Fire in upper NW?

[Anonymous]

Press conference is on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Facebook page - Dillion Wint.

Isn't that the brother?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Facebook page - Dillion Wint.

That's the suspect brother.

[Anonymous]

My heart hurts for this family and the housekeeper's family.

I can only find some solace in knowing that at least the daughters have each other and that their parents were probably feeling so thankful that they were not home.

And the poor husband of the housekeeper. He was obviously concerned. He probably felt silly for being worried after hearing SS's voice. I feel so terrible that people are giving him a hard time. Poor man.

[Anonymous]

Wint thought to be in Brooklyn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:So gross to look at that guy's facebook page...using photos of cars as if he worships them and selfie's that show his cut body. A culture of surface level obsession with looks and brands and money but no substance. Why is it so hard to find this d-bag? Surely plenty of his FB friends and family are happy to try and get that $25K reward.

That could describe a lot of people here: concerned with appearances, but not concerned with how to actually achieve something for themselves.

+100000

It's weird how people say "but that person was like THAT, so different from me!" But really, you're actually very similar in many ways. I'd say that kind of materialism, superficiality, and status symbol obsession is rampant across people on this site, and many people in the DC area (note: I am actually from this area, and not a transplant). The people who want the perfect remodel, home renovations, fancy cars, engagement ring, North Arlington/Bethesda/McLean home, etc.

Lots of people in those areas are high achievers. There are people working to reach that level of achievement to join them. Why is that something to be condemned? This is the way the world works. Hard work should be rewarded. People should be able to celebrate their successes. The idea that successful people with nice things don't deserve those things or worse deserve bad things to happen to them runs rampant through this thread.

There is the very false idea that with hard work, comes success. Many people work very hard, but are never rewarded. Many people receive a lot, but don't work that hard.

There is also the idea that some people feel a sense of injustice "I work so hard, why can't I have x, y, z?" And may resort to unethical tactics to get x, y, and z. Most people just chalk it up to "life is unfair - c'est la vie."

But for me it also begs the question, why is worth or success attached to stuff? Things? Price? Label? For me it's such an inherently weird concept. I don't define "success" by those measures.

[Anonymous]

ON Facebook, if you link to the sister's (Seanna Wint) page, it appears that she has some sort of scar on her neck -- can anyone tell if that looks like a gunshot wound or knife wound?

[Anonymous]

Lanier said Wint worked for AIW

[Anonymous]

And he DID work at AIW in the past. Bam! No random.

[Anonymous]

There is a connection through the victims business and the suspect per the Chief of Police. Suspect did work for AIW.

[Anonymous]

Kathy Lanier says perp worked for AIW in the past, she did not say if he had been fired or how recently he worked there.

She says the police believes that perp is that shown in surveillance video leaving scene of burning car.

[Anonymous]

"This was NOT random" - Lanier

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WTOP just reported that suspect worked for one of SS's companies.

Why on earth wouls SS hire a person with a rap sheet? Maybe the perp used a different name?

his company is very large and has a large number of employees. Wint was likely a very low level guy, I guess SS did not hire him personally or even knew him.

on a side note http://www.americanironworks.com/missionStatement.aspx

The company had a number of government contracts and did a lot of high profile non-government work in the DC. Contractors (prime and sub) are required to have a certain number of minority sub-contractors and employees. Hiring minority workers and ex-cons may have been something that the business did either i) to make itself more attractive to prime contractors or ii) because he wanted to help the community in which the business was located

[Anonymous]

Not a random attack! I feel a little safer now.

[Anonymous]

Not much else new in the press conference. The chief says she's hoping to have him in custody soon.