The man called police to confess to a crime and then killed himself before authorities arrived at the scene
  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
    60·
    4 months ago

    Investigators said they had identified a suspect in the case by Monday evening, and he had been linked to a total of three cases which were apparently “politically motivated”.

    That man later contacted officers, told them he wanted to “confess a crime involving an ATV driver within the last 24 hours” and asked to be picked up, police said in a statement. When police arrived at the scene, they found a 22-year-old man dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

    Yikes

    • MagicShel@programming.dev
      393·
      4 months ago

      Stochastic terrorism bites Trump’s own hand again (but they are so tiny, it didn’t take much). It’s an uncontrollable force.

      That said, it’s a tragic story for the young man and his victims.

      • SolidGrue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        179·
        4 months ago

        Tragic for the victims at least.

        I draw the line before sympathy for premeditated murder. No apologies.

        • MagicShel@programming.dev
          211·
          4 months ago

          I don’t think he murdered anyone, actually. Just ran them over, hospitalizing the 80 year old. In fact we don’t even know the other related incidents involved running anyone over, I guess, though that was my assumption. The article is light on the details.

          Anyway the kid didn’t have to kill himself.

          • SolidGrue@lemmy.worldEnglish
            219·
            4 months ago

            I read the article and, respectfully, I’ll disagree. Three incidents, a proffered confession and a suicide. Sometimes the circumstantial evidence adds up. Too bad for the victims, hey?

            Listen: I’m not a sentimental type, but where sick people are struggling I’m all for making ALL of the help available. Where sick people lash out outside of treatment, criminally, I say the system failed and actions have consequences. You can’t be subjective here, or you lose the thread in the decision tree.

            Gentle with the down votes, friends, I already know I’m the asshole here.

            • MagicShel@programming.dev
              181·
              4 months ago

              Yours is a valid opinion and you’re not being an asshole here, even if I don’t agree with you. If I thought you were I’d downvote, but I don’t think so.

          • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
            41·
            4 months ago

            Not yet, but the guy was 80 and in critical condition. Survival seems unlikely. But as the article seems to say this was intentional, it’ll be murder.

    • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
      831·
      4 months ago

      Agreed! ONLY DEMOCRATS are causing Violence Against people they don’t like! Like how it was DEMOCRATS who attempted to Assassinate Trump or DEMOCRATS who called in Bomb Threats to CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS or DEMOCRATS who tried to Run Joe Biden’s bus off the Road or DEMOCRATS who killed Heather Heyer!

        • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
          261·
          4 months ago

          Imagine being smug about the ideology of both sites being the same.

          My god that’s embarrassing.

        • forrgott@lemm.ee
          16·
          4 months ago

          Huh. The idea that a person might look for enlightenment instead of entitlement surprises you?

          Oof.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          8·
          4 months ago

          “Woke” means “alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination.” I’m not surprised you don’t want people to be alert to such things.