The shooter was stationed inside the house and immediately began firing with an AR-15-style rifle, Barker said.
Investigators also discovered a black lab shot dead in the basement of the house that belonged to the ex-girlfriend of the shooter.
[The ex girlfriend] also told investigators that she believed Ruth had set her pick-up truck on fire while it was sitting in the home’s driveway in August, according to an affidavit.
Crispng adds:
Prime example of how current gun laws do absolutely nothing to protect us.
Even in my state of WA with some of the most restricted gun laws in the nation a person convicted of violent crimes can still get a hold of a firearm.
And an AR-14, which nobody needs. Unless we’re all going to use them to overthrow the gestapo like the 2nd amendment intended.
That’s the fun thing about charging someone with a crime. The accused hasn’t been proven guilty yet.
In this case, they were there to arrest him for stalking. Which may or may not have resulted in a felony, barring him from gun ownership.
A rational observation.
I too, wish we could ascertain who was going to snap and do bad things before they have to do something crazy enough to be lawfully convicted, but there’s gotta be a process.
I’m pretty sure they’re clueless. “Restricted gun laws”? What does that even mean?
Sounds like a nice guy.