Army veteran the shooter at Sikh temple

[casmgn]

With possible white supremacist group ties.

www.cnn.com/2012/08/06/us/wisconsin-temple-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[raangoli]

Thanks for sharing the link. I had heard on the news this morning that they said he was an Army veteran, but I didn't know they had additional details.

[mbcdefg]

It's annoying me that this isn't getting as much coverage as Aurora.

[allibally]

Aug 6, 2012 9:36:43 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

It's annoying me that this isn't getting as much coverage as Aurora.

Me too. This hits way closer to home for me so maybe I am biased. I grew up in WI and I still live close by. A friend's family member was shot. It's just heart breaking to me.

[CallingAllAngels]

Honestly, I don't care. I would be happy if the public never learned a single thing about this guy. Maybe because I think that Colorado shooter is getting a major hard-on from the media attention and it's driving me bonkers.

[nonsenseabound]

I agree that it's annoying that it's not getting the same attention as Aurora.

However, I think it's because Aurora was a novelty. You don't hear about people gunning down people in movie theaters. In the media's mind, this is just another religious hate crime.

[casmgn]

Aug 6, 2012 10:26:48 GMT -5 nonsenseabound said:

I agree that it's annoying that it's not getting the same attention as Aurora.

However, I think it's because Aurora was a novelty. You don't hear about people gunning down people in movie theaters. In the media's mind, this is just another religious hate crime.

I agree - and not only someone gunning people down in a movie theatre, but the perpatrator presented himself as the joker and rigged his apartment full of explosives. Definitely a novelty news story.