Slain Austin shooter likely had anti-immigrant motive

[RandySF]

AUSTIN, Texas — A white, middle-aged gunman, in what appears to be a politically motivated anti-government attack linked to immigration, fired more than a hundred rounds at buildings in downtown Austin early Friday and tried to set fire to the Mexican consulate before he died of a gunshot wound.

Police identified the gunman as 49-year-old Larry Steven McQuilliams and said he had a criminal record. No details were immediately released about his background.

Police were investigating whether he was killed by a police officer who fired at him in front of police headquarters or died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

A police sergeant putting away police horses for the night shot the suspect with one hand while holding two horses by the reins in the other, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo told reporters.

Between about 2:20 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. CT, McQuilliams fired at several buildings in downtown Austin, including police headquarters and the federal courthouse. He also tried to torch the Mexican consulate using several small propane cylinders, but the fires were put out before the flames could spread, Acevedo said.



http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/28/gunman-killed-targeted-austin-buildings/19607141/

[Fred Sanders]

1. And if a Muslim as opposed to a Christian terrorist had fired 100 rounds in downtown

anywhere.....?..agitating against the American government....what would be the reaction and media coverage. Why is this not being called a terrorist act, what is the missing element?

Of course this will be labelled as insanity, nothing to see here, move along, it is well know Muslims are always acting sanely and white folks are the victims of insanity.

This suppression of domestic terrorism is evil. The mass media is racist and bigoted.

[Cha]

3. Thank you for pointing it out, Fred.. Oh, and it's Obama's fault..

"If you look at the targets, it doesn't take a genius (to suggest) that that is the potential," Acevedo said. "I would venture that political rhetoric might have fed into some of this, but that is speculation on my part."

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., warned last week that an executive order on immigration by President Obama could spark "instances of anarchy" and "violence."

[Fred Sanders]

7. The RW is really fucked up by the notion the facts of this domestic terrorist are being reported

accurately....domestic terrorism needs to be in the news as much as those half a world away, both intend to do exactly the same harm in exactly the same ways.

[onehandle]

2. This sounds like a 'local gun story.'

Alerted on by gun trolls in 3 2 1...

[shenmue]

4. What madness

[freshwest]

5. Here's another view of this guy... Pictures and video. Remember, Austin, TX, home of Infowars...

Where the guy attacked the IRS. I'm sure Alex's anti-Mexican, they're all coming to kill us talk had nothing to do with it. As entertaining as AJ is, this may be another death laid at his doorstep, along with the killings in Las Vegas. And whose actions he said might be necessary...

One picture at the link may be NSFW. His delusions of grandeur also included a lot of scantily clad ladies surrounding him. I would not have associated with that guy...

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/police-id-austin-gunman-steven-mcquilliams

[JI7]

6. is it because of holidays that this doesn't make much news

but the same was true of that guy in pennsylvania .

and i saw more on that "black panther plot to kill the ferguson prosecutor" than this.

[Fred Sanders]

8. The other story was blown up hype, this guy in Austin is the real deal, a domestic politically

motivated terrorist in action.