Mass shooter loose in Ohio. 8 dead so far.

[Hooked]

I'm guessing it was more than one perpetrator. This looks more like something you see with drug dealer cartels.

[schwarzkopf]

Which TV shows will they be cancelling for this shooting ?

I mean, that's the only thing ever done about this monotony of stupidity.

[akris15]

I'm guessing it was more than one perpetrator. This looks more like something you see with drug dealer cartels.

That's honestly what I am thinking: this was done from someone on the receiving end of a drug supplier. I wouldn't be surprised if someone in this family was cooking meth for said dealers and somehow they felt cheated so they evened the score by killing off the family in southern ohio. Even on shady deals in this area they never go this extreme.

[abel86silhouette]

Just another Friday night

[Kuja]

Perhaps time to ban guns?

[BuckSparkles]

Meh when you live there your entire life it grows on you compared to other places.


Yet let me give you some background on this area since I lived here for 18 years of my life. The area basically 99% white, barely high school educated, very centered around the church (my life was a living hell growing up because I didn't care about the presence of God and probably the main reason why I hate religion today), very gun/nascar happy but before you say OMG true redneck they are very simple people and very friendly (and about 60/40 rep-democrat if the thread wants to argue about that).

The whole area is extremely poor (I always say its a 3rd world country in the 1st world) with no industry aside from some farming along the rivers and Portsmouth and sadly the whole area between Pike/Scioto/Adams county is truly the poor of the poor. While the other area in the Pike/Scioto area can at least farm the people in this is general area they are in the woods and quite literally their main "industry" is to cook meth and send it up US 23. I would not be surprised if this is Meth related and someone had a bad deal/got cheated.

The thing about this is this is extremely rare in this area considering what I said above even with the whole Meth issue. Usually this isn't how they settle the score per se in this area (because this is one of those areas you can't get away with anything because everyone knows everyone) so I am curious if this was done by an "outsider" like from Columbus (the end of the "23 Pipeline" for the Meth).

I went to college in Shawnee State in Portsmouth, I have seen a little on how rundown at least some of southern Ohio is @_@

Real problem down there. Hopefully somebody fixes it sooner than later.

[Gheld]

That's honestly what I am thinking: this was done from someone on the receiving end of a drug supplier. I wouldn't be surprised if someone in this family was cooking meth for said dealers and somehow they felt cheated so they evened the score by killing off the family in southern ohio. Even on shady deals in this area they never go this extreme.

It's not uncommon for witnesses to unintentionally exaggerate the number of shooters in a shooting incident; since they are (rightly so) more focused on surviving than being a good witness. But yeah, for damn sure somebody pissed somebody off real bad for 8 execution style murders in one fell swoop like this. Not to say I'm blaming the victims. I'm really not. Whoever is responsible for this is a fucking monster.

[Buckeyenut88]

Marijuana growing operations at three of the four crime scenes. Killings were sophisticated, those who carried it out were trying to do everything they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution-CNN

[Shadowferal]

Perhaps time to ban guns?

Good luck with that.

Marijuana 'grow operations' found at Ohio slaying sites

Authorities wouldn't say publicly whether they thought the killings were drug-related, but an official with knowledge of the operation told CNN's Nick Valencia: "This operation was not for personal use; it was for something much bigger than that. It was a very sophisticated operation."

"This was a preplanned execution of eight individuals," DeWine said. "It was a sophisticated operation and those who carried it out were trying to do everything they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution."

The killer or killers were specifically going after the Rhoden family, Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader emphasized, though he didn't say why. The suspects are probably armed and a danger to surviving family members, he added.

"We have a specific family that's been targeted but I don't think there's been a threat to any other members of the community," he said. "I cautioned them they are a target and I cautioned them, 'Be armed.'"

Pike County has 30,000 residents and deputies cannot be everywhere to protect residents, Reader said. To the public he said, "I can tell you if you are fearful, arm yourselves."

[Buckeyenut88]

Yeah if I was a surviving member of that family I'd be armed . Though whoever carried this out might be a professional/professionals so I still might not stand a chance lol. If anything this has way less to do with banning guns and more to do with the fact weed needs to be legalized.

[Shadowferal]

If anything this has way less to do with banning guns and more to do with the fact weed needs to be legalized.

Voters had a chance last year as it was on the ballot. And they didn't just say "no," they said "HELL NO!!11"

Chances are a bit better this year for medical mj.

[breadisfunny]

You don't even know what a capital and a period are.

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What if that family was running a child porn ring?

then he should be given a medal. but they weren't so that is beside the point.

[Buckeyenut88]

I think it was voted no because it was setting up a cartel of 8 people and that would be written into the constitution. It will come up again at some point and medical would be a step in the right direction.

[akris15]

Voters had a chance last year as it was on the ballot. And they didn't just say "no," they said "HELL NO!!11"

Chances are a bit better this year for medical mj.

If your talking about Ohio yeah even supporters of legal weed voted no on that. There was a lot of shady stuff in that amendment like price fixing and monopolizing the Ohio market. It was a very bad amendment all around.

Anyways like I said above I figured this was drug related (I thought meth but growing pot back there in the woods is just as bad). Either way I hope someone sells out the people who did this.

[Deleted]

So they were growing drugs and distributing said drugs and got murdered gang style.
Well.. don't have to be Albert fucking Einstein to figure this one out.

[Beazy]

Sounds like a family grow operation and they told the wrong individuals. In the call the girl says "it looks like they beat the hell" out of her brother in law, leading me to believe they wanted to know "where the money is".

[Shudder]

then he should be given a medal. but they weren't so that is beside the point.

They were criminals though so fuck em.

[TZucchini]

Pike County has 30,000 residents and deputies cannot be everywhere to protect residents, Reader said. To the public he said, "I can tell you if you are fearful, arm yourselves."[/i]

Well duh. People typically only arm themselves when they're afraid.

Not like it's going to actually help. I'm sure this family of pot-growers had firearms on their premises. And yet they're all dead.

Just some feel-good bullshit from the sheriff.

[Gheld]

Marijuana growing operations at three of the four crime scenes. Killings were sophisticated, those who carried it out were trying to do everything they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution-CNN

So basically instead of hard penalties for drug trafficking causing criminals to think twice about breaking the law, thereby acting as a deterrent, they instead provided incentive for the traffickers to murder 8 members of a family that was working for them in order to avoid those hard penalties?

[Indigenously Abled]

Perhaps time to ban guns?

I welcome you to try.