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mercuryblues

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8. Here goes.

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:53 PM

Apr 27

I didn't feel like going down the rabbit hole, so early after the shooting. Will all the injuries be gunshot wounds? Who knows at this point.

But I will start...
The most commonly accepted definition of a mass shooting is 4 or more victims, shot or injured.

I read an article where a witness described this

A witness told ABC 15 what he saw on Saturday night at the scene.
https://abcnews4.com/news/crime-news/police-investigating-after-shooting-incident-on-north-ocean-blvd-in-myrtle-beach
I remember hearing gunfire shots just start going off everywhere. I remember seeing a girl fall that had been injured; I remember seeing the guy who had been shot fall to the ground," said Michael Howard, witness. "I seen blood everywhere. It was just very traumatizing.

What many people fail to realize mass shooting, mass murder, and spree killers all have different definitions. None are mutually exclusive of each other.

Mass murder is 4 or more killed in a single event.

Spree killers are murders that occur in a single event, in multiple locations. Sometimes called rampage killers.

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Mass shooting in Myrtle Beach tourist hotspot leaves 11 injured, suspect killed by police [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 27 OP

900 block of N Ocean Blvd Mountainguy Apr 27 #1

"11 people injured" qualifies it as a mass shooting mercuryblues Apr 27 #2

Injured by what? Mountainguy Apr 27 #3

Lead. mercuryblues Apr 27 #4

Can you support that? Mountainguy Apr 27 #6

Here - from a local NC outlet that describes more clearly what happened BumRushDaShow Apr 27 #7

Ok and... Mountainguy Apr 27 #9

This was reported by the local POLICE BumRushDaShow Apr 27 #13

Also any other injury as well Mountainguy Apr 27 #14

Well that is something that they would obviously have to investigate BumRushDaShow Apr 27 #15

Here goes. mercuryblues Apr 27 #8

We're stretching mass shooting Mountainguy Apr 27 #10

The exert I post clearly states people were shot. mercuryblues Apr 27 #11

It doesn't Mountainguy Apr 27 #12

When you work as a first responder, you learn very quickly: AverageOldGuy Apr 27 #5

The other saying I always heard from my family and friends who are also first responders... OldBaldy1701E Apr 28 #16

Unfortunately, Mr. Mayor... OldBaldy1701E Apr 28 #17

So, how many people did the police shoot Miguelito Loveless Apr 28 #18