• Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 months ago

    Someone at a kids’ event shoots a gun “at least a dozen times” — that’s not shooting up the event?

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      8 months ago

      Luckily no one was hurt. I know people who were at the event.

      This dude is screwed even with his political connections. He will never be a cop again.

      Also he wasn’t a St. Louis cop. He was a St. Louis county cop. It’s a weird St. Louis thing.

    • Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      No. It’s shooting within the event and/or near it but not at it or any of the participants. The phrase “shot up” infers that the subject was the target.

      But I get the sentiment of wanting to phrase it in a way that conveys the most amount of danger and insanity.