Saturday, July 30, 2016's wreck of a hot-air balloon was only miles from Austin, Texas. Lockhart is about 30 miles south of Austin.
Overnight, in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 31, 2016, reports out of Austin, Texas, tell of an "active shooter," and accounts of "separate shootings within the same area."
The Austin, Texas police have said that one person (a female) was killed and four were injured following an "active shooter incident" in Austin.
The Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted there were "multiple" individuals with gunshot wounds.
A moment to pause....
As I had to note a few years ago, gang shootings, domestic violence shootings, and friend-on-friend or gender-related-passion shootings take place all the time in America. But during news cycles of increased media attention to mass shootings, shooting sprees, terrorism attacks, and "rampages," every dispute that ends in gunfire will initially be reported as if it is an extraordinary and similar situation.
I'm not sure what's up with this Austin shooting, but I'm wondering if it is just another one of these types of shootings that is being overblown by the media. This is not to diminish the deaths of anyone involved in any such incident, but we have to start being able to discriminate between shootings, even if the media does not.
Calling something a "mass shooter situation" does not make it like all the rest.
The Austin, Texas police have said that one person (a female) was killed and four were injured following an "active shooter incident" in Austin.
The Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted there were "multiple" individuals with gunshot wounds.
Units were responding to the area of 208 East 6th Street. This is the address of the Friends bar.
This section of town is a busy area, very youth-oriented and tourist-oriented. To get some idea of where this spot is, two blocks away, the Museum of the Weird is located at 412 East 6th Street, which is next to the Jackalope and the Chupacabra Cantina. A block in between is the Alamo Drafthouse. The Friends bar is in back behind Voodoo Doughnuts.
Residents are being told to stay away from the downtown area.
The location of the shooter or shooters is unknown.
The location of the shooter or shooters is unknown.
Be careful. Be safe.
Thanks to Mike Playfair for the alert.
