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muriel_volestrangler

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6. I suggested it could be about killing himself because it was in reference to the stand off

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:52 AM

Jul 2016

If someone says "the end is coming" while standing on a street corner, they probably are an 'end timer'; if they say it while in an armed stand-off with police, it's more likely to be about that situation or their life.

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Does ANYONE know ANYTHING about the shooters ? [View all] bdwker Jul 2016 OP

It sounds like some world enders, claiming the "end is coming" while he was holed up in the garage uponit7771 Jul 2016 #1

Might be, but that might also be a reference to him shooting himself muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #2

No, it was in reference to stand off etc... the police chief is the one who put this in context of uponit7771 Jul 2016 #3

I suggested it could be about killing himself because it was in reference to the stand off muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #6

I wouldn't automatically believe that. avebury Jul 2016 #9

Nobody knows yet. We will probably get a name today, and it will be easy to connect the dots Ex Lurker Jul 2016 #4

Sounds like doomsday prepper types. DCBob Jul 2016 #5

cnn reporter just said the female is 'light-skinned African-American". that was all he knew. riversedge Jul 2016 #7

Worst case scenario oswaldactedalone Jul 2016 #8

Dallas press statement going on now BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #10

You'd think by now we would know more about the shooters. B Calm Jul 2016 #11

They're starting to release information. Drunken Irishman Jul 2016 #13

Sounds like they were black, upset over the recent shootings, and wanted to kill whites. Drunken Irishman Jul 2016 #12

If true, many on DU will never accept it Democat Jul 2016 #14

I can accept it maryellen99 Jul 2016 #15

It will likely make things worse for everyone Democat Jul 2016 #16

Disastrous news oswaldactedalone Jul 2016 #17