Another mass shooting but whatevs
by digby
As far as I can tell, this story barely made the week-end cable news:
Bedlam, death rock Florida ZombiCon fest
That's how inured we are to gun violence. Since only 1 person died and five were wounded it's no big deal I guess:
A manhunt was underway Sunday after a shooting rampage at a zombie-themed festival left one person dead, five wounded and pandemonium on downtown streets.
The wounded victims at ZombiCon on Saturday night were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, according to police Lt. Victor Medico.
The shooting was the second instance of gunfire downtown within a week.
ZombiCon, an annual event in its ninth year, was expected to draw more than 20,000 people.
There were "a lot of witnesses down here, there were a lot of people taking pictures, videos with their cellphone," Medico said. "Anything that could help with this investigation would be greatly appreciated."
The shots began at 11:45 p.m., he said. Chaos reigned as crowds from ZombiCon raced through De Leon Plaza.
Jill Stancel, who works at a downtown barbershop, was selling water to Zombicon attendees when she heard the shots and saw people running.
"I was right here," she said. "A mass of people ran screaming and trying to get in the shop."
Stancel said she and others pulled her husband and another relative into the store, ran to the back of the shop and locked the door. They let eight to 10 people in. "They were standing in the back shaking and crying."
Whatever. I guess everyone should have been packing heat under the zombie costumes so they could return fire. But it sounds as though they couldn't really tell what was going on in the crowd. Frankly, I'm quite sure it would have been even worse if some yahoo had pulled out his gun and started firing.
This is so crazy. You should be able to go to public events, or school or church without worrying that somebody's going to shoot you. Seriously, that's not too much to ask.