Another shooting close to home.

[KristinLynne]

This article was on the Yahoo news feed this morning:

Authorities: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself

Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday. York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson told a news conference that investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday's mass...

www.yahoo.com

A doctor, his wife and 2 grandchildren were shot as well as a man working on the home and another unidentified person. It was in Rock Hill SC about 45 minutes from where I live. Dr. Robert Lesslie also worked in Charlotte NC as well. I am seeing a lot of these types of stories on the Yahoo feed in the morning and so many of the shooters are identified quickly if not arrested. Since the haven't reported any details of this shooter, I wonder how they are able to identify them so quickly?

Edit: What is also interesting is how the title or tag line changes depending on where it is viewed.

 

[KristinLynne]

First story I saw was this:

Suspect found in South Carolina killings of 2 kids, 3 adults​

Wed, April 7, 2021, 9:07 PM·2 min read


ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A gunman killed five people including a prominent doctor and his grandchildren in South Carolina, prompting an hourslong search that led to a suspect in a nearby home, the York County Sheriff’s Office said.

The York County coroner’s office said Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara Lesslie, 69, were pronounced dead at the scene along with grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5.

A man who had been working at the home, James Lewis, 38, from Gaston, was found shot to death outside, and a sixth person was hospitalized with “serious gunshot wounds,” York County Sheriff’s Office's spokesperson Trent Faris said.

Faris said deputies were called around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday to the Lesslies' home in the Rock Hill area, and spent hours searching for the suspect before finding him in a nearby home.

“We have found the person we believe is responsible and we are with him at this time and that’s all I can say about the suspect,” Faris said.

The investigation is ongoing, he said.

“Dr. Lesslie was my doctor growing up,” Faris said. “Dr. Lesslie has been one of those people that everybody knows. He started Riverview Medical Center in Rock Hill and it’s been a staple in Rock Hill for years.”

A biography page of Dr. Lesslie said he and his wife of 35 years raised four children. He had been practicing medicine in Rock Hill since 1981, according to the Riverview website. He received his degree at the Medical University of South Carolina and has worked in the surrounding Rock Hill area and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Rock Hill is a city in northernmost South Carolina about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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This story has been corrected. Authorities said they found the suspect, not that they arrested or apprehended him.

 

[Alejo]

I am seeing a lot of these types of stories on the Yahoo feed in the morning and so many of the shooters are identified quickly if not arrested. Since the haven't reported any details of this shooter, I wonder how they are able to identify them so quickly?

I think it's perhaps tied to the recent effort by the government to sell Biden's new regulations on guns. Knowing how big tech is on his side, or rather they're part of the same team, it's not surprising that Yahoo news and other outlets are creating the need for stronger gun control laws at a federal level.

The issue with the following is that, it could discourage some gun ownership, more than likely the legal gun ownership, but heading towards prohibition will create such a state once again, making gun ownership an ilegal and clandestine practice will simply expand the lawlessness of it all.

The president’s actions delivered on a pledge he made last month to take what he termed immediate “common-sense steps” to address gun violence, after a series of mass shootings drew renewed attention to the issue. His announcement came the same day as yet another episode, this one in South Carolina, where five people were killed.

But his orders stop well short of some of his biggest campaign-trail proposals, including his promise to ban the importation of assault weapons, his embrace of a voluntary gun buyback program and a pledge to provide resources for the Justice Department and FBI to better enforce the nation’s current gun laws and track firearms.

 

[KristinLynne]

I think it's perhaps tied to the recent effort by the government to sell Biden's new regulations on guns. Knowing how big tech is on his side, or rather they're part of the same team, it's not surprising that Yahoo news and other outlets are creating the need for stronger gun control laws at a federal level.

The issue with the following is that, it could discourage some gun ownership, more than likely the legal gun ownership, but heading towards prohibition will create such a state once again, making gun ownership an ilegal and clandestine practice will simply expand the lawlessness of it all.

I agree. It also seems like now is the time for the preprogrammed to start going off in masses for just such reasons.