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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:18 PM Aug 2021

U.K. Mass Shooter Said He Was American, Trump-Supporting Virgin



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"The man suspected of killing five people (..) in a mass shooting in England on Thursday night was an incel Trump supporter who posted about “devil worshipers” in government. It was the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010."

U.K. Mass Shooter Said He Was American, Trump-Supporting Virgin
Jake Davison’s Facebook and YouTube pages show that he was deeply unhappy about how he looked and obsessed with conservative U.S. politics.
thedailybeast.com
7:15 AM · Aug 13, 2021


https://www.thedailybeast.com/jake-davison-suspected-mass-shooter-said-he-was-an-american-trump-supporting-virgin

The man suspected of killing five people before turning the gun on himself in a mass shooting in England on Thursday night was an incel Trump supporter who posted about “devil worshipers” in government.

The suspected shooter has been named by police as Jake Davison, a 22-year-old who is reported to have worked in construction. In a six-minute rampage, Davison killed his mom, Maxine Davison, a 3-year-old girl named Sophie Martyn, the girl’s father, Lee Martyn, as well as two bystanders who were identified as Stephen Washington and Kate Shepherd.

It was the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010.

Davison’s mother disapproved of her son’s misogynistic views, and the two clashed frequently, an acquaintance told The Telegraph. Davison also “beat up his father a couple of months ago,” according to another source. Davison urgently needed mental health treatment, but wasn’t able to get help in time, a family friend reportedly wrote on Facebook.

“The NHS basically said they are short staffed and that was it,” the friend wrote. “The family even asked the police to come out to see him… they didn’t do a welfare check. And now six people are dead.”

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U.K. Mass Shooter Said He Was American, Trump-Supporting Virgin (Original Post) Nevilledog Aug 2021 OP
Well... Mike Nelson Aug 2021 #1
"There must be a satanist conspiracy preventing me from getting laid!" ck4829 Aug 2021 #2
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #3

Mike Nelson

(9,955 posts)
1. Well...
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:41 PM
Aug 2021

... after reading what he did and of the people he killed, I'm wondering what his definition of a "devil worshiper" would be... someone more wicked than himself, which seems incomprehensible...

ck4829

(35,076 posts)
2. "There must be a satanist conspiracy preventing me from getting laid!"
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 02:32 PM
Aug 2021

I’m pretty sure it’s because you look and act like you live in a cellar under a unabomber style shack, but that’s just me.

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