Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

Now the Finns.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7082795.stm

:/

global epidemic spreads unchecked using news media as vector

High school shooting in Finland.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7246003.stm

i mean come on this shit is old now

ffs not again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7936817.stm

*placeholder for insensitive comment*

I can't get the story to load. Probably for the better. (Sigh)

this one too, alabama

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/10/shooting.alabama/

In summary: At least ten people are believed to have been killed in a shooting spree at a German school. Shooter believed to be a former pupil (oh wait that bit has now been removed). Shooter thought to be in custody.

xpost

10 dead at both shootings on the same day wtf.

15 dead in germany now.
wasnt someone shot at a church in the USA over the weekend too?

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_gadget.phtml#rt2ig1_1236782715

wait a minute, meant to indicate it's a full moon atm.

wasnt someone shot at a church in the USA over the weekend too?

― Pfunkboy in blood drenched rabbit suit jamming in the woods (Herman G. Neuname)

yep

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_re_us/church_shooting

Also, the economy. Not meant to be flip, btw, but isn't there usually an upswing in this type of crap when the economy tanks? I seem to remember a bunch of workplace shooting lined up with the 90s recession.

i don't think 17-year old Rammstein fans are motivated by the mortgage bubble bursting, jon

17-year old Rammstein fans

classy

It was a general comment, hadn't really delved in the details of any of the stories. I was just wondering about how trends like this tie in with the global economy turning to shit.

There was that one dude who killed his wife and kids and self because he couldn't afford to take care of them all with two jobs and it was mega-sad.

The idea that a man's worth is in his productivity/success and that if HE can't be "successful" then everyone who was his responsibility must cease to exist, is just..........beyond. I can hardly form sentences when I think about this.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/nursing_home_shooting

A NURSING HOME. What do you have to do to be even worse than your average spree shooter? Murder a bunch of helpless fogeys, apparently.

I'm sure this has been said before, but It's kind of disheartening how these mass murders have become an accepted fact of life. This was the 4th story on NPR's hourly news report today. Yeah, there is a lot of stuff going on in the world and maybe this is the forth most important story of the day, but holy shit we've become accustomed to this kind of violence. It barely registers anymore.

There was also a story today about some 17 year old guy who has stabbed one sister and then cut the other (5 years old!) one's head off, in front of a 3rd sister... he was still hacking at the 5 year olds head when the cops got there.

Just... what.

Perhaps, but then again I believe these things have always happened all the time, everywhere, they're just far more publicized now due to 24-hour-news cycles. It's still a sad thing, but people "randomly going nuts" and doing these horrible things is inevitable in every society.

but holy shit we've become accustomed to this kind of violence. It barely registers anymore.

― Super Cub, Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:36 PM

ya some people even think its great (see thread title)

It's still a sad thing, but people "randomly going nuts" and doing these horrible things is inevitable in every society.

Actually, I think there have been societies where murder is
virtually non-existent. Usually these sort of societies have had a very strong social cohesion and a strict set of shared moralities though, with little room for nonconformism. I would assume there's a lot of variation between different countries of the world in the frequency of murder sprees though. It's inevitable in any society that people will go nuts, but the choices of what you do when you go nuts seem to be at least partially influenced by your surrounding culture. And in most Western societies a shooting spree seems to have become one of the "viable" alternatives for action, sadly. In the first school shooting spree in Finland, for example, it was later found out that the killer had some strong fascist/social Darwinist ideas and that he idolized the Columbine shooters.

Actually, I think there have been societies where murder is virtually non-existent

wanna come up with some examples, cause I don't buy this at all / have never heard of such societies outside of the lyrics to 'cortez the killer'. "strong social cohesion" isn't gonna overpower certain mental/psychological disorders that some people are simply born with.

(sorry)

wanna come up with some examples, cause I don't buy this at all / have never heard of such societies outside of the lyrics to 'cortez the killer'. "strong social cohesion" isn't gonna overpower certain mental/psychological disorders that some people are simply born with.

I remember reading in some sociology textbook that certain Buddhist communities in Asia have had virtually no violent crime at all, but I can't find any information on that online right now. I probably shoudln't have used the word "society", since what I was talking about was small, geographically limited communities. Anyway, I don't really think there are any psychological disorders that people are born with, certainly not ones that automatically lead to a murder spree. Or can you name any?

There was also a story today about some 17 year old guy who has stabbed one sister and then cut the other (5 years old!) one's head off, in front of a 3rd sister... he was still hacking at the 5 year olds head when the cops got there.

Just... what.

― one art, please (Trayce), Monday, 30 March 2009 03:46 (8 hours ago) Bookmark

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090330/twl-man-murders-his-sisters-at-birthday-3fd0ae9.html

The policeman broke into the house and witnessed Revelus decapitating five-year-old Bianca, whose birthday cake was on the kitchen table.

Thanks for highlighting that.

This is so insane, multiple shooters at Bondi!? My family is on various flights back to Australia right now, this will be devastating news to land to.

― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, December 14, 2025 6:50 AM

As a Jew flying to Sydney myself in a matter of days for the holidays this isn't exactly an uplifting situation to arrive to. Fortunately not staying in Bondi, but fucking hell, mate.

crazy they still don’t have the Brown U shooter

I thought they did.

Yeah, they have a "person of interest" in custody.

Oh okay! NY Times live page a bit behind then

they released the person of interest who was in custody, so whoever did it is still out there.

Really?

Yeah i have not seen that reported, also would be an insane bungle considering their faces were recorded in high def

From the NY Times rolling live coverage:

Attorney General Peter Neronha, at the end of the Sunday night news conference, expressed confidence that investigators would ultimately solve the case. “Obviously we have a murderer out there, frankly, and so we’re not going to give away the game plan,” he said.

This is a bit funny because it comes a day after Kash Patel explained in a good amount of detail how they used phone GPS to track down and 'find' the now-released person-of-interest.

Brown University shooting: authorities releasing sole person of interest

The disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a stunning turn of events in an investigation into killings that rattled the Ivy League campus, and came more than 12 hours after officials had announced that they had taken a person into custody.

The Rhode Island attorney general, Peter Neronha, said of the man who was detained earlier, there is “no basis to consider him a person of interest.”

The release of the lone person of interest leaves law enforcement without any known suspect, with officials pledging to redouble efforts in the investigation by canvassing for video surveillance that could help pinpoint the killer’s identity.

Xpmyself Sorry was thinking of Bondi

Yeah, I got xfused also.

Wow. Good job cops. Releasing a suspect AFTER you’ve released his name and let the internet tear him apart.

One of my housemates from Br0wn noted that the professor whose class was shot up was also in the Judaic Studies department and that there could be an anti-Semitism motive

xpost Keep in mind this may have been another FBI fuck-up.

Yeah, it was this asshole again
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:t6ubj2wlhc34awzcymh3qpur/bafkreigmmnlqzpk5b7sikad4plevata5tmahyomkvozsw4tq2wr3chg2kq@jpeg

Guess not outlandish to think the fbi might be letting the shooter get away on purpose if they suspect, or know, he's politically simpatico with the administration

Two shootings in a row where they've done this. Dipshits. Also apparently even before that happened, while students were still hiding in classrooms, Trump posted that someone was in custody. Brown students had to respond that no, they were still hiding, and no one had given them the all-clear. Trump deleted the post.

Reminders that even if the worst thing about politicizing the DOJ/FBI is the persecution of political enemies, the second-worst thing is having total clowns running the show when you actually need law enforcement.

it always feels so off-putting and performative how these assholes like to use this police jargon they derived from TV "develop and analyze leads,and run them to the ground" it's normal stuff but they make it sound fucking stupid.

The individual absconded at a high rate of speed

There were a bunch of right wingers drooling last night because the “Person of Interest “ detained had things like “gender equity” and “social justice” listed as areas of interest on their LinkedIn profile.

Bet they feel shitty now and have gone back to apologize

O wait no one does that

i'm still amazed his bungling of the Charlie Kirk thing wasn't the end for him.

pretty clear there is nothing you can do to get fired in this administration now. They are working exactly as intended.

yeah but he was their guy and he bungled the investigation. i figure they'll let him bungle investigations when woke people die but not MAGA celebrities

So, speaking of which, any update on the presumably still at large Brown shooter? Or are they expecting he just turns himself in one of these days?

I think a couple more security photos have emerged but no one identified

sooner or later he's gonna crave a McChicken

He looks sort of like Kevin James masked and in all black.

NEW: We are releasing a new image of the person of interest in the Brown University incident and plan to release additional media shortly. Please share widely and contact the official tip line if you have information or an ID: 401-272-3121 https://t.co/8a1yEMZhnI pic.twitter.com/YvN2ash224

— Providence Police (@ProvidenceRIPD) December 16, 2025

Looks pretty woke to me

lol w the blurriness it is very Bigfoot photo

why hurry arresting anybody, it's much more fun to make up the motivations for the unknown shooter and demonize marginalized groups for what the fake shooter did. solving the case just takes away that fun

turtle island trans, no doubt

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement official and a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

The man was found dead Thursday evening. He is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the person familiar with the matter said.

Investigators believe the man is responsible for both the shooting at Brown and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was fatally shot in his Brookline home Monday, the official said. Authorities have not formally confirmed a connection between the two shootings.

This story is crazy. I’m sure conspiracy theories are mushrooming.

Guy who came from the future is my theory

John Titor

Wow. Good job cops. Releasing a suspect AFTER you’ve released his name and let the internet tear him apart.

― This Thrilling Saga is the Top Show on Netflix Right Now (President Keyes), Monday, December 15, 2025 6:27 AM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Two shootings in a row where they've done this. Dipshits. Also apparently even before that happened, while students were still hiding in classrooms, Trump posted that someone was in custody. Brown students had to respond that no, they were still hiding, and no one had given them the all-clear. Trump deleted the post.

Reminders that even if the worst thing about politicizing the DOJ/FBI is the persecution of political enemies, the second-worst thing is having total clowns running the show when you actually need law enforcement.

― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Monday, December 15, 2025 8:58 AM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah but he was their guy and he bungled the investigation. i figure they'll let him bungle investigations when woke people die but not MAGA celebrities

― Edward Albee Sure (Neanderthal), Monday, December 15, 2025 11:30 AM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Bungling the investigation and wasting the first crucial day after the Brown shooting detaining the wrong guy cost the MIT professor his life.

omg I had no idea that the shooter is also the person who shot the MIT professor. missed that update.

that is fucked

Apparently they went to school together in Lisbon

It looks like Reddit actually cracked the case this time.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brown-university-reddit-tipster/

Also:

A Columbia student on the anonymous Ivy League forum Sidechat says a Brown student posted the following comment on the platform.

“If you look at Brown’s course planner, it shows the physics final was scheduled for that exact same date and time, but he reportedly went to the lecture location instead of the final by mistake, where an economics review was taking place.”

So the physicist was the target all along.

that means the mit physicist taught at brown too? or he was targeting a different brown physicist also?

It sounds like he was trying to shoot up a Brown physics seminar. When he realized he actually shot up a different class he went to kill a physicist who was his classmate at Brown.

There’s a lot of hobbyist physics cranks / crackpots out there who think they’ve made some kind of extraordinary discovery that the establishment is covering up or won’t take seriously, which apparently not-infrequently escalates to threats, harassment and stalking. Wouldn’t be a huge surprise if this guy fits that profile.

also there will be some cranks saying his work on nuclear fusion got him killed because his research had hit the next level!

He had the water engine

didn't Truth Social somehow just merge with a nuclear fusion company for $6,000,000,000 yesterday