Teen charged in mass shooting at LGBTQ+ friendly punk rock show in Minneapolis

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Teen charged in mass shooting at LGBTQ+ friendly punk rock show in Minneapolis

Updated 10:20 AM EDT, April 24, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A teenage suspect who allegedly made derogatory remarks about LGBTQ+ people before opening fire at a backyard punk rock show faces seven felony charges for a shooting that killed one person and injured six others in Minneapolis.

The document charging Dominic James Burris and another man says the shooting was motivated by bias against the victims’ gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

“Witnesses identified the gathering as a LGBTQ+ friendly community and the victims included people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer,” charges say. “Witnesses identified the shooters as two males who were not part of the community, but who had come to the concert and interacted with multiple people in the minutes before the shooting.”

Burris, who turned 18 last week, appeared in juvenile court Tuesday on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree intentional murder and six counts of felony assault with a firearm, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Burris’ mother, brother and public defender Camille Bryant declined comment after the hearing.

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[riversedge]

1. Small men with guns. I do feel bad for the families.

[slightlv]

4. At this point, I don't feel sorry for the families...

IMO, many if not most of them, engendered this type of hatred through years of "parenting." Children, left to themselves, will not see or react to the differences among their peers. They really do have to be taught to hate. There are always exceptions, I admit of course. But overall, you find a kid who'd do something like this, you'll also find a parent who'd do the same damned thing.

[riversedge]

2. Looks like the coward killer shot from the next yard.........

Some witnesses at the party said they overheard the suspects “utter derogatory epithets about the sexual orientation of the concert attendees,” charges say.

The complaint said that about one minute after the suspects left the party, gunshots rang out. Charges say officers recovered nine discharged cartridge casings from two different firearms in a neighboring yard.

One witness told investigators he saw someone in a red hooded sweatshirt running down the alleyway and another person in a black hoodie peek around a corner of the alleyway, while another identified Burris wearing the red hoodie, charges say.

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[magicarpet]

3. Krishtun Nationalists by chance ?

[flying_wahini]

5. Why was he seen in juvenile court if he turned 18 last week?

Try his ass as an adult. And the other one, too.