Shooter kills 3 in a Target parking lot in Austin, Texas, before being captured, police say
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Police say a gunman opened fire in a Target parking lot Monday in Austin, Texas, killing two adults and a child.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday in a Target store parking lot in the Texas capital, killing at least three people, then stole two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said.

    • LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.oneOPEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      ATM, this is all I could find. It’s from Newsweek.

      Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis identified the suspect as a man in his 30s with “a mental health history.” Details about the shooting victims have not been released.

      According to Davis, the suspect initially fled the scene in a stolen car, crashed it, and then stole another vehicle from a dealership. He was captured about 20 miles away in south Austin, where officers took him into custody, Davis said at a news conference.

      Initial reports from APD indicated that a child may have been involved in the shooting, but during an afternoon press conference, neither Davis nor Luckritz offered any update on that detail.

    • LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.oneOPEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      This is from USA Today

      Davis* did not release his name and said a motive wasn’t immediately known. She said he does have a “rap sheet” with the department, but did not elaborate.

      *Austin PD Chief Lisa Davis

      • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
        52·
        1 year ago

        Even this article says he had a “mental health history.”

        Whatever you think of gun ownership, I think almost everybody should agree that people with a “mental health history” should probably not be allowed to have guns in Target parking lots.

          • LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.oneOPEnglish
            51·
            1 year ago

            Gone to the ER for a killer headache that turned out to be ‘just’ stress?

            Some doctors actually make stress a diagnosis for something they don’t have a clue. A family friend was diagnosed with stress, turned out to be cancer.

            But if the underlying causes were identified and treated and you’re no longer struggling with your mental health, should that old diagnosis still prevent you from doing things that require a sound state of mind?

            As long as it’s identified and treated; some cases need ongoing care and attention.

            abortion is illegal - unless the mother’s life is at risk

            Exactly, too vague.

            Any non-specificity in legal definitions for medical criteria should be rejected automatically. Give me ranges. Actual lab values. Vitals. Times. Put those in the fucking law - there should be zero ambiguity about this kind of shit.

            Physicians don’t want to do that IRL because of a probable malpractice suit let alone sit down with policy makers…ugh.

            Thanks for the long rant; I agree.

        • 3abas@lemmy.world
          61·
          1 year ago

          I think it’s time we stop swallowing the “mental health issues” excuse and pretending the real problem is just how a mentally ill person got a gun. That’s a distraction, a way to avoid talking about why so many people are desperate, untreated, and breaking.

          How exactly do you plan to “screen for mental illness” in gun ownership? A psychic hotline? A vibes check at the gun counter? It’s absurd. If mental health is truly the concern, then the solution isn’t in background checks, it’s in actual, accessible, affordable mental health care.

          But here’s the reality: in the richest country on Earth, getting mental health treatment can cost more than rent. People get put on months-long waitlists. Insurance companies deny coverage for therapy while covering opioids and antidepressants like candy. And then everyone acts shocked when someone cracks under the weight of it all and lashes out, sometimes violently, sometimes in a Target parking lot.

          If you’re serious about preventing this, you don’t start with the gun store. You start with making sure people never get to that breaking point in the first place.