Search Intensifies for Gunman in Homeless Shootings in 2 Cities
Source: New York Times
The police in New York City and Washington and federal investigators intensified their search on Monday for a gunman who they said had been targeting homeless people sleeping outdoors and had shot at least five men, two of them fatally.
The assailants last known attack was early Saturday morning, when he shot a man sleeping in a doorway in SoHo in Manhattan in the head, killing him, the police said. The police are investigating whether another homeless man who was found dead on Sunday may have been killed by the same man.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/nyregion/homeless-shooting-nyc.html
Images of perpetrator at link. I consider this news of national interest because the attacks take place in two cities, DC and NYC.
Aristus
(66,307 posts)People forget, or just don't want to be reminded: the homeless are much more likely to be the victims of crime, rather than the perpetrators.
I hope they get this guy.
drmeow
(5,015 posts)That was a rhetorical question - I have a PhD in Social Psychology so I probably write you a whole paper on the societal and individual variables which might contribute to this type of attack!
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FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)(Newspapers - and their journalists- need subscribers. Just saying)
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(101,294 posts)The suspect was arrested in Washington and being interviewed by police, the Metropolitan police department tweeted.
Officers in the two cities had released multiple surveillance photographs, including a close-up clearly showing the mans face, and urged people who might know him to come forward. Additional information will be forthcoming the department tweeted. Thanks to the community for all your tips.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/15/us-police-arrest-suspected-gunman-homeless-deaths-new-york-washington-dc