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Police investigate shooting at Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe
Police investigate shooting at Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe
Police were investigating a shooting at a bar in Olathe that injured multiple people. A police spokesman said the shooting occurred about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at Austins Bar and Grill, 2103 E. 151st St. There were multiple victims of the shooting, police said. The extent of their injuries was not known Wednesday night.
Alright, so let me expain why this is relevant and import to the SJ community:
Shooter is a white male, in his 50s or 60s. Shooter was shouting racial slurs in the bar. Someone stood up to him, at which point he shot three people. Two of the people (according to witnesses) were of indian or middle eastern descent. His neighbours claim he is a vet with PTSD who possibly got bad news about a health issue today. Kansas is a state which allows concealed carry without a license, and where you can buy a gun at a flea market without a background check.
Tell me which of those items you believe will be focused on by politicians if they even decide to talk about this shooting.
(Also, so far, only info on victims' condition is two are in critical, one in serious.)




update on this: one of the victims has died at the hospital.
Ah, shit. :\
Oh man. I don't think it will get covered but I hope it does. Bigotry is never a good news story, someone exercising fun rights who was in the wrong, veterans affairs... So much that warrants a muffling by politicians, produces, and lobbyists. I feel there should be a light shine on this, is it national? Covered on any networks yet?
Pretty much everything except the PTSD. The news will probably cover the PTSD because that's going to be the crux of the defense strategy at trial. Politicians won't really care.
They'll talk about race because it's America, but also because he shouted racial slurs.
They'll talk about gun laws because it's a shooting; that always happens.
Somehow this will be connected to immigration because although the victims may be American, they are "other", which is the worst thing you can be in Trump era.
fuck
My town... :(
Holy holy fuckburgers. That shooting was right outside my old FLGS, 21st Century Games.
I mean, it was the gamestore that I left when their staff became scathingly antisemetic, but... Oh no. Even if it was that Ian who got shot, they didn't deserve that...