Mass shooting in Fargo (North Dakota) averted last week

[Parliament 14368]

Bad guy shot up some cops at a crash scene.  Gets found with a buncha weapons, ammo and explosives.  Turns out he was googling bad things.

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 North Dakota law enforcement officials on Friday said a gunman searched online for area public events along with the terms “kill fast” and “mass shooting events” before he ambushed police with nearly 40 rounds of gunfire, killing one officer and seriously injuring two others and a civilian before he was fatally shot.

While for now they believe 37-year-old Mohamed Barakat acted alone, a motive for his actions remains unclear.

“We have no reason to believe the public is in further danger,” said Mac Schneider, U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota said during a Friday news conference. “… Even in the early stage of the investigation, if there was clear evidence of motive we would share it.”

North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said investigators believe for now that there were no co-conspirators, and do not believe the shooting was religiously motivated.

Inside Barakat’s car, they found what Schneider described as an “absolute arsenal,” 1,800 rounds, multiple guns and a homemade hand grenade, along with gasoline containers and two propane tanks filled with explosive materials built in his home. The tanks were detonated by a bomb squad, and proved to be very powerful, Wrigley said.

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/07/21/fargo-gunman-searched-online-for-kill-fast-and-mass-shooting-events-officials-say/

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13 hours ago, Parliament said:

Bad guy shot up some cops at a crash scene.  Gets found with a buncha weapons, ammo and explosives.  Turns out he was googling bad things.

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/07/21/fargo-gunman-searched-online-for-kill-fast-and-mass-shooting-events-officials-say/

Any pics of Mohamed Barakat? Was he a Dakota native?

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Syrian descent - sought asylum in 2012. Wasn't involved in the traffic accident. No social media presence and had been researching mass shootings for years.

https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/07/21/attorney-general-drew-wrigley-reveals-information-regarding-fargo-shooter/

 

 

 

[Degenerate Gardner 4104]

Thank God we didn’t have to add another to the ‘Price of Freedom’ tally. Yea!

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

10 hours ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

Thank God we didn’t have to add another to the ‘Price of Freedom’ tally. Yea!

Well other than that one cop. 

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Anybody living in North Dakota has contemplated killing a lot of other folks at one time or another,

[scottsins 1992]

So, are we saying that we averted a mass shooting…to describe a scenario where said “aversion” was the potential mass shooter committing a shooting where he killed one, wounded a couple/few others? I think we have the formula for a solution now. Just have to hope more shooters do one shooting before their planned big one.

[Pato del Muerto 52855]

Sounds like it was averted by the shooter himself by his choice of target. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8916]

Anybody living in North Dakota has contemplated killing a lot of other folks at one time or another,

Just between December and February. Much like Texans from Jun-September

[Homercles 10206]

So a mass shooting was averted by…a mass shooting?

[Orange&White 5554]

1 hour ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Well other than that one cop. 

Mr. Pink:
You kill anybody?

Mr. White:
A few cops.

Mr. Pink:
No real people?

Mr. White:
Just cops.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8916]

So, are we saying that we averted a mass shooting…to describe a scenario where said “aversion” was the potential mass shooter committing a shooting where he killed one, wounded a couple/few others? I think we have the formula for a solution now. Just have to hope more shooters do one shooting before their planned big one.

I personally think he got cold feet and opted for suicide by cop. The theory amongst investigators is he wanted to create a distraction at the car accident scene, and then proceed to the street fair to really fuck shit up.

I have no idea what would’ve happened had there not been a car accident. But he could’ve easily drove around the accident and went guns blazing at the packed street fair. I drove past the fair the day before the shooting and thought about how vulnerable it was with just a couple of saw horses stopping a vehicle from ramming through. Scary/sad deal

[CooterBrown 18089]

So a mass shooting was averted by…a mass shooting?

Gotta kill 4+ for it to be a mass shooting. This was just a neighborhood freedom display.

[Parliament 14368]

FF to 7:30 in.  I know it's fashionable to bag on the police here, but by my rudimentary understanding of tactics I think this officer did it right.  Reacted instantly, called for help, used the cover of the BMW's engine block, and moved to cover to reload.  No civilians were harmed by the police.

https://www.facebook.com/thecityoffargo/videos/131803596653941

Edited August 17, 2023 by Parliament

[Captainant 27970]

1 minute ago, Parliament said:

7:30 in.  I know it's fashionable to bag on the police here, but by my rudimentary understanding of tactics I think this officer did it right.  Reacted instantly, called for help, used the cover of the BMW's engine block, and moved to cover to reload.  No civilians were harmed by the police.

https://www.facebook.com/thecityoffargo/videos/131803596653941

A cop, or a few cops are fully capable of doing good in the world. Get all of them into a department and they megazord themselves into a gang and will weild state violence against pretty much anyone for any reason (see fuck the police thread)