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Mass murder events by strategy used (succesful or not)
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plasticsoup
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Subject: Mass murder events by strategy used (succesful or not) Fri Sep 13, 2024 10:44 am
yeah i know i suck at names
I'm interested in categorizing mass murder (or attempted mass murder) events by what tactical strategy was used. Here are some I devised:
"Columbine (Plan A)" - Set off a bomb in the middle of a public area and shoot as people as they run away. This definitely has the potential for the highest amount of kills if done right, especially since they will be too busy running away from the fire and destruction to try and tackle you. (as far as I know, only Vladislav Roslykov has managed to pull this one off well. The Columbine and Suzano faggots definitely tried and failed, though not quite as hard as Sebastian Bosse did)
"Columbine (Plan B)" - Tread the hallways of a building and open fire at anyone you see. Possibly the most common strategy used by school shooters, thought it's easy to fuck it up, especially if you open fire before of near the entrance so the whole building goes into lockdown before you can do damage. (Columbine and Suzano had to resort to it, but it's been used in nearly every other major school shooting, including Sandy Hook and Parkland)
"Locked In" - Lock everyone into some sort of space where they can't escape and open fire. Doesn't necessarily have to be a room, can also be an island as we saw in the 2011 Norway attacks.
"Sniper Elite" - Stand at a tall structure and using a long-range gun, shoot at the people down below. (used by Charles Whitman and Martin Peyerl)
"Wanderer" - Stray from house to house or city to city, shooting whoever you can find (used in Tsuyama, Uiryeong, and Port Arthur)
pls comment what other events fall into these categories or any categories I might have missed
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professorwesthorse
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Subject: Re: Mass murder events by strategy used (succesful or not) Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:56 pm
Randy Stair's plan falls into the "Locked In" category as he blocked off as many exits as he could with pallets and blocked of the bakery exit with his car. Even though he locked/blocked the exits, the only person who even tried to escape, did in fact make it out safe and called police. He caught Victoria, Brian, and Terry off guard and they likely had no idea what was happening until they were shot, so they had no chance of trying to run anyway.
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ParanoidAndroid
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Subject: Re: Mass murder events by strategy used (succesful or not) Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:30 pm
What would an event like the 2008 akihabara massacre fall under? It aligns with columbine (plan a) in that it takes advantage of chaos directly caused by an initial event, but instead of a bombing it was a truck ramming.
Jason
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Subject: Re: Mass murder events by strategy used (succesful or not) Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:46 pm
Wanderer:
Elliot Rodger Austin Thompson Gabriel Wortman Jake Davison Noah Harpham
Sniper Elite:
Stephen Paddock Anthony Barbaro
Locked In:
Christopher Harper-Mercer Salvador Ramos
These are the ones that I can think of off the top of my head.
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Jason
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Subject: Re: Mass murder events by strategy used (succesful or not) Fri Sep 13, 2024 5:19 pm
I just thought of some more.
Combination of Locked In and Columbine (Plan B):
Omar Mateen Seung Hui-Cho
Sniper Elite:
Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden Raymond Spencer Brenda Spencer Tyrone Mitchell Robert Crimo
Wanderer:
Howard Unruh Michael McLendon George Banks Kevin Neal John Zawahri Derrick Bird Michael Ryan Dwight Jones Beau Wilson
Locked In:
Dimitrios Pagourtzis Barry Loukaitis One Goh Albert Wong Duane Morrison
_________________ "Today is the day. The day that it all begins. The day of my massacre shall begin." - Nikolas Cruz
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