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A witness says 4 white males entered the temple and started shooting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/wisconsin-sikh-temple-shooting-leaves-7-dead/2012/08/05/79e20f62-6ae8-4947-9794-326121870540_video.html
Skittles
(152,965 posts)they would expect more casualties
Enrique
(27,461 posts)it's hard to tell. The police say the reports of multiple shooters was a misunderstanding.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)police TOT the case to the FBI...
really they can't even give demographics info out...WTF
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)loli phabay
(5,580 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Rumors will probably continue at this point since the FBI has shut down formal information sharing until tomorrow.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)Now stare at this spot right here:
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)on this event with correct information.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)A witness says there were 4 shooters. The Washington Post found it credible enough to put on their website. Are you going to contact them and tell them to change their video?
JI7
(89,182 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)There was understanderable confusion at the climax of the shooting. People heard multiple shots, and thought there was more than one gunman. What they were hearing the exchange of fire between the shooter and the two cops who took him down.
There were all kinds of rumors going around at first - like the women and children were being held hostage. The truth was that the women and children were directed to the kitchen by other temple members for their safety.
In the heat of the moment witness accounts are notoriously unreliable. It's hours later now, the facts are being sorted out, and one of the facts is that there was ONE shooter, not four. There was a press conference earlier this afternoon saying just that. Posting a video of THAT would be much more useful than the video in the OP.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)The "witness" didn't see four shooters, he was repeating what someone else told him. There was a lot of confusion in the immediate aftermath. See my post #13.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)Good grief, you want me to stop my life and do research for you?
I posted this video because I found it interesting that a witness claimed there were 4 men. If that's been proven incorrect, then ignore the video I posted.
Sheesh.
cali
(114,904 posts)particularly those in the midst of an ongoing traumatic event. there was one shooter. that has been firmly established by law enforcement.
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(19,768 posts)Or he's white. Or she's white.
Why is this important?
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Never gets hidden when they're black or Hispanic. Even when they're the VICTIMS their race means it's their own fault in this country somehow or another. God forbid they wear a fuckin hoodie when it's fuckin raining. Shoot 'em on sight then, no questions asked, right?
So excuse the FUCK out of us if we simply state the fucking facts. The shooter was, as usual in mass shootings, WHITE as reported so far on police radios and by witnesses. If that changes we will talk about that TOO.
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(19,768 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)marmar
(76,985 posts)demmiblue
(36,751 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)white supremacist.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I would imagine it holds the same amount of relevance (rather than importance) as all other descriptors currently being used-- including tattoos, hair, clothing, etc...
obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)aka Timothy McVeigh and the Turner Diary Brigade, not an angry ex husband or ex employee.