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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:53 AM Dec 2015

Grocery shopper alerted police to a man's strange behavior and may have prevented a mass shooting

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/11/1459319/-Grocery-shopper-alerted-police-to-a-man-s-strange-behavior-and-may-have-stopped-a-mass-shooting

Police in Edgewater, Maryland were alerted to a man’s strange behavior by a person shopping in a grocery store. Police ended up detaining 56-year-old Kirk Green and upon further investigation, discovered he had apparently been planning an attack:

Officers detained the man, 56-year-old Kirk Green of Edgewater, and later found guns, ammunition and plans to attack government agencies in his vehicle, police said.

Police said Green had circled locations on a map, and a journal was found in which he said he planned to "take back the land.

Green appeared to be delusional and a roommate confirmed his mental illness. Even in custody, he was threatening officers:

Green also told the officer "I can kill people. I can kill everyone," according to charging documents.
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Grocery shopper alerted police to a man's strange behavior and may have prevented a mass shooting (Original Post) eridani Dec 2015 OP
Funny never made the MSN, it is only a crazy ass white guy with doc03 Dec 2015 #1
They probably considered it not news worthy Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #3
It can leave you speechless. Thank goodness for the shopper. Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #2
a felon that bought guns... Javaman Dec 2015 #4

doc03

(35,337 posts)
1. Funny never made the MSN, it is only a crazy ass white guy with
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:02 AM
Dec 2015

a gun. Ignore this he is not a Islamic radical.

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
3. They probably considered it not news worthy
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 10:10 AM
Dec 2015

since the guy didn't actually kill a whole bunch of people, he was just planning on it.

Judi Lynn

(160,533 posts)
2. It can leave you speechless. Thank goodness for the shopper.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:54 AM
Dec 2015

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"I can kill people. I can kill everyone" [/center]
Thank you for this post.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
4. a felon that bought guns...
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 11:03 AM
Dec 2015

I'm sure the gun shops he bought them from are delighted he kept the receipts.

I'm not against guns, per say, I'm for psych tests for those who buy them.

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