What if mass shootings were reported the way vehicular manslaughter is reported?
Headline: 13 People Dead and 4 Injured After They Collided With Bullets.
Story: According to police 13 people died and 4 were taken to the hospital after they collided with bullets at a café on Main Street.
A 22 year old male was walking past the café and his gun began to fire bullets at the café. Several bullets hit the café damaging a coffee machine before more bullets hit some of the diners in the café. According to the police, none of the diners were wearing bulletproof vests or military body armor when they ran into the bullets.
Of the 13 dead, 9 died at the scene and 4 died later at the hospital. The 4 injured diners were treated for non-fatal wounds and released from the hospital.
The 22 year old male gun owner is uninjured and returned to his home very shaken by the incident.
@KawaTora I'd say this needs more passive voice. Make it sound more like a police report: "The cafe was hit by several bullets, damaging a coffee machine, before some of the diners were hit by more bullets." Nobody, not even the bullets, take any action at all. "Nine people were declared dead at the scene; four people were later declared dead at the hospital."
So, I have PTSD and I suffer from paranoia. If I have a "medical episode" while I am riding my bicycle, and just as an example, break a car window, snatch the driver out of their seat and beat them to death with my bicycle, would the cops just write it off as me losing control of my bicycle during an unfortunate loss of control of my vehicle during a medical episode? I think not. Would they consider my lack of a criminal record or any tickets when determining if I should be put in jail?
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