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.

  • @floop@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    Gee, it almost makes a person feel sorry for the guy who plowed his car into a crowd of 30 people, (edit: nearly) killing several…

    /s

    • FaceDeer
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      It’s possible for both of those people to have done something bad.

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        1 month ago

        Sure, but I object to portraying the person who plowed a car into a crowd of people as any kind of victim.

        • FaceDeer
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          It is also possible for someone who has done something bad to be the victim of something else that is bad.

        • @comrade_twisty@feddit.org
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          I never said that the perpetrator is a victim! I said, I would not want the guy who shoots someone who is already pinned down and no longer a threat in revenge to own a gun.

          It’s happened time and time again that crowds identified and attacked the wrong person in the immediate aftermath of such attacks.

          If he is no longer a threat let law enforcement take over and don’t play judge and executioner - that is all I am saying.