The shooter seems like a weird combo of prepared and sloppy. Like taking off his mask to flirt and showing his face but avoiding all other surveillance.
Plus, apparently, not bothering to ditch the gun and the fake ID.
Patron: That girl is a witch. Mal: Yeah, but she's our witch.
'Safe'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Dec 09, 2024 10:06:38 am PST #3955 of 4584
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
meara - Dec 09, 2024 10:10:03 am PST #3956 of 4584
Also I’m sure the police are getting a million tips saying they saw the guy (there are several guys on tiktok who look like the shooter and are like “it wasn’t me!”) but I guess cops in Altoona don’t have anything better to do than reply to a 911 call fast enough that the guy was still at McDonalds?
-t - Dec 09, 2024 10:20:18 am PST #3957 of 4584
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Take the gun, leave the monopoly money?
I could have sworn I saw a news story that the guy with his face mask down was not actually the person of interest but that's the picture they are using with this Altoona story.
The whole thing is really weird. I'm just waiting to find out of CEO = Archduke these days.
Steph L. - Dec 09, 2024 10:27:31 am PST #3958 of 4584
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I could have sworn I saw a news story that the guy with his face mask down was not actually the person of interest
I feel like I did, too -- I think the jacket was different between the 2 pictures (face mask up and face mask down).
msbelle - Dec 09, 2024 10:33:31 am PST #3959 of 4584
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Side-eyeing the people of Altoona. Calling him in? Not unless he was waving that gun.
meara - Dec 09, 2024 11:02:06 am PST #3960 of 4584
And now they’re claiming he had a manifesto? Really? But didn’t trumpet it anywhere, just carried it around?? That seems odd also. Was his earlier success a fluke, or is this all super sus?
megan walker - Dec 09, 2024 12:21:04 pm PST #3961 of 4584
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
In non-shooter news, I accomplished some adulting today, namely, getting my mammogram and my pneumococcal vaccination. I also got #1 of the Hep B series since it turns out that not bothering to get that third shot in your mid-20s because the guy you are dating with Hep B breaks up with you means you have no immunity. (I had my MMR and Hep A/B titers checked when I did bloodwork before Thanksgiving.)
-t - Dec 09, 2024 12:25:23 pm PST #3962 of 4584
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Something expressing "ill will towards corporate America" is not super damning
I don't know what a ghost gun is. I'm betting the reality is not as interesting as I am imagining.
-t - Dec 09, 2024 12:29:44 pm PST #3963 of 4584
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go megan with the self care! I still need my Covid shot, maybe tomorrow afternoon
Atropa - Dec 09, 2024 12:35:49 pm PST #3964 of 4584
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
You need to start treating stairs (and probably curbs too) as a potential threat that requires focus.
Both those things ARE threats for me. Stupid stupid back.