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submitted 10 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

At least one person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a homeless encampment in Las Vegas on Friday, police said.

The incident occurred in the area of Charleston Boulevard and U.S. 95 around 5:30 p.m. local time. Officers responded to a homeless encampment, where witnesses directed them to multiple victims, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason Johansson said at a press briefing Friday night.

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[-] Walican132@lemmy.today 34 points 10 months ago

People are disgusting. How do you attack those that society has already failed utterly.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago

I demand an immediate investigation into why these homeless people were not armed and able to defend themselves. We should be handing out firearms at the soup kitchens to avoid these kinds of tragedies.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

We should be handing out firearms at the soup kitchens

are you saying we should... "Arm the homeless"?

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We can’t afford not to!

/s

[-] Occamsrazer@lemdro.id 4 points 10 months ago

Are you being ironic? I actually can't tell on Lemmy.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Ironic username.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Absolute sarcasm

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Can you imagine how much Republicans would tantrum if homeless people were getting armed? And at this point, because of their own folly, there would be basically nothing they could do about it.

[-] twisted28@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

From the article: Officers planned to return to the crime scene and canvas the area for surveillance footage on Saturday, Johansson said.

It is Unusual to leave a shooter and crime scene until the next day isn’t it?

[-] rDrDr@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Presumably all the businesses with security cameras were closed.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Not when homeless people are involved. What's unusual is them coming back at all.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

Homeless aren't even people! - Christ Loving Republicans

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