Costco shooter was a cop... and all 3 victims were unarmed

[Anonymous]

The gunman who opened fire on Friday night at the Costco store in Southern California is a cop.

He killed one person and shot two others. All 3 victims were unarmed. The man he killed was apparently an intellectually disabled man who was non-verbal. The other 2 victims were his caregiver parents. Both of them are in critical condition.

The shooter says the victim attacked him while he was holding his child, but the victim's family members say he was gentle and had not been violent before. “It could have been that he bumped into somebody but couldn’t communicate the fact that he was sorry,” a family member said.

Predictably, the police department is protecting its own. They haven't arrested the officer. From the tone and wording of their statement update, they intend to protect him as long and far as they can.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-costco-shooting-off-duty-officer-intellectual-disability-20190616-story.html
https://www.coronaca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/4012/17

It's unbelievable.

Please someone tell me I'm dreaming and this isn't actually what our country has become. Please.

[Anonymous]

That press release is appalling.

[Anonymous]

OP, please reduce social media screen time. Bad things happening isn't a new thing.

[Anonymous]

Yes, sadly cops kill innocent people all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, sadly cops kill innocent people all the time.

And once again, it was spun as self defense. Hard to claim someone nonverbal began an argument with you.

[Anonymous]

Even if the son had done something to provoke the cop, it doesn’t justify shooting three unarmed people. That cop is psychotic, as is the department protecting him.

[Anonymous]

I am sure he had his reasons to shoot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, please reduce social media screen time. Bad things happening isn't a new thing.

The LA Times is not social media.

And being upset because a law enforcement officer shot and killed people, claiming self-defense, also isn't a new thing.

[Anonymous]

He had the intellectual capacity of a teenager. This whole thing is terrible but the officer must have felt threatened to fire his weapon with his own child right there.

There are some major missing details.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sure he had his reasons to shoot.

Yeah, he’s unstable and a threat to those around him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He had the intellectual capacity of a teenager. This whole thing is terrible but the officer must have felt threatened to fire his weapon with his own child right there.

There are some major missing details.

Which no one can know because the police department is refusing to make details of the incident or even the officer’s name public. He wasn’t even on duty at the time, but he still gets his identity protected. What other private adult citizen gets that privilege when they shoot three people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He had the intellectual capacity of a teenager. This whole thing is terrible but the officer must have felt threatened to fire his weapon with his own child right there.

There are some major missing details.

Which no one can know because the police department is refusing to make details of the incident or even the officer’s name public. He wasn’t even on duty at the time, but he still gets his identity protected. What other private adult citizen gets that privilege when they shoot three people?

I don't know why they aren't releasing more details. That part does seem odd.

[Anonymous]

Costco stores are always busy on weekends so let's hope some witnesses come forward soon.

Lots of missing details between shopping > pulling a gun and shooting to kill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Costco stores are always busy on weekends so let's hope some witnesses come forward soon.

Lots of missing details between shopping > pulling a gun and shooting to kill.

The only witness account thus far has said there was an argument, and then the officer pulled his gun and started shooting.

An argument alone never justifies a shooting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He had the intellectual capacity of a teenager. This whole thing is terrible but the officer must have felt threatened to fire his weapon with his own child right there.

There are some major missing details.

Which no one can know because the police department is refusing to make details of the incident or even the officer’s name public. He wasn’t even on duty at the time, but he still gets his identity protected. What other private adult citizen gets that privilege when they shoot three people?

The officer's name doesn't need to be made public. Not sure why you would want it to. Maybe so the internet can attack him and destroy his life before all the facts are known? You disgust me.