mom2scouts Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 http://abcnews.go.com/US/cleveland-police-searching-suspect-broadcast-killing-facebook/story?id=46831944&cid=clicksource_4380645_2_daypart_dp_hed Have you all seen this story? He walked up to a random old man and shot him to death yesterday. :crying: WTH is wrong with people? Even scarier, the killer was a caseworker with mentally ill children! If you're in any of the surrounding states and even think you see this man or his car, please call the police immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 How horrible!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 That is horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Yes I saw that yesterday and it is horrible. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 http://abcnews.go.com/US/cleveland-police-searching-suspect-broadcast-killing-facebook/story?id=46831944&cid=clicksource_4380645_2_daypart_dp_hed Have you all seen this story? He walked up to a random old man and shot him to death yesterday. :crying: WTH is wrong with people? Even scarier, the killer was a caseworker with mentally ill children! If you're in any of the surrounding states and even think you see this man or his car, please call the police immediately. Dh and I saw this story this morning. Horrifying. We just think about the kids on FB who might have seen that live. I guess only people he had on his friends list would see it live? I hope at least. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Dh and I saw this story this morning. Horrifying. We just think about the kids on FB who might have seen that live. I guess only people he had on his friends list would see it live? I hope at least. Ugh. Unfortunately, I saw the video. It was all over FB on sites that were reporting the news. Very disturbing. I hope they took down all those videos showing the shooting and the man lying on the sidewalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Unfortunately, I saw the video. It was all over FB on sites that were reporting the news. Very disturbing. I hope they took down all those videos showing the shooting and the man lying on the sidewalk. I saw what was on the news....yea that was bad enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Unfortunately, I saw the video. It was all over FB on sites that were reporting the news. Very disturbing. I hope they took down all those videos showing the shooting and the man lying on the sidewalk. That is horrible. Not just disrespectful for the victim and his family (disrespectful is not a strong enough word), but horrifying to most people and possibly titillating to some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 That is just awful. I hope he is caught and locked up for eternity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Found myself being more aware than usual as I was out running errands this morning! Horrifying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I heard something about it in a Facebook group yesterday as it was still happening, but I'm not at all interested in watching the footage. So horrible. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Found myself being more aware than usual as I was out running errands this morning! Horrifying! We are also in one of the states they're searching. I've already decided that unless he's found by then, no way is my daughter walking to or from work tomorrow (half mile through our quiet neighborhood). Super low odds, I know, and an emotional but not logical response, but.. I know I won't be able to let her walk out the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 So horrible for the victim's family, as well as for the family of the woman he blamed his actions on. Am I the only one wanting to ditch fb altogether even more than I did before? If only we didn't have fb groups as the main communications channel for some of our activities, I'd log off for good today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 We are also in one of the states they're searching. I've already decided that unless he's found by then, no way is my daughter walking to or from work tomorrow (half mile through our quiet neighborhood). Super low odds, I know, and an emotional but not logical response, but.. I know I won't be able to let her walk out the door. Eek! I took a long walk this morning a dawn and didn't even think about it then. I hope they catch him by tomorrow morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 We were hiking in a nearby park when this happened. My dd called me, upset, and asked me to please just come home! I told her I was pretty sure the guy wasn't going to end up where I was but we left earlier just to get home and wait to see if they'd catch him. All of my kids are shaken by this story! (We're south of where the shooting occurred by about 8 miles or so, so I was never really worried about being out, just cautious.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 So horrible for the victim's family, as well as for the family of the woman he blamed his actions on. Am I the only one wanting to ditch fb altogether even more than I did before? If only we didn't have fb groups as the main communications channel for some of our activities, I'd log off for good today. It's not FB I want to ditch, but our collective national obsession with guns. It sickens me to no end that we continue to let this happen. These days, I almost feel complicit by remaining a citizen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Not sure it makes a difference but it wasn't FB live. He recorded it then posted it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Not sure it makes a difference but it wasn't FB live. He recorded it then posted it. I had not heard that. Either way, it ended up on FB. My mind just can't grasp how low and ugly that is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 ABC radio news reporting Stevens has killed himself. No articles to link yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 http://www.goerie.com/news/20170418/police-cleveland-facebook-killer-kills-self-in-erie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I just saw that as a news Facebook post. I feel terrible to be thankful that someone is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 I just saw several news stations reporting he killed himself. I'm not surprised at all and fully expected it to end this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Almost all depressive men who kill either kill themselves or basically do a suicide by cop. I am much happier that it wasn't the suicide by cop because of how the cop feels when forced to do that. This whole story is so disheartening about the mental health situation in this country. This guy was a mental health counselor or helper of some kind. Yet, he didn't avail himself of services to help his depression and of course, we have such laws here that these stories happen over and over again. It is so hard for concerned family to do anything except watch the horror show happen. I feel so badly for the family of this man as I do for the very large family of the man who was murdered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I saw that a British paper had a link to the video too. I did not click it. I have no interest is seeing this. I didn't watch the beheadings or the burning of the Jordanian pilot by ISIS either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I remember the days when major broadcast news stations would not show a corpse on screen, regardless of manner of death. That's what TIME Magazine was for, and it was staffed by photojournalists necessarily recording historic atrocities. That decorum ended with 24 hour cable news, the digital age, and multiplication of paparazzi. Yes, these things must be recorded, and I have healthy respect for the first amendment, but the world seems a colder place. The man had a gambling addiction. So it was beyond depression. He felt utterly hopeless. That doesn't justify blaming others, and certainly is no grounds for abusing or murdering others, but the shame and deceit that accompanies a gambling addiction can be insurmountable. With depression alone, one might easily or eventually come to an understanding that there's a physical, chemical cause. I believe it's much harder for the compulsive gambler to see that. I think that the cities that have resorted to casino gambling to fund projects and programs need to take a hard look at the mental health correlation and find more creative ways to raise revenues than cannibalize their own populaces. Sorry, rant over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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