14 shot at Vegas hookah parlor; 1 dead and 2 critically hurt

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fourteen people were shot before dawn Saturday morning at a hookah parlor and police said one man died and that two of those hit by gunfire suffered critical injuries.

The shooting happened at about 3:15 a.m. and preliminary information indicated there was a party during which two people got into an altercation and exchanged gunfire, striking multiple people, said police Capt. Dori Koren.

Koren told reporters no arrests have been made and no suspect descriptions were immediately available but that authorities did not believe there was any danger to the general public.

Police went to the hookah bar identified by the Las Vegas Review-Journal as Manny’s Glow Ultra Lounge & Restaurant after receiving multiple 911 calls, Koren said.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/shootings-las-vegas-d899bd8680aa43986fe0fb4114fa1ef4

[C Moon]

1. Wow. Sounds like a gangster scene from the 20s-30s.

[Martin68]

7. That was my first reaction, too.

[comradebillyboy]

2. Further proof that smoking is bad for you.

[whathehell]

15. Not funny..

Try being humane.

[Bristlecone]

3. I read this headline as "Hookah;" as in hookers.

My mind is going I think…

[Effete Snob]

11. I have a friend from Boston who'd say it that way

[Bristlecone]

12. I used to live 8 miles north of the MA border in NH

It’s exactly why I thought that out of the gate.

[Warpy]

19. That would be "hookah bah"

I lived there for 22 years.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Another day in Americuh's wild west show. Next stop Tombstone? So tired of this shit.

[walkingman]

5. Sadly this has become the norm in America.

[whathehell]

14. Hardly..

Were it the "norm", it wouldn't even be news

[walkingman]

16. Every day, 316 people are shot in the United States. How many are in the news?

[whathehell]

17. There are over 320 Million people in the US..

Try to think in terms of proportions.

[walkingman]

18. Admittedly, I am disgusted by our national love affair with guns. But comparatively

speaking...The U.S. has a high rate of deaths from gun violence compared to the rest of the industrialized world: 3.96 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019. That was more than eight times as high as the rate in Canada, which had 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people — and nearly 100 times higher than the one in United Kingdom, which had 0.04 deaths per 100,000.

I suspect it is even higher now. Maybe it is because I live in Texas where it is almost a religion but I think we have way too many guns which leads to a lot more gun deaths. It is either that or a terribly sadistic culture.

[Martin68]

6. Ah, these dens of vice!

[riversedge]

8. Too damn many guns!!

[Stuart G]

13. YES !!! Repeat: "Too damn many guns!!

[Cherokee100]

9. Way to go

Way to go NRA. Now just sit back and count your money.

[IronLionZion]

10. Hookah parlors are supposed to be relaxing

Why bring guns?