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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 07:06 AM Sep 2018

Man opens fire, gets shot by police outside Ice Cube concert in San Diego: Authorities

Source: ABC News

A disgruntled concertgoer was shot by police outside a concert by Ice Cube at Del Mar racetrack in San Diego on Sunday night.

The San Diego Sheriff's Homicide Unit said a man approached the ticket window at about 6:40 p.m. seeking entry to the show, but was told it was sold out. After getting into an argument, sheriff's deputies responded and confronted the man.

The man pulled out "a silver-plated semi-automatic handgun" and fired into a crowd outside the Del Mar Fairgrounds, the San Diego Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies returned fire, according to the sheriff's office, and the man was struck.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-opens-fire-shot-police-ice-cube-concert/story?id=57569450

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Man opens fire, gets shot by police outside Ice Cube concert in San Diego: Authorities (Original Post) oberliner Sep 2018 OP
Big fan I guess? Watchfoxheadexplodes Sep 2018 #1
What was his thinking here? HuskyOffset Sep 2018 #2
Doesn't appear that a lot of thinking went into it oberliner Sep 2018 #4
But when he was shot, Igel Sep 2018 #5
Mental Illness and/or drugs blue-wave Sep 2018 #12
We could start a quiz game called USA or Afghanistan IronLionZion Sep 2018 #3
Add Florida to the choices and you can make $$$$$$$$$ off of it. 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #8
Nice try. The event was in California. GulfCoast66 Sep 2018 #14
To steal a line from Gen George Patton, "Son, only a pimp ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #6
How do you shoot into a crowd... darmok167 Sep 2018 #7
What is a NRA member and Republican, Alex! whistler162 Sep 2018 #9
Doubtful that he was either of those things oberliner Sep 2018 #10
People ran away and the crowd wasn't that large oberliner Sep 2018 #11
Makes sense. darmok167 Sep 2018 #13

Watchfoxheadexplodes

(3,496 posts)
1. Big fan I guess?
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 07:35 AM
Sep 2018

Willing to open fire outside well at least he didn't get in to possibly kill or mame innocent people.

HuskyOffset

(890 posts)
2. What was his thinking here?
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 07:37 AM
Sep 2018

If I fire randomly and kill someone with a ticket, I can just use the shot person's ticket, as they will be going to the hospital rather than the concert. If so, I think I see a flaw in his reasoning.

Igel

(35,359 posts)
5. But when he was shot,
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 08:27 AM
Sep 2018

it wasn't because he was shooting and could kill people.

It's because he was "disgruntled."

blue-wave

(4,365 posts)
12. Mental Illness and/or drugs
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 12:41 PM
Sep 2018

Doesn't it seem that the rise in this type of behavior coincides with the cut-backs, since the Reagan days, in mental health funding?

IronLionZion

(45,541 posts)
3. We could start a quiz game called USA or Afghanistan
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 07:44 AM
Sep 2018

where we read about real events and have to guess if it happened in the USA or Afghanistan.

Disgruntled man fires shots into crowd seeking entry to a concert. Leave out the location and performer, it could have happened in either country.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,369 posts)
6. To steal a line from Gen George Patton, "Son, only a pimp ...
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 11:42 AM
Sep 2018

... in a Louisiana whorehouse carries a silver-plated semi-automatic handgun."

The actual (reputed) quote was about a pearl-handled revolver, because his were ivory-handled. As if that's an improvement.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
11. People ran away and the crowd wasn't that large
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 12:17 PM
Sep 2018

Video shows just a small gathering of people in the area where the shooting occurred (outside of the venue).

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