Magenta Posted April 13, 2013 Posted April 13, 2013 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/04/4chan-mall-shooter/?ed=5aH The man arrested today in connection to the shooting of two women at a suburban Virginia mall may have announced his crime minutes in advance on the 4chan message board. “Sure op. show us what you look like? Name? Address?” an anonymous poster replied 5 minutes after the posting. Minutes later, another anonymous poster chimed in: “guys…this is going on right now.” The alleged shooter identified himself on the troublemaking /b/ board on 4chan as Neil Macinnis “and I go to new river community college in Christiansburg Virginia,” he said. The man provided his contact information with his posting. The shootings occurred at a mall in the town of about 21,000 in southwestern Virginia. The two victims were rushed to a local hospital. Their condition was not immediately known. Police were called about 2 p.m. when somebody reported a man with a gun at the community college’s satellite location in the mall. “I”m a bit nervous because I’ve never really handled a shotgun but a few times with the Christiansburg police,” the alleged gunman wrote, adding: “I’m at school writing this.” About eight minutes after the initial posting, an anonymous poster on the 4chan message board typed: “Shots fired.” Another promptly replied: “I can’t believe this is fucking real…wtf.” A little later on, somebody else wrote: “IT”S HPPAENINGIT”S HPPAENINGIT”S HPPAENNING.” The message later dropped from 4chan. A reliable source took the below screenshot of the thread while it was still live. It is NSFW. With reporting by Laura Hudson
Rob_Ilir Posted April 14, 2013 Posted April 14, 2013 They have mods and some sort of agents on /b, always. This says more about the state and their dis-organisation, in a place with barely 20k people this should have been dealt with before it began.
masonman Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 They have mods and some sort of agents on /b, always. This says more about the state and their dis-organisation, in a place with barely 20k people this should have been dealt with before it began. I mean, do you want to live in a world where the FBI is closely monitoring every online community as a defense against shooters and terrorists?
Rob_Ilir Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 They have mods and some sort of agents on /b, always. This says more about the state and their dis-organisation, in a place with barely 20k people this should have been dealt with before it began. I mean, do you want to live in a world where the FBI is closely monitoring every online community as a defense against shooters and terrorists? Not at all, but I do remember many many people get busted for all sorts of things on b, and very quickly.I would think that if sombody makes a credible threat in a chat forum, that somebody else will press the alarm button, even here.
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