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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 Players 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
Emile
(22,852 posts)Sarcasm
sop
(10,224 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)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.
Walleye
(31,032 posts)jimfields33
(15,896 posts)We need to keep it that way!
gristy
(10,667 posts)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)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)EVERY DAY.. My neighborhood was great but it was time to go. Still in Florida but not down there...
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Ya think that person would just move away. Getting shot every day would sure be depressing.
/end snark
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Chainfire
(17,582 posts)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.
Crunchy Frog
(26,594 posts)Expect this to become the new normal in this country.
struggle4progress
(118,320 posts)happening to our constitutional rights?"