July 14: My Facebook today:
50% conspiracy theories (it was a blood capsule, he nicked his ear with a razor blade, he could never have sprung up so fast, the dead punter is an actor)
50% people taking the piss (Van Gogh meme, Alec Baldwin gags, grim reaper cartoon, jokes about the irony of gun control, and gags about two inches and further to the right)
Could be worse. Could be sodding football.
July 15: Now that the dust has settled, to put my conspiracy theory nut friends to one side, here's what I (and all sensible folk) think happened yesterday:
A disgruntled youngster who'd been bullied at school got his hands on a gun (because that's what happens literally all the time in the USA) and set out to do an "I'll show them all" shooting.
The kid got onto a roof which was outside the high security cordon, because it's his town and he knows it better than some over-worked visiting security team, and he wasn't spotted by anyone until seconds before he popped up to take the shots.
Because he was outside the security cordon, his ability to hit his target was limited. He took a number of shots in rapid succession. The first one or two went wide of the target, the second or third hit the target's ear, and the subsequent shots, taken after the target had ducked, hit members of the crowd, killing one and injuring a number more.
The security team could see the shooter, pretty well instantly, and shot him immediately, because that's what you're meant to do.
The end.
There was no conspiracy, because why would there need to be? School shootings, shootings at public events, drive-by shootings of innocent strangers, and murders by disgruntled citizens happen almost every day in America. This was, apart from one of the people involved, unexceptional.
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Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones
Findlay Macbeth - Amazon - Etsy
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team - Amazon - Etsy
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team - Amazon - Etsy
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Paperback
Space Elain - Amazon - Lulu - iBooks - Barnes & Noble
Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Amazon
Captain Clevedon - Amazon
Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon
As a person born and living in the USA, I agree with this. There's nothing terribly remarkable about this shooting except for the target. The shooter apparently chose his target becase they were literally in his backyard. He would have probably travelled to the nearest high-profile target if the "circus" hadn't come to town.
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