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fromemptywheel
1 day ago

Gamer Culture and Guns - emptywheel

Here's a good explanation of the known gamer references in the things he scratched onto bullet casings (though the song Bella Ciao has been appropriated by Groypers). But the full arrow sequence was quickly recognized as something else: a combo from Helldivers 2 for calling the Eagle 500kg Bomb stratagem. The world of Helldivers - which evokes Robert Heinlein's book Starship Troopers and the subsequent movie - concerns fascism thematically; developer Arrowhead has characterized it as a satire where players fight for a fascist state.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

FACT CHECK: Charlie Kirk Shooter Never Donated to Trump Campaign

Utah Governor's Office via AP The viral claim that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk, donated to President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign has been proven false. It was announced this morning that 22-year-old Robinson was in custody, 33 hours after allegedly firing the bullet that killed Kirk at an event at Utah Valley University.
US politics
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Charlie Kirk's alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme

Tyler Robinson, apprehended last night in connection to the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, allegedly left engraved bullets at the crime scene that were covered in a furry meme, references from the video game Helldivers 2, and an extremely online taunt. In an FBI briefing this morning about his arrest, Utah Governor Spencer Cox described the sequence of events that led to the capture of Robinson, 22, who was turned into the police by his father.
US politics
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 day ago

How 3D Laser Scanning Could Reconstruct the Charlie Kirk Shooting

Crime scenes can change quickly. Chairs, tables, carswhatever was in the spacemay be moved, or people may lose track of them. And future discoveries about the crime may be difficult to connect to the scene. One of the best ways to immediately preserve a crime scene is with three-dimensional laser scans, which use light to map every object present. Today this technique is routinely used at major crime scenes. And experts say it's likely to be important in the investigation of Kirk's death.
Science
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fromAxios
1 day ago
US politics

Suspected shooter arrested in Charlie Kirk killing, Trump says

fromAxios
1 day ago
US politics

Suspected shooter arrested in Charlie Kirk killing, Trump says

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Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 months ago

Harsimrat Randhawa 'had no time at all to react' to stray bullet that killed her, police say | CBC News

Police recovered vehicles involved in the shooting of student Harsimrat Randhawa and are pursuing leads in the investigation.
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