Two National Guard members in critical condition after shooting near White House, FBI director says

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cm2w9xypxjxt

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Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 35 pts · 282d (2 replies)

Perfectly good billionaires and hundred millionaires all over the place, and someone's taking pot shots at guardsmen?

Unbelievable.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 9 pts · 281d (1 reply)

The occupying force in DC?

Sucks to suck. Hope the tuition money was worth it.

cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 281d

Yeah I'm not mourning them. Just feel like the rounds could've been better spent. I expect the person you're replying to thinks similarly.

misk@piefed.social · 10 pts · 281d (1 reply)

Aren’t shootings pretty common in America? Was a matter of time a soldier got shot rather than a kid at school.

cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 281d

Such a tragedy. Maybe we should staple children to them, so this doesn't happen again?

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 281d (3 replies)

I'm surprised that the person apprehended is actually not a right winger...

Butterpaderp@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 281d (1 reply)

Source on his political leanings? I haven't seen anything confirmed yet

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 280d

No source, but he's a refugee from Afghanistan. Not the most likely "white American trash Nazi" material. Even if he were a conservative type in his worldview.

cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 280d

Literally worked for the CIA

golden@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 279d
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