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[–] School_Lunch@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

He was carrying around the gun and a manifesto... he was trying to be caught. Dude probably was going out to eat every meal and getting frustrated that no one called the cops on him till today.

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 54 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Carrying the gun seems particularly fucking stupid.

[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 59 points 2 weeks ago

Like suspiciously stupid. Getting caught, even if you get your manifesto out there, doesn't really help your cause. Disappearing; leaving a constant doubt of a professional killer hunting insurance CEOs would.

So here's hoping Luigi plays along for a couple weeks and goes "haha suckers, here's my alibi."

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And, from all accounts, this guy was not stupid - high school valedictorian, high honors in college, tech bro who made or acquired a ghost gun. My guess is the evidence was planted or he wanted to get caught. I mean, it was a ghost gun - he could have melted it down or broke it into pieces, etc. Why would he still have it?

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Why would he still have it?

Mental disease or defect? But yeah I've seen what folks are writing about the dude and he certainly doesn't seem "stupid" on paper.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Seems sus. The guy didn't look like the other photos to me and why would you keep evidence on your person like that? Why not ditch the gun and jacket? Seems like someone taking the fall so the cops and stuff look good.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You asked why as a reply to a comment that suggested he wanted to get caught. That would be the why.

Perhaps he wants to have his day in court and air out what these evil companies do.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Seems like he could've done that by posting a YouTube video and turning himself in if he wanted to be caught that easily.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe he had more than one target, thus he still needed the gun.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You can like, get more guns. Or hide them in advance.

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently he had some pending YouTube videos being published, but YouTube took down his account.

Also, he stated to the police that he didn't know where the money came from, suspecting it might have been a plant.