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Demovictory9

(32,468 posts)
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 05:45 PM Feb 2022

Argument leads to fatal shooting in checkout line of grocery

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — An argument in the checkout line of a South Florida grocery store escalated into a fatal shooting, as other shootings around the state took place in a sports bar and a banquet hall.

The argument between two men started in the checkout line of a Publix on Saturday evening in the upscale neighborhood of Coral Gables, known for its Mediterranean-style mansions and being the home of the University of Miami. One of the men pulled a gun and shot the other man. The victim died in the store, and the shooter was in police custody, according to the Miami Herald.

No further details were immediately provided.

Meanwhile, four people were shot Saturday night at the Player’s Sports Bar and Grill in North Lauderdale, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. After a fight took place in the sports bar and a patron was told to leave, the patron shot at the bar, striking several people. One victim has injuries that are believed to be life-threatening, the sheriff's office said in a news release.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/argument-leads-to-fatal-shooting-in-checkout-line-of-grocery/ar-AATxa6q

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Ferrets are Cool

(21,108 posts)
2. Ya know how no one could go to bars or restaurants during the height of covid?
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 06:16 PM
Feb 2022

btw, we still don't, but I digress...It seems as though it will get to a point in America where you can't go out anymore for fear of being shot.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
4. Each day, 316 people are shot in the United States.
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 06:43 PM
Feb 2022

Among those: 106 people are shot and killed; 210 survive gunshot injuries.
https://www.bradyunited.org/key-statistics

So there were 311 other people that were shot yesterday, besides these 5.

NickB79

(19,257 posts)
10. 2/3 of those are suicides
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 07:46 PM
Feb 2022

Our nation has a serious mental health problem, and not just the shootings in the streets and stores. It's become endemic

mitch96

(13,920 posts)
7. I lived just north of there for many years. About a mile or two from me a person was shot
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 07:14 PM
Feb 2022

EVERY DAY.. My neighborhood was great but it was time to go. Still in Florida but not down there...
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Bantamfancier

(366 posts)
9. Wow.
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 07:40 PM
Feb 2022

Ya think that person would just move away. Getting shot every day would sure be depressing.
/end snark

Chainfire

(17,582 posts)
11. There are a lot of armed Floridians.
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 07:47 PM
Feb 2022

Open carry is not permitted in the state, so you never know who is carrying a concealed weapon. Publix is not going to run security screening of their customers.

I can not imagine, what you may argue about in a checkout line that would get you riled up enough to kill someone. I wonder if it was over a mask?

Florida anti-maskers are getting frisky. Two punk (twenty something) kids almost went at me about me wearing a mask. They were laughing and making fun of it, behind me, just loud enough for me to hear. I was thinking that I might end up dancing the Tango in Home Depot... If they would have initiated contact with me the little snots would have had to go home and cry to their mama about the gray haired old man who nearly stomped a mudhole in their butts.

When you hit 70, nobody expects you to fight fair anymore.

struggle4progress

(118,320 posts)
13. "So now it's illegal to shoot people who disagree with you in the check-out line? What's
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 07:58 PM
Feb 2022

happening to our constitutional rights?"

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