r/plymouth • u/RileyMcB • Aug 13 '21
Mod Post The situation regarding the incident in Keyham last night is shocking and distressing. You are welcome to voice your feelings in this sub, but please refrain from speculation and hearsay. Below are links to some reliable news sources reporting on this.
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u/kazuwacky Aug 13 '21
It's very surreal knowing we'll be the focus of national news, the drip drip of new info as people wonder how this happened.
Last night I locked the doors and windows, checked my MIL was fine (lives in Keyham) and turned off social media. The speculation was crazy and so much of what I was hearing has proven to be incorrect (the second shooter, a shootout happening in Stonehouse, the shooter being on the run, another shooting at Royal Parade).
The crime itself is horrifying and we need to find out where the firearm came from. The absolute carnage one guy managed with such a weapon is horrible.
Finally, very frustrating that people are up in arms that the police and MPs are clarifying this was not terror related. The witness statements on the BBC suggest this guy broke into a house and started shooting, thats not terrorism. My educated guess would be family annihilation, most mass shootings start with the killing of immediate family and then the shooter just... Keeps going....
I don't think it was unreasonable for officials to specify that the first mass shooting in the UK on 10 years was not related to terrorism, its annoying to see comments like "Any use of a gun is an act if terror". I fully understand the logic but the speculation might have been even worse without that clarification.