Stay safe, everyone.

  • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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    1 year ago

    Quick summary of where things are at:

    • a shooter brought a pump action shotgun to a building site and started shooting at workers
    • two people plus the shooter are dead
    • three people seriously injured, three moderately injured
    • one responding police officer injured
    • does not appear to be politically or ideologically motivated
    • shooter was recently sentenced to home detention on domestic violence charges (thanks @[email protected]).

    More from police press conference:

    • weapon not illegal type, but offender didn’t have firearms licence. Unclear how he got weapon, not previously known to have weapon
    • was on home detention but had exemption to work at the site
    • indications that motivation was related to the work site
    • isolated, no wider risk, no reason for others to be worried about safety
    • no concerns regarding FIFA event safety