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Five dead after mass shooting in Pittsburgh suburb
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Psychological Intellect
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RIP to the dead. Seems like just another Thursday in America, sadly.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Gang related?
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
But guns don't kill people.
Terrible tragedy. My thoughts are with all who are effected by this.
Terrible tragedy. My thoughts are with all who are effected by this.
valkillmore
Member
What a sad, sad waste. Just depressing. Will it ever end?
Sorry for the victims.
Say what?
Never, because people could totally do this with knives or baseball bats just as easily!
Dreams-Visions
Member
another day, another mass killing in America. Problem?
Commentary on the regularity of such incidents. Like "They happen so regularly I could set my watch to them."
Switch Back 9
a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
Anytime I hear about a shooting at a party, especially this late at night, I assume it has something to do with gangs/organized crime.
Just seems too personal to be a random, terroristic or mass-murderer out for the fame kind of situation.
How About No
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bluelightningduo
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That's about a mile from where I was raised in Pittsburgh (Homewood)Predominantly black and economically suffering...
During my freshman orientation at Pitt, the guide told my group to stay the hell out of the Hill District and Homewood. She wasn't wrong.
I feel for the victims but as others have said, just another Wednesday night in America.
I believe the correct term is tuesday.
AwesomePossum
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guys, guys. it's too early to talk about guns. let's wait until never.
Subpar Scrub
Banned
Sounds gang related, but it's a tragedy regardless. Hopefully more details will emerge soon.
Bluekaveli
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Fucking shit rip
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Oh, wow. Didn't expect to see a thread on this. I read Wilkinsburg this morning and thought, welp, it's Wilkinsburg. That's how bad these areas are. This is a bit more extreme than the normal case, but I assume it's the street bullshit of "you killed my friend/family, or robbed me I'm gonna get you back"
The culture in these areas is poison.
The culture in these areas is poison.
It's possible, Wilkinsburg is economically depressed but the crime rate isn't disproportionately high in the neighborhood compared to other poor areas in Pittsburgh. A tragedy nonetheless.
I hope the injured recover and they find the cowards that did this.
Pai Pai Master
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Stop politicizing it
Devil Theory
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I grew up in Pittsburgh, and worked in Wilkinsburg in the past. It's generally a very poor, drug and crime infested area, and I wouldn't classify this as a "mass shooting" in the typical way a person does when describing random shootings in America, as this more than likely had a specific motive--which you can sense from the details describing the deaths. Thread title should be changed and is misleading.
Wilkinsburg is the hood. The Ghetto. I have family in WIlkinsburg. I agree with you 100%.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
What I'm hoping is this doesn't spawn off a bunch more shootings. This is a lot of people shot. 11 people were hit. That's a lot of angry families.
Holy shit, I actually know one of those people.
I've lived in McKeesport my whole life, and I still won't step foot into Wilkinsburg. I'll drive through it, but that's about it.
Holy shit, I actually know one of those people.
I've lived in McKeesport my whole life, and I still won't step foot into Wilkinsburg. I'll drive through it, but that's about it.
The way it seems now is that only way to prevent mass shootings is to redefine what a mass shooting is; because this seems to happen every day now and there is no stopping it. So if we say a mass shooting is now at least 10 deaths that should significantly cut down on how many of these mass shootings we have.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
What else would you call it? It's a mass shooting.
When I first moved to Pittsburgh I rented in McKeesport on Orchard. Shit was terrifying tbh but since I wasn't ever involved in that stuff I only ever got a few windows broken on my car.
I was talking to a homeless guy at a gas station a few years into my stay about the crime in McKeesport and he straight up told me "at least we ain't Wilkinsburg or Homewood though".
Davey Cakes
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On a backyard party?
Um...holy shit. Can you imagine? Just out having a good ol' barbecue with friends and suddenly being shot at for no reason, with some people even dying.
All these incidents are "horrific" but the picture of this one in my mind is really unsettling for some reason. Gang-related or not, we're talking scary stuff.
Um...holy shit. Can you imagine? Just out having a good ol' barbecue with friends and suddenly being shot at for no reason, with some people even dying.
All these incidents are "horrific" but the picture of this one in my mind is really unsettling for some reason. Gang-related or not, we're talking scary stuff.
Mass shooting is merely a description of the number injured or killed. Don't agree it should be changed just because it's a poor area with lots of crime.
Way to politicize the lives lost. RIP to the victims.
Also, since you insist on going there -- this is clearly gang/drugs related rather than a random mass shooting or terrorist event. I'd be willing to bet the two criminals did not acquire their firearms legally.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Oh wow, we've probably seen each other at some point. That's weird to think about. Maybe at that giant eagle right there.
Orchard is a nicer area, at least you weren't near Harrison Village, or Crawford Village.
And I agree with that homeless guy for sure. I feel safe in McKeesport sometimes lol.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
It's a lot more common.. And they're targeted victims. That's the only thing I can think of. I'm not saying it's any better btw.
For mass shootings it's actually less common I thought? I think mass shootings tend to be domestic in nature, ie a husband kills his kids and family.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Not 100% if gang mass shootings or domestic mass shootings are more common, but I know they're both more common than random mass shootings.
- The shooters most likely did not legally acquire the weapons
- There was a reason (regardless of how shitty a reason) for the shooting, whether over drugs, money, territory, women, etc.
- Often it's for retaliation or there will be retaliation for this (it's a vicious cycle)
- Often (but not always) the victims are also criminals
- The general public is more or less safe from the shooters
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Depends on if you're talking homicides or just shootings. Mass shootings of this nature are pretty common. Casualties of this number in these incidents aren't as much.
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