Another mass shooting at a school, this time in Minneapolis.

[Ocelot II]

This is at a Catholic church/school. "A shooter near Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis has been contained, the city said, and witnesses reported several children were shot during a school Mass. First responders said there were “at least 20 victims,” according to emergency dispatch audio."
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-shooting-annunciation-church/601462164

This is maybe a mile and a half from me, across the street from the grocery store I usually shop at and where I was planning to go later this morning. It's always disturbing when these things happen, and they happen far too often, but when it's this close to home...

[milestogo]

1. Shooter has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

[PittBlue]

3. Why don't they just kill themselves? Why do they have to kill innocent people?

[Ocelot II]

9. Because they want to go out in a blaze of "glory" - typically these shooters

are disturbed young men who felt they never got any attention in their lives and at least this way they will finally be famous. It's hard to understand, but this seems to be the pattern. We'll find out soon enough whether that's the case here.

[maxsolomon]

15. Infamy is their goal.

The motive is typically something convoluted like "I'll make you hurt the way I hurt so you recognize my pain".

We've got 2 types of mass shooters in this country: these suicidal crazy incels, and the urban youth who spray bullets in drive-bys (which happened yesterday in MPLS).

Deploying the National Guard isn't going to do jack about stopping the former. The latter?

[Ocelot II]

16. The military can't do anything about gang crime, either.

They aren't trained in law enforcement or the community problems that give rise to gang activity. It's all for show, not crime prevention.

[maxsolomon]

17. I 99% agree.

If you have APCs patrolling the most-affected neighborhoods (or nightclubs), at best it would tamp down those shootings temporarily.

There are just too many guns on the streets, and male anger is a societal constant.

[PittBlue]

2. And so it begins and all we get are thoughts and prayers.

Our poor children…living in a country where parents have to fear sending their kids to school every single damn day. Teachers have to fear for their lives everyday…what a country.

[stollen]

4. Please share when you learn something

First day of school, and so it goes in the Divided States of America.

[Ocelot II]

6. News reports are live on MSNBC and CNN right now.

[Laurelin]

5. You live near my daughter and sil

They're fine. I'm glad you are as well.

The big news in the NL was a 17 year old girl was stabbed to death at 1:30 am when she was biking home. It's been headlines for over a week. Horrifying but I don't miss the US...😭

[Ocelot II]

7. There was never any danger to the community at large -

apparently the shooter was specifically targeting the church, shooting children at a school mass. It never stops...

[Laurelin]

8. No, it never stops

I'm so sorry.

[milestogo]

10. Way to start the school year.

[bif]

11. DUPE

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220590184

[LonePirate]

12. I wonder if the RWNJs will say they needed to pray more.

[Ping Tung]

13. Wait for it. Trump demands that priests and nuns should be well armed along with stutents over 6.

[rurallib]

19. I feel guilty because I chuckled - but you did capture Orangie's insanity

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

14. Yesterdays mass shooting: 5 injured in South Los Angeles shooting KTLA

5 injured in South Los Angeles shooting | KTLA https://share.google/hkJZEIcWCURGq6edI

[Klarkashton]

18. There was a lot more concern in the media about these

When Biden was President.

[underpants]

20. Statement on NPR "enough with the thoughts and prayers, these children were actually praying.. "

Statement on NPR "enough with the thoughts and prayers, these children were actually praying.. "

I’m told here that was Mayor Jacob Frey

[Ocelot II]

22. Yes, it was the Mayor.

[Johonny]

21. No dount the national guard picking up trash

Will help solve this issue...

[tanyev]

23. Only way the 10 Commandments could have helped is if they'd been engraved on bulletproof windows.

[WarGamer]

24. ID and manifesto and a video are circulating...