Police press conference: Odessa murderer had criminal record, used ‘AR-15 type’ weapon

by SooperMexican

So we have a few more facts about the horrific Odessa shooting yesterday via the police press conference today.

This makes sense. The attack started when he was pulled over. It would make sense that he freaked out if he had guns in his possession illegally.

But that undoes the liberal narrative of the shooting doesn’t it?

If the guy was already breaking gun laws, then what new gun law would keep him from obtaining a gun?

There’s some question about why they didn’t identify the shooter, which we’re told is white and in his thirties:

Which is leading some on the left to conjure up conspiracy theories:

Can’t be hypocritical about this – the dumber knee-jerk on our side always do that whenever there’s a shooting. But it is worth noting.

No terror links yet, neither domestic nor foreign:

Police say there was only one shooter. No idea what his motive is yet:

I see people always pitching conspiracy theories when it’s first reported that there are two shooters and later it turns out to be one. This happens a lot. It’s because eyewitness accounts are very unreliable in a high stress situation. People report rumors, or assumptions, or just plain lies, out of caution. It annoys me to no end to see people make bad faith arguments about extra shooters, it is just plain despicable.

It’s reported that the shooter used something like an AR-15 rifle:

I’m not sure why they use this phrasing. Wouldn’t they know exactly what he used by now? I see this reticence with every shooting, and find it odd. But not conspiracy-inspiring, sorry.

Here’s the video of the whole press conference:


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