At least one person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a homeless encampment in Las Vegas on Friday, police said.

The incident occurred in the area of Charleston Boulevard and U.S. 95 around 5:30 p.m. local time. Officers responded to a homeless encampment, where witnesses directed them to multiple victims, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason Johansson said at a press briefing Friday night.

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    People are disgusting. How do you attack those that society has already failed utterly.

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        Exactly which accusation do you wish me to withhold? The fact that someone is disgusting for killing the un homed?

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          It’s possible the shooter was in the same situation themselves. So, it’s unreasonable to think that people are going to get along on the basis of shared misfortune.

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            So to you it’s not disgusting if a homeless person shoots a homeless person?

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              Not in the same way as someone of means intentionally targeting homeless people, no. The difference is the apparent motive.

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              You don’t see the difference between a targeted attack on a demographic versus violence between two individuals of the same socioeconomic standing? Really?

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                I think the gun violence either way is beyond disgusting. This was an avoidable attack that people in the comments are trying to justify based on the victim and / or attackers social economic position.

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                  I don’t think anyone is trying to justify it, simply frame it in proportion to what it was.

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          It could have been a homeless person that shot them. Waiting until the facts are known is always better than assuming you already know without needing them.

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            So to you it’s not disgusting if a homeless person shoots a homeless person?

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              Sure it is. It’s disgusting that anyone shoots anyone. But when you start making assumptions that it was someone from outside preying on them- yore creating a false narrative for the purpose of agitating the us vs them crowd which is disingenuous.

              Just wait and see what the investigation produces.

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                The only person who made that assumption was you. No one mentioned whether the shooter was homeless or not.

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                  How do you attack those that society has already failed utterly.

                  OP assumed it wasn’t. I made no assumptions. Learn how to read.

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        No telling, ATM, what went on here. I find that after-action reports are often far different than the headlines. And yes, I’m factoring in cop lies.

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    I demand an immediate investigation into why these homeless people were not armed and able to defend themselves. We should be handing out firearms at the soup kitchens to avoid these kinds of tragedies.