Does anyone see blood?
Does anyone see smoke from muzzle?
Does anyone see any sort of fireball?
I did not.
Don't crucify me........I'm just asking.
Any number of factors may have caused this kettle to boil-over, but this could have happened before the pandemic, or well before this past election season.
My personal theory is that the shooter decided on a course of action when the neighbor threatened him with "I'm gonna make your life a living hell!". We have no way of knowing for sure, but I've seen that before - push someone into a corner, and they'll act like it.
The notion that standing there staring at a gun being pointed at you, shot after shot, is also probably worth noting as A Bad Idea. It shows how the target (I won't say victim, because they clearly had their own share of blame here), for all the physical bluster, wasn't really ready to engage.
“Love thy neighbor, as thyself?”
But I wonder about the history of the shooter.
Plains Township Police Chief Dale Binker told the outlet the neighbors got into a similar argument following a snowstorm two months ago. Blinker said the incident was not reported to police and that Spaide had no criminal history.
It appears shooter was well educated and had a strong and successful military background. All this just confirms my fears that todays politics and frustrations may have helped pushed him over the edge. We all need to be aware we are, as a nation, being provoked and take steps to calm issues before they get massively out of hand. I fear, however, it may not be an isolated incident and the next few months may be less than what is desired.
It makes ZERO sense to do things that compromise personal safety while at the same time working hard to preserve it.