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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LukeTS@lemmy.world to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

Stay safe, everyone.

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quick summary of where things are at:

  • a shooter brought a pump action shotgun to a building site and started shooting at workers
  • two people plus the shooter are dead
  • three people seriously injured, three moderately injured
  • one responding police officer injured
  • does not appear to be politically or ideologically motivated
  • shooter was recently sentenced to home detention on domestic violence charges (thanks @SamC@lemmy.nz).

More from police press conference:

  • weapon not illegal type, but offender didn't have firearms licence. Unclear how he got weapon, not previously known to have weapon
  • was on home detention but had exemption to work at the site
  • indications that motivation was related to the work site
  • isolated, no wider risk, no reason for others to be worried about safety
  • no concerns regarding FIFA event safety
[-] SamC@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe not the place to start a discussion on domestic violence, but it's correlated with so many outcomes we don't want as a society that getting people professional help at the first sign of trouble seems like an obvious starting point.

Therapy, anger management, drug or alcohol dependance treatment, etc. I'm not sure that we have much support for any of these at the moment.

this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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