Mass/Active Shooters, Part **FIVE**

[crimsonaudio]

I will say this in general about Shreveport. It has become a cesspool of violent crime over the last 10-15 years. Before this incident, my wife and I had already made the decision that once we retire. We are moving not only out of Shreveport, but the state of Louisiana altogether.

That violence is one of the main reasons we left Memphis, but we decided not to wait until retiring. Some of the cities are seemingly hopeless.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

It's one of the main reasons we left Memphis, but we decided not to wait until retiring. Some of the cities are seemingly hopeless.

My wife is begging me to move now. But the problem is we're in the state retirement plan and I've still got 12 years before I can retire. She can retire with full benefits in four years. I've been working here long enough to where I'm chest deep and leaving would be financially devastating for my retirement. The retirement system does not allow service years rollover or transfer to another state's retirement plan. So, we're "stuck" until I'm 62. I'm 50 now.

 

[Bamaro]

This mass murder, like most, has nothing to do with unsafe streets.

 

[crimsonaudio]

This mass murder, like most, has nothing to do with unsafe streets.

It's just the cherry on top.

 

[crimsonaudio]

My wife is begging me to move now. But the problem is we're in the state retirement plan and I've still got 12 years before I can retire. She can retire with full benefits in four years. I've been working here long enough to where I'm chest deep and leaving would be financially devastating for my retirement. The retirement system does not allow service years rollover or transfer to another state's retirement plan. So, we're "stuck" until I'm 62. I'm 50 now.

I get it - we are blessed in that I can work from anywhere. There are difficulties in building a new studio, etc., but I'm not tied to any one place, so once our youngest was off to college we got the heck outta dodge...

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I watched the local news at lunch and the newest information coming out about the mass shooting in Shreveport, La, is the wife was going to divorce him and two nights before the shooting a neighbor heard them arguing from inside their house. In other words, they were arguing inside their home, and it was so loud the neighbor could hear it from inside of her house.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I watched the local news at lunch and the newest information coming out about the mass shooting in Shreveport, La, is the wife was going to divorce him and two nights before the shooting a neighbor heard them arguing from inside their house. In other words, they were arguing inside their home, and it was so loud the neighbor could hear it from inside of her house.

I don't understand what could have made this psycho do this. He was apparently quite the ladies man considering he convinced 2 different women to sleep with him. He had kids with both and apparently they lived in the same neighborhood or the other woman was somehow in the house with his wife? I am very confused about that part.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I don't understand what could have made this psycho do this. He was apparently quite the ladies man considering he convinced 2 different women to sleep with him. He had kids with both and apparently they lived in the same neighborhood or the other woman was somehow in the house with his wife? I am very confused about that part.

UPDATED INFORMATION:
Watched the local news last night and apparently he had untreated PTSD from the military. His wife was threatening to divorce him and he snapped.

 

[92tide]

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/us/live-news/san-diego-islamic-center-shooting

3 killed in shooting at San Diego’s largest mosque, police say​

Two teen suspects were also found dead in a car near the scene, and police said they are considering the attack a hate crime at this time.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I will say this in general about Shreveport. It has become a cesspool of violent crime over the last 10-15 years. Before this incident, my wife and I had already made the decision that once we retire, we are moving not only out of Shreveport, but the state of Louisiana altogether.

The chief meteorologist at the ABC affiliate here left as the chief at Shreveport for ten years. (He had been here for 12 years as the #2 for 12 years before that.) I had a feeling I knew why he left Shreveport for Huntsville. Huntsville's violent crime rate is less than 1/3 the national average. Shreveport's is more than double the national average...

 

[JDCrimson]

The chief meteorologist at the ABC affiliate here left as the chief at Shreveport for ten years. (He had been here for 12 years as the #2 before that.) I had a feeling I knew why he left Shreveport for Huntsville. Huntsville's violent crime rate is less than 1/3 the national average. Shreveport's is more than double the national average...

Has Shreveport always had this problem or does it align with the arrival of gambling to the city?

 

[Bamaro]

Has Shreveport always had this problem or does it align with the arrival of gambling to the city?

My guess would be that it is primarily drug and poverty re;ated.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Has Shreveport always had this problem or does it align with the arrival of gambling to the city?

We've lived here for 30 years and it's always had a higher crime rate than the average. However, nothing like what it's become over the last 10-15 years or so. A lot of the problem is we've had multiple large industry companies shut down their facilities and the job losses put a hurt'n on the economy. We've lost over 15,000 in population since 2014. The economic void has been filled with low end paying jobs, and consequently, the crime rate has gone up accordingly.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Has Shreveport always had this problem or does it align with the arrival of gambling to the city?

IDK the answer to that. Maybe BB has an idea...