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Note: it was an assassination, not a mass shooting. There was only one shot.

pjc50 1y ago
One shot so far. One possible outcome is the shooter has a target list, or is emboldened by success. Some years ago: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks
- programjames 1y ago
  I wouldn't expect behaviors from mass shooters to carry over to serial killers.
- greedo 1y ago
  Vance Boelter...
- another_twist 1y ago
  It sounds similar to the plot of The F*ck it List.
- cman1444 1y ago
  Technically even that wouldn't be a "mass shooter". It would instead be a spree shooter or serial killer. But it's kind of beside the point.
jimt1234 1y ago
Pedantic, but...why is this an assassination and not just a murder? Because he was more than likely targeted? Tupac was targeted (for some street-level bullshit), but I don't think anyone would call his demise an "assassination".
- FinnKuhn 1y ago
  Assassinations usually target public figures for political or ideological motives and public impact. So a subcategory of murders if you want.
  - brewdad 1y ago
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      - FinnKuhn 1y ago
        Thank you for removing this so quickly.
- OkayPhysicist 1y ago
  Assassinations are surprise killings of prominent individuals for political purposes. Targeted gang killings are an interesting case, because they are political within the context of intra- and inter-gang politics, but not viewed in that light in a broader context. If I was watching a documentary about two rival gangs, I probably wouldn't blink twice at someone referring to a hit on a rival leader as an assassination. In every day conversation, it would probably be weird, because the normal assumption is of the broader political sphere. People are calling this an assassination because they are making the (probably reasonable) guess that the reason to shoot Charlie Kirk during a political speech is to make a political statement.
- jimt1234 1y ago
  Forgot about this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PO9yyS367p4 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PO9yyS367p4

One shot so far. One possible outcome is the shooter has a target list, or is emboldened by success. Some years ago: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks

programjames 1y ago
I wouldn't expect behaviors from mass shooters to carry over to serial killers.
greedo 1y ago
Vance Boelter...
another_twist 1y ago
It sounds similar to the plot of The F*ck it List.
cman1444 1y ago
Technically even that wouldn't be a "mass shooter". It would instead be a spree shooter or serial killer. But it's kind of beside the point.

jimt1234 1y ago

Pedantic, but...why is this an assassination and not just a murder? Because he was more than likely targeted? Tupac was targeted (for some street-level bullshit), but I don't think anyone would call his demise an "assassination".

FinnKuhn 1y ago
Assassinations usually target public figures for political or ideological motives and public impact. So a subcategory of murders if you want.
- brewdad 1y ago
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  - dang 1y ago
    You've posted three abusive comments to this thread in quick succession. That's not ok, and we have to ban such accounts. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203452 and stop doing this, we'd appreciate it. (Your account is far from the only one posting abusively in this thread, and it's probably random that I happened to see your posts, but still - this is not ok.)
    - FinnKuhn 1y ago
      Thank you for removing this so quickly.
OkayPhysicist 1y ago
Assassinations are surprise killings of prominent individuals for political purposes. Targeted gang killings are an interesting case, because they are political within the context of intra- and inter-gang politics, but not viewed in that light in a broader context. If I was watching a documentary about two rival gangs, I probably wouldn't blink twice at someone referring to a hit on a rival leader as an assassination. In every day conversation, it would probably be weird, because the normal assumption is of the broader political sphere. People are calling this an assassination because they are making the (probably reasonable) guess that the reason to shoot Charlie Kirk during a political speech is to make a political statement.
jimt1234 1y ago
Forgot about this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PO9yyS367p4 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PO9yyS367p4