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George II

(67,782 posts)
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:22 PM Jan 2019

5 dead after shooting spree in Louisiana

Source: CNN

(CNN)A manhunt is underway in Louisiana following a string of shootings that left the suspect's parents and 3 others dead, law enforcement officials said.

Authorities are looking for 21-year Dakota Theriot after two Saturday morning shootings in Ascension and Livingston parishes, near Baton Rouge.

"This is probably one of the worst domestic violence incidents I've seen in quite a while," said Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre.
The suspect, Theriot, is accused of killing his parents, Elizabeth and Keith Theriot, both 50, in the town of Gonzalez, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said.

The Theriots were alive Saturday morning when deputies arrived to their home and were able to identify their son as the gunman, Webre told reporters.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/26/us/louisiana-shootings/index.html



Another white male. Not MS-13, not an undocumented immigrant, not an Islamic terrorist - A WHITE MALE born in the US!
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5 dead after shooting spree in Louisiana (Original Post) George II Jan 2019 OP
Domestic terrorism billh58 Jan 2019 #1
It is so easy Ahpook Jan 2019 #4
There must be some mistake....?? Hulk Jan 2019 #2
Thanks for the OP, George. More local info here.... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #3
Thoughts and prayers. AZ8theist Jan 2019 #5
Thoughts and prayers are saving our country . . . tclambert Jan 2019 #9
And how will a fucking wall stop behavior like this? BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #6
What the fuck is wrong with your country? You are deeply disturbed. Shaddox Jan 2019 #7
And you are ? Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #8
You live in a country with no murders? Where's that? n/t EX500rider Jan 2019 #12
Virtually every country in the world has a lower murder rate than the US PSPS Jan 2019 #13
lol, you mean beside the 90 or so countries with a worse homicide rate? EX500rider Jan 2019 #14
It's satisfying to claim "we're not the worst!" LanternWaste Jan 2019 #19
It's certainly more truthful then claiming the US has the worst murder rate on the planet.. EX500rider Jan 2019 #20
I think Russia has no murders. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2019 #22
I agree, and it's getting worse. Oneironaut Jan 2019 #16
National Second Amendment Martyr Day again! AllyCat Jan 2019 #10
Louisiana... murder capital... albacore Jan 2019 #11
See. We need the border wall. Oh . . . wait . . . Vinca Jan 2019 #15
The police caught him. He is in custody..(in Virginia) Stuart G Jan 2019 #17
Yup, and this says it all TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #18
Post removed Post removed Jan 2019 #21

Ahpook

(2,749 posts)
4. It is so easy
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:44 PM
Jan 2019

Stupid, hateful and deranged can hurt so many.

Are we ever going to get this right? Money, money, money! That is all this fucked up country cares about

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
2. There must be some mistake....??
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:42 PM
Jan 2019

They aren't MS-13 or some other illegal criminal? Guess we won't hear this one of fox then.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
3. Thanks for the OP, George. More local info here....
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:44 PM
Jan 2019
What we know about Dakota Theriot: Man accused of fatally shooting 5 had contentious living situation
Advocate staff report Jan 26, 2019 - 6:48 pm

Link: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_92aa04c8-21b7-11e9-a734-9b1468f5878c.html

(snip)
Little is known of Theriot at this time, including a motive for why he carried out the shootings, but a short history of contention between him and his parents was detailed by authorities and neighbors.

Ascension Sheriff Bobby Webre said Theriot lived with his parents at their Gonzales home previously, but was recently asked to leave due to some disagreements. A neighbor, Michael Logan, said he had heard arguing and "yelling matches," usually at night, coming from the home lately.

........... .........Tears for our nation.........

tclambert

(11,085 posts)
9. Thoughts and prayers are saving our country . . .
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 11:07 PM
Jan 2019

from any attempt at implementing effective background checks, or mental health screenings, or in any way limiting gun sales.

BigmanPigman

(51,571 posts)
6. And how will a fucking wall stop behavior like this?
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 10:07 PM
Jan 2019

This is what has increased in the past two years since the Hater in Chief was not elected POTUS.

EX500rider

(10,810 posts)
14. lol, you mean beside the 90 or so countries with a worse homicide rate?
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:51 AM
Jan 2019

Feel free to walk that back. The US is below the avg for homicide rates worldwide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

EX500rider

(10,810 posts)
20. It's certainly more truthful then claiming the US has the worst murder rate on the planet..
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 03:36 PM
Jan 2019

....as the poster did. The worst countries have a rate 15x's the US rate.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,325 posts)
22. I think Russia has no murders.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:41 PM
Jan 2019

But sometimes they have journalists fall from windows or sit on some Polonium.

Oneironaut

(5,487 posts)
16. I agree, and it's getting worse.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 08:56 AM
Jan 2019

The biggest problem here is (besides easy access to guns), mental illness is something to be ashamed of. American culture says you should never seek help for it, and pretend everything is ok. Everybody has to be “normal” at all costs.

Of course, this does wonders for our nation's mental health.

albacore

(2,398 posts)
11. Louisiana... murder capital...
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 11:50 PM
Jan 2019

"For the 29th straight year, Louisiana owns the highest murder rate in the country, according to the FBI's 2017 Uniform Crime Reports data released Monday. But it's not all because of New Orleans.
The state's murder rate was 12.4 per 100,000 residents in 2017. Missouri was next at 9.8.
"And if you take out (New Orleans') murder count Louisiana would have STILL ranked first nationally in murder last year (by quite a large margin),"
New Orleans' 2017 murder rate of 39.5 ranks No. 4 in the country among cities with a population of more than 250,000. It's the 30th straight year, Asher said, that New Orleans has been in the top five of that category. St. Louis, Baltimore and Detroit ranked ahead of New Orleans. Kansas City was behind New Orleans with a rate of 30.9.
https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_e9dd6d1c-c077-11e8-9728-1f7f22bc4569.html

And....
The shooting today was neat Baton Rouge....
Murder rate in BR was 38.3.... Chicago's murder rate is 24

"Baton Rouge's murder rate of 38.3 was just behind New Orleans' rate, but the city of Baton Rouge's population was too small to make the list of large cities. Baton Rouge reported 87 murders in 2017 to the FBI, a 58 percent increase from the average of the past five years. The city's high homicide count also drove East Baton Rouge Parish to an historic high for the number of murders last year."
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_ddc03060-f173-11e7-90ea-9f16d6e9dbe8.html

TexasBushwhacker

(20,148 posts)
18. Yup, and this says it all
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 05:11 PM
Jan 2019

"The young man accused of killing five people in Louisiana was arrested Sunday morning in Richmond County, Virginia, after briefly pointing a weapon at deputies, Sheriff Steve Smith said."

Good thing he's white!

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