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dalton99a

(81,488 posts)
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 09:50 AM Aug 2022

Another member of the Donald Trump Martyrs Brigade goes to MAGA heaven

https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/law-enforcement-investigating-car-crash-gunshots-and-suicide-east

Law Enforcement Investigating Car Crash, Gunshots, and Suicide on East Capitol Street
August 14, 2022
Press Release

Just after 4:00 a.m., a man drove his car into the vehicle barricade at East Capitol Street and Second Street.

While the man was getting out of the car, it became engulfed in flames.

The man then fired several shots into the air along East Capitol Street.

When our officers heard the sound of gunfire, they immediately responded and were approaching the man when he shot himself.

Nobody else was hurt.

At this time, it does not appear the man was targeting any Members of Congress, who are on recess, and it does not appear officers fired their weapons.

Our investigators are looking into the man’s background.

DC’s Metropolitan Police Department is handling the death investigation.
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Another member of the Donald Trump Martyrs Brigade goes to MAGA heaven (Original Post) dalton99a Aug 2022 OP
Quite a few of them kill themselves murielm99 Aug 2022 #1
I was thinking that myself AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2022 #5
they can't bear to live in a country without racial superiority Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #13
This idiot should inspire Trump (n/t) PJMcK Aug 2022 #2
Top of the world, ma! murielm99 Aug 2022 #3
Willing to sacrifice his life for a con man, Emile Aug 2022 #4
Har, har, har, that's a main theme throughout history...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #7
Do we even know if he was a MAGAt or just some loon with a gun MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #6
I don't think we know that yet...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #8
I've looked and can't find any background on this guy yet from law enforcement, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #9
He has a criminal history LeftInTX Aug 2022 #12
Interesting that only Velshi mentioned this malaise Aug 2022 #10
IQ 45 aka, the Anti-Christ, has sent another soul GreenWave Aug 2022 #11
Trump should have a cemetery on one of his golf courses for his heaven and hell-bound followers. Earth-shine Aug 2022 #14

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
3. Top of the world, ma!
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 10:16 AM
Aug 2022

Can't you just see the orange monster as Cagney? What fun that would be. He doesn't have the guts, though.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,378 posts)
9. I've looked and can't find any background on this guy yet from law enforcement,
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 11:03 AM
Aug 2022

but we should know soon enough.

LeftInTX

(25,337 posts)
12. He has a criminal history
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 02:05 PM
Aug 2022

Name has not been released

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/14/capitol-barricade-rammed-shots-fired/

At a news conference, Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said officers “did not hear the individual say anything” during the incident. He said investigators were exploring the man’s social media and running his name through databases, but had so far found nothing tying him to the Capitol.

Police said the vehicle caught fire as the man was getting out of it. Manger said investigators were exploring whether the man might have started the blaze, as it did not appear to have been sparked by the collision.

Manger said the man’s vehicle collided with a barricade at East Capitol and Second streets, and he got out and began walking toward the Capitol. The man, firing a handgun indiscriminately as he crossed First Street, entered onto Capitol property, where a Capitol Police officer saw him shoot himself in the head, Manger said.

Capitol Police said investigators have begun looking into the man’s background; D.C. police have taken over the investigation into his death. Manger said investigators had found addresses for the man in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and he had some criminal history over the past 10 years.


Why he may not be a MAGAT:

He had a handgun, not an AR 15
It was 4 am and MAGATS operate where "they can be on TeeVee"
Fired indiscriminately

GreenWave

(6,754 posts)
11. IQ 45 aka, the Anti-Christ, has sent another soul
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 01:47 PM
Aug 2022

If any religion picks up on this theme, I may end my boycott and actually attend.

Earth-shine

(4,013 posts)
14. Trump should have a cemetery on one of his golf courses for his heaven and hell-bound followers.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 03:25 PM
Aug 2022

Maybe even use actual headstones, unlike what he did for his first wife.

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