Indianapolis: Dutch commando dies after shooting outside US hotel

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

A Dutch commando has died of his injuries after being shot outside an Indianapolis hotel while off-duty.
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The city's law enforcement agencies are still investigating the shooting and have so far not reported any arrests. An earlier police statement said detectives did not believe it was a "random act".

According to local media, the incident took place around 03:30 (07:30 GMT) on Saturday outside the Hampton Inn Hotel in the city's entertainment district, where the three soldiers had been staying.

Officials believe the shooting followed a previous altercation including one or multiple other people at another location in the city.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62712298

[msfiddlestix]

1. More info from the link:

A little more background:

He was one of three Dutch soldiers, all in the US for training exercises, who were wounded in the shooting in the early hours of Saturday.

According to the Dutch Defence Ministry the two other victims are conscious and remain in hospital in stable condition.

Police believe the shooting followed an earlier disturbance in downtown Indianapolis, but gave few details.

[msfiddlestix]

2. Special Ops Training at the Indiana Military Center

Didn't know Indiana was a location for these things..

Dutch defence officials confirmed the soldiers had been off-duty at the time of the attack and that their families had been notified.

All three of the soldiers were members of the Commando Corps, one of the special operations units in the Netherlands armed forces.

According to AP news agency, the Indiana National Guard said the soldiers had been training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center before visiting Indiana's state capital at the end of their duty day.

As well as being used by the US Department of Defense, the Indiana military centre is used by the armed forces of the US's international allies for training purposes as well.

[Marthe48]

7. wonder if the Dutch commandos were outed by traitor?

n/t

[msfiddlestix]

8. Defintely some intrigue here..

I'd be interested in follow up reporting....

but won't hold my breath, it's obviously too sensitive

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. I don't think he'd have up-to-date information like this

President Biden hasn't been including him even in things like the "courtesy" informing of Bush and Obama about the killing of al-Zawahri before the public statement was made. Trump's cache of stolen documents was from when he was president.

I would guess this is more likely some stupid bar argument that escalated, with an idiot fetching a gun to get his revenge on them. Whether them being soldiers, or foreign, was particularly relevant, we'll have to wait and see.

[Marthe48]

13. From now on, I'll wonder

each document traitor stole is like a stone making ripples in a pond. Maybe the team these guys belong to are interesting to our enemies, maybe this was just a bar fight.

Hoping as many people as possible are connected from betrayal as possibly can be.

[Novara]

11. They obviously weren't undercover.

[Geechie]

14. Now now

[turbinetree]

4. This is just messed up on so many levels.....

[Farmer-Rick]

5. Seems mass shootings in the US

Are as common as bombings in Belfast during the 1980s and 1990s. Not a good place to visit, let alone live in.

Be careful out there.

[Danascot]

6. The most severely injured commando has died

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62712298

[JanMichael]

10. When it comes to nato, only in America.

Sure you might get beat up or stabbed or something in the UK or Germany or France. Maybe shot but that's pretty freaking unlikely.

Three trained people probably won't get shot.

Wonder if they were training in urban assault?

USA USA USA USA

[Novara]

12. The reporting mentioned an earlier "altercation."

Did they initiate the altercation? I am wondering if they fucked around and found out.

[róisín_dubh]

19. Um, what?

In any normal country, fucking around in a fight shouldn't lead to someone being shot.
This country is a fucking mess.

[Novara]

20. As you said, this is not a normal country.

A bar fight can easily end up with someone dead.

[Bayard]

15. Ugly Americans

Too many just itching to shoot someone.

[Emile]

16. When out drinking best not get into any arguments.

This is one gun crazy country.

[Captain Zero]

18. Especially in Indy after midnight in the

"Entertainment District"

It would be easier to count the weekend nights this DOESN'T HAPPEN in downtown Indianapolis.

It's drunk and broke people out too late.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Foreign military sent to the US for training must be briefed about the potential for violence.

Before they arrive.

Bar fights here in the US can be deadly.

Any altercation can result in death.