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A man was dragged from his car by enraged bystanders and shot after he plowed a vehicle into a crowd in Los Angeles, leaving seven people critically injured and at least 23 others hurt outside a nightclub early Saturday morning, police said.

Cameras in the area are still being canvassed, but the incident appears to have been intentional, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Two law enforcement sources familiar with the situation said the suspect was kicked out of the venue for being intoxicated and disruptive.

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[-] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 141 points 2 weeks ago

If you're asked the identify the shooter, remember: You don't have to.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 weeks ago

Watch them imprison the shooter and let go the driver because car drivers could never do any wrong.

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 15 points 2 weeks ago
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[-] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Car-centric culture really is fascinating, isn't it? In a sad, morbid kind of way

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Acts of violence with cars are notoriously underpunished. Some bullshit about the unrealized power and semi-autonomy of a vehicle in motion

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[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago

Police said they arrested the driver, Fernando Ramirez, 29, who was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He is currently hospitalized and has not been booked into jail, the LAPD said. His condition was not immediately known.

[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Its not a perfect solution but it is a solution.

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago

That doesn't look like the car I was expecting.

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Using a car as a weapon is disturbingly, horrifically romanticized in the minds of a certain subset of Americans.

Regardless of the driver being shot, I'm actually glad there's a headline of someone driving into a crowd getting pulled out of their car and getting their ass beat. Fuckwads like that need to know they're gonna get fucked up real bad if they try that shit.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

Police ask anyone with information about the shooter to get in touch.

I'm ready to come forward. It was Elon Musk.

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[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

So a man injured several people in a mass attack with a deadly weapon, then bystanders rushed in to stop the man by using another deadly weapon. I’m sure the conservatives won’t have any problem with this, since this is exactly what they say should be done in that scenario.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

They only like 'other' people to be attached by deadly weapons. They will at best, be indifferent because they themselves weren't being attacked.

They didn't dig it when the Black Panthers started arming themselves.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you saw something, no you didn't.

[-] Tire@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cars are ridiculously dangerous. I don’t think we realize what huge weapons they are.

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[-] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t do revenge kills, hit em, make them unconscious, pin them down, but don’t revenge kill. It just makes everything worse. Especially for the revenge-killer; there’s a reason why most kill themself after such an act.

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[-] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sgt. Travis Ward said the driver was shot after the collision, transported to the hospital and taken into surgery. For that reason, he said, police were unable to determine whether he was intoxicated.

Nah. They could have requested a warrant for a blood test while he was in the hospital if they wanted to.

[-] quinkin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Doctors tend not to withdraw blood from people with gunshot wounds. Generally they put blood and other fluids into them.

[-] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Nurse, please wring out this blood soaked cloth for the police."

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[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Alcohol is legal while pot isn't. And I can't have refills on my sons perscription, or fill it more than 3 days early because someone might "abuse" it. Not supporting an action, just pointing out the absurdity.

[-] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Once I went to pick up some of my medication for seizures a week early because I was going out of town and they literally interrogated me and called the manager. Like bro wtf am I gonna do with extra seizure meds???

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think I need a note signed by the president to pick up my kids adhd meds early due to a vacation. The pharmacists at my place are good though, they don't judge or anything, they just can't do things the computer says no to.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cannabis is perfectly legal in California and has been for some time.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

But still illegal federally... wait until donald want to deport people for smoking pot...

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