the newest American export?

Lordy, Lordy...

Just SHAMEFUL. Shameful, embarrassing, and downright humiliating.

[Sogo]

35. I'm thinking it might be the new NRA export....

Gotta establish a new market for guns, guns, and more guns!

[spanone]

31. Great news they escaped.

The crazy...

[LoisB]

32. I am so glad your nephew and his wife are safe. This is not the sort of news one would expect to

come out of Denmark.

[crickets]

33. malaise, I am so sorry to hear this.

I'm glad to hear that your nephew and his wife were able to get out safely. What an awful thing to happen.

[Sogo]

36. I echo the sentiments of being sorry that this happened to your family.

I'm so glad they're OK....

[cilla4progress]

37. This is beyond disturbing.

Sorry, and, yes, glad your loved ones are safe!

[Pacifist Patriot]

38. I was in that mall in 2019. It is so difficult to imagine a gunman there.

Frankly, hard to imagine someone opening fire anywhere in Denmark for that matter. Obviously it is possible since this happened, but I honestly felt the safest I have ever felt in my entire life when I was in Denmark.

I'm so glad your nephew and his wife got to safety.

[malaise]

40. The shooter has mental health issues

Wonder where he got the rifle

[H2O Man]

39. I'm glad to read that

they are safe.

[malaise]

43. My brother said they were watching the Tour de France on TV

(which started in Denmark this year) and heard the commentators saying that they didn’t even need police it was so peaceful.
Our planet is messed up.

[H2O Man]

47. Yes, it is.

This is a dangerous time in human history.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. I am glad that your nephew and wife are okay

[Tree Lady]

42. Glad they are safe, what are the gun laws

There? I assume much tougher than here.

[malaise]

45. Strictestin Europe

https://www.thelocal.dk/20220704/explained-how-gun-control-laws-work-in-denmark/