It's actually a sad story. Yahoo news (by way of AP) shared some of it here. Nothing he did is justified in any way by his past, but in my mind this should help alleviate some of the terrorism talk that so quickly comes to our lips. We may find out differently later, but it seems like just another screwed up kid. Sadly, all races have those.
I agree that he is or was just another screwed up kid. Unfortunately, they make great targets for the evil people among us. Check this out:
The father of Trolley Square shooter Sulejmen Talovic apologizes over and over for the ordeal. Suljo Talovic says no one who knew his son saw this coming, and he believes someone pushed him to do it.
Suljo Talovic doesn't know where his son got the guns or how he learned how to use them.
Suljo Talovic, Father of Shooter: "Somebody got (the guns)…and maybe (they were) training him and tell(ing) him (to), ‘go shoot somebody.'"
Question: So you think that somebody influenced him maybe to do this?
Suljo Talovic: "Yeah. I think somebody."
Talovic says the tragedy is taking a toll on his family.
Repeatedly, in a lengthy interview with KSL Newsradio, Talovic expressed the sentiment that someone trained and pushed his son to kill. He apologizes for the ordeal, saying it makes him feel horrible, like killing himself.
This is from KSLTV.
I wonder if we will find that this young man had a connection with a local mosque or radical group.
Good point on those type of kids being targets for radicals. While there is no good outcome, I hope it comes out that there wasn't any radical group behind this.
Thanks for keeping us updated, I enjoy reading. Hope everything is well down there (although I hear rumblings that all is not, at least not at church). Please tell those who are still around I said, "hello."
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It's actually a sad story. Yahoo news (by way of AP) shared some of it here. Nothing he did is justified in any way by his past, but in my mind this should help alleviate some of the terrorism talk that so quickly comes to our lips. We may find out differently later, but it seems like just another screwed up kid. Sadly, all races have those.
I agree that he is or was just another screwed up kid. Unfortunately, they make great targets for the evil people among us. Check this out:
The father of Trolley Square shooter Sulejmen Talovic apologizes over and over for the ordeal. Suljo Talovic says no one who knew his son saw this coming, and he believes someone pushed him to do it.
Suljo Talovic doesn't know where his son got the guns or how he learned how to use them.
Suljo Talovic, Father of Shooter: "Somebody got (the guns)…and maybe (they were) training him and tell(ing) him (to), ‘go shoot somebody.'"
Question: So you think that somebody influenced him maybe to do this?
Suljo Talovic: "Yeah. I think somebody."
Talovic says the tragedy is taking a toll on his family.
Repeatedly, in a lengthy interview with KSL Newsradio, Talovic expressed the sentiment that someone trained and pushed his son to kill. He apologizes for the ordeal, saying it makes him feel horrible, like killing himself.
This is from KSLTV.
I wonder if we will find that this young man had a connection with a local mosque or radical group.
Katie,
Good point on those type of kids being targets for radicals. While there is no good outcome, I hope it comes out that there wasn't any radical group behind this.
Thanks for keeping us updated, I enjoy reading. Hope everything is well down there (although I hear rumblings that all is not, at least not at church). Please tell those who are still around I said, "hello."
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