News California Garlic Festival Shooting

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/s...at-garlic-festival/ar-AAF0THy?ocid=spartanntp

Happened pretty late Eastern Standard Time, so I couldn't post until today. The culprit hasn't been caught or named (not that the culprit deserves to be named) but they said that he got in through the fence, despite the high security presence. As stated a link, a child was unfortunately killed in the crossfire.

CBS is now saying the gunman was shot and killed by police, he is a 19 year old, and his name has been released to the press.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/garlic-festival-shooter-santino-william-legan-what-we-know/

EnglishALT said:

CBS is now saying the gunman was shot and killed by police, he is a 19 year old, and his name has been released to the press.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/garlic-festival-shooter-santino-william-legan-what-we-know/

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Thanks for the information.

My condolences go out to the family of the child.

I really wish that the press would stop releasing the names of shooters. You can have these things be a matter of public record without letting other potential shooters think of themselves as martyrs or something. Granted, I haven't gone through the article but I always feel that's a point that needs to be made.

gimmepie said:

I really wish that the press would stop releasing the names of shooters. You can have these things be a matter of public record without letting other potential shooters think of themselves as martyrs or something. Granted, I haven't gone through the article but I always feel that's a point that needs to be made.

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Same, but I guess that we, as people want to have a definitive name to a face of evil so that we can analyze them later in the future, kind of like villains such as Stalin or Mao.

TheGhostHunter said:

Same, but I guess that we, as people want to have a definitive name to a face of evil so that we can analyze them later in the future, kind of like villains such as Stalin or Mao.

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You can keep those things available with research into records or whatever without parading them through the news though. Right?

gimmepie said:

You can keep those things available with research into records or whatever without parading them through the news though. Right?

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I guess, but I think it's something of a mob mentality where we want to have a name to feel anger about.

gimmepie said:

I really wish that the press would stop releasing the names of shooters. You can have these things be a matter of public record without letting other potential shooters think of themselves as martyrs or something. Granted, I haven't gone through the article but I always feel that's a point that needs to be made.

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This. I remember that news here also used to show and discuss the strategy/route these shooters took and even then I feel like they're basically giving away a cookbook on how to do shooting right.

But what I find the saddest about this shooting is that the victims were kids. Now I'm not familiar with the Garlic Festival, but I would guess that it isn't something aim at children, which makes it pretty miserable.