[pjc50]

Interesting to see someone whose decision making is so disordered that they manage to carry out a shot from 200 meters and then disappear. That looks more like a carefully planned crime than madness.

[whackernews]

I keep seeing this. Why do people keep making the point that if you can make an accurate shot from 200 yards with a rifle that makes you a sane person?

[johnnyanmac]

We're mixing sanity with belligerency. Someone in the heat of passion doesn't plan out a 200m shot, alongside an escape route.

I think that's the mixup. You can be insane but still perform some very calculated plots.

[drewbeck]

People generally use really crude (and incorrect) heuristics when judging others. "He was a family man/good christian/nice to me at work/etc, I don't know how he could have murdered his family!" Mental illness gets it even worse b/c most people don't have any good framework for understanding it.

[edm0nd]

200 meters isn't that far of a shot if you are familiar with shooting or a hunter. I regularly take down deer at 200-300 yards.

The shooter is also in custody already and captured thankfully.

[thephyber]

There are still conflicting reports about whether the shooter is in custody.

The first person of interest was detained, but released.

FBI director says a suspect is in custody. That governor says a person of interest is in custody. Local police say the shooter is still at large. This is what Reuters was reporting as of 1 hour ago.

[mmmrtl]

second suspect also released...

[edm0nd]

Just saw that. LE gotta be going wild atm.

[Simulacra]

Oswald was 300 yards away.

[akimbostrawman]

Not very relevant unless Kirk was also inside a moving car

[account42]

Mental illness does not imply the lack of any ability to plan things out.

[swader999]

That they didn't account for drop and hit the neck shows that they weren't in fact very competent.

[queenkjuul]

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