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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    2 years ago

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

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        2 years ago

        Exactly which accusation do you wish me to withhold? The fact that someone is disgusting for killing the un homed?

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          It could have been a homeless person that shot them. Waiting until the facts are known is always better than assuming you already know without needing them.

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              Sure it is. It’s disgusting that anyone shoots anyone. But when you start making assumptions that it was someone from outside preying on them- yore creating a false narrative for the purpose of agitating the us vs them crowd which is disingenuous.

              Just wait and see what the investigation produces.

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                The only person who made that assumption was you. No one mentioned whether the shooter was homeless or not.

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

                  OP assumed it wasn’t. I made no assumptions. Learn how to read.

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                    He’s talking about the victims there genius. There’s no assumption there about the shooter.

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          It’s possible the shooter was in the same situation themselves. So, it’s unreasonable to think that people are going to get along on the basis of shared misfortune.

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              Not in the same way as someone of means intentionally targeting homeless people, no. The difference is the apparent motive.

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              You don’t see the difference between a targeted attack on a demographic versus violence between two individuals of the same socioeconomic standing? Really?

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                I think the gun violence either way is beyond disgusting. This was an avoidable attack that people in the comments are trying to justify based on the victim and / or attackers social economic position.

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                  I don’t think anyone is trying to justify it, simply frame it in proportion to what it was.