Subj : Off-duty cop shoots 3 unarmed shoppers at my neighborhood Costco
To : All
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jun 16 2019 05:39 pm
So you've probably heard about this story:
https://www.pe.com/2019/06/16/man-killed-in-corona-costco-shooting-was-a-gentle-giant-cousin-says/
The cop is not in custody. If this was anyone else, they'd be in jail right now, likely charged with homicide, attempted homicide, and who knows what else. But this guy is out free to roam, because of his job?!?
I know the entire story is not known at this time (argument, assault, mental handicap, or whatever) - but what pisses me off is the immediate change in stature and narrative by the cops once they learned the shooter was one of theirs. They minimize the entire scenario, saying just that 2 others were "injured" (not "shot", as they were) and they took a long time to come out with the fact that the dead man was unarmed. And say it was an argument that resulted in "a shot fired", when all reports are 6-8 shots fired - and clearly the fact that 3 people were shot implies more than one "shot fired".
My wife and I regularly shop at this Costco, often with our kids. We could have been there, very easily, so this is extremely close to home.
Cops, on duty or not, need to be capable of a great amount of restraint. This guy appears to have had a short-fuse and a hair-trigger and should never have been trusted to carry a gun in public (based on the currently known facts).
digital man
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