Odd story out of Halifax, where authorities have stopped a planned massacre. One of the would-be shooters was from metro Chicago (Geneva), but no names have been released, even of the suspect who did himself in as the Mounties pulled up.
What makes it odd is that we have no names as of yet and the authorities are bending over backwards to say that it isn't terrorism or "culturally motivated." If it wasn't that, what brought a young woman up from Illinois to be part of a shooting? There are a lot of dogs that aren't barking here.
They've been named, with the exception of the 17 year old male (he has priors).
The 19 year old who committed suicide (James Gamble) from Timberlea (Halifax area) was an online friend with 23 year old Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath from Illinois.
The guy who went to pick her up at the airport was Randall Steven Shepherd, 20, from Cole Harbour (Halifax area).
They worked at Walmart. The friends were apparently obsessed with Columbine, guns, death and suicide and there are reports the 19 year old and 23 year old had a suicide pact.
Their target was the Halifax Mall.
Someone who knew them turned them in through Crime Stoppers.
Not culturally motivated isn't an unusual thing for our police to say.
Posted by: Bene D | February 14, 2015 at 10:06 PM