As much as I hate reddit, I usually go there for this kind of thing since someone is always giving proper updates.
The guy bought an ar-15 and 2000 rounds literally this morning.
Also, anyone know how to spoiler, I forgot.
Edit: updated with more info, lots of gunshots.
Jfc, it just gets worst. Apparently this guy was arrested earlier on terroristic threats and now a bunch of 2A nuts are cruising the area trying to catch him, complicating it for police. Easy way to get shot and might even explain all the reports of gunshots. This is going to get bad.
Edit: Things have quieted down and they can’t find him. They are using thermals so either he killed himself or kidnapped someone and their car. My guess is the first and all the reports were “good guys with guns” shooting at shadows.
Here’s the top comment on the reddit thread:
Things I’ve heard on the scanner (all times ET):
8:30p: asking for an additional helicopter
8:40p: something about a female with prior military experience. Unsure if this was a victim or potential suspect. a female reported someone she knew threatening to shoot people today and had military experience (Thank you u/9leggedfreak)
8:46p: police know the suspect and confirmed they bought an AR-15 with 2,000 rounds this morning.
8:47p: multiple reports of gunshots at a new location (not sharing specifics for police security)
8:52p: second aircraft inbound
8:58p: they’re tracking the subjects cell phone and just got a ping on their location; directing aircraft
9:03p: sister of the suspect has called to ask for protection as the subject has threatened to kill his family members; location withheld for security.
9:04p: flashlights being seen by aircraft in the location where the cell phone pinged
9:07p: someone reporting the shooter is in their front yard
9:15p: suspicious vehicle (Chevy Equinox) found in the middle of the road
9:19p: trying to get the interstate open; sounds like it was overruled
9:22p: ten shots reported at a new intersection
9:23p: “front lawn” report clarified it wasn’t accurate and was “a shooting in the county”
9:25p: multiple callers reporting gunshots; police in motion
9:26p: the abandoned vehicle on Lily Rd was confirmed not to be the shooters (also thank you to u/PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD)
9:27p: “fog of war” is causing some confusion for responders; reconsolidating
9:30p: quite a bit of focus on a specific cell tower, presumably the same tower referenced from the cell ping and aircraft directions
9:31p: NYT is reporting 5 people shot on the highway. Victims are in stable condition per their report.
9:33p: another report of a strange person walking through someone’s property
9:33p: route 25 is shut down at 490 (this may not be new)
9:34p: police presence on Bluegrass Rd. same area as prior reports
9:37p: aircraft still working off the single ping from earlier. No further cell pings.
Per the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office: Joseph A. Couch, 32, identified as person of interest. White, 5’10”, approx. 154lbs. Considered armed and dangerous. Contact 606-878-7000 with any information.
9:47p: One area search completed. No shots or suspect found.
9:48p: A black mustang is being sought for someone “last seen”. Unclear if it is part of this search or a separate incident.
9:48p: another report of the shooter near Bluegrass Rd in their front yard; police in motion
9:51p: sounds as if a request for additional help from an ancillary agency was denied; surprised the police lead given the circumstances
9:54p: the 10-88 (phone number) of the subject is known and attempting Signal 6 (calling)
9:55p: state representatives have arrived; advising further shut down of route 25
9:58p: an additional search has been completed (near 490)
10:05p: 490 traffic is still blocked; state department asking to open things up
10:08p: command post rotating police units to bring in fresh folks
10:10p: additional gunshots reported
10:11p: extended family may have information on location, but police are having trouble getting details
10:16p: gunshots reported Bulls Branch Rd about 10 min ago (thanks u/Dr-Shakie). This is about 3mi southwest of Bluegrass.
10:19p: suspicious person with flashlight near someone’s driveway walking toward 490
10:24p: continued clearing of RV parks and other areas
10:27p: police hearing gunshots near Carmichael Community Church / KY-3094 (thanks u/Dr-Shakie and u/mhwnc). This is a little over a mile south of Bulls Br Rd from earlier.
10:35p: reports of subject spotted on Dean Hundley Rd.
10:38p: random people coming out of the woods
10:39p: more reports of sightings on US-25
10:39p: gunshots reported near residence on Fount Hubbard. This is fairly far west from other reports.
10:46p: lots of police relocating; few reports
10:51p: more reports near Byble Rd, not near other reports (thanks Shakie)
10:57p: Kentucky State Police helicopter N10SP very focused along US-25 (thanks u/ImportantDepth8858)
10:58p: someone with a flashlight matching subject description seen; sounds very far from current activities
11:00p: reports of a runner from police
11:02p: possible resident spotting of suspect at (likely, radio is hard to tell) Irvine Ln (thanks u/AtlasRoark and u/LaserLlamaYoMama)
11:05p: ADS-B reporting of the KSP helicopter has gone offline. Haven’t heard them on the radio in some time, either. (thanks u/weemwrangler2) back up now - circling same areas as before
11:15p: suspicious vehicle unexpectedly parked in someone’s driveway; no make and model. Fairly far from the search area and likely unrelated (thanks Shakie/mhwnc)
11:19p: units have arrived at location of reported gunshots on 490
11:20p: detailed report of shooting happening near someone’s property; units heading in that direction
11:22p: Robert’s Creek Rd “dogs are going crazy”
11:22p: police have NOT heard gunshots on 490 (thank you for correction Shakie)
11:25p: reports of shooting and male with a flashlight near Laurel Lake Rd N - units responding
11:30p: an officer is not answering their radio; units responding
11:31p: suspicious van seen with male who fled
11:32p: unresponsive officer is 10-4
11:36p: N10SP looks to be departing their search area, possibly heading to London to refuel, but that’s speculation. Nothing on air about going off-station.
11:40p: unrelated DV calls reported; may result in some confusion in reporting to follow
11:41p: another suspicious vehicle reported in someone’s driveway
11:52p: reported male seen with gun heading toward London on KY-30
11:58p: individual on KY-30 allowed search by officer; no weapons found
12:02a: thermal drones have joined the search
12:22a: N10SP is flying north out of the area after stopping in London. They may be done for the night.
12:23a: suspicious person near school possibly matching suspect description
12:50a - things have significantly quieted down and not much to report. I imagine the evening will be about road blocks and containment, with the fugitive search continuing in the following days.
Continued note: fairly quiet with the exception of other calls; this may end up as a longer-term fugitive search as the false-positive calls slow down. Will keep an ear out for a bit longer.
1038pm. Random people coming out of the woods
banjo playing intensifies
Just because someone posts something on Reddit doesn’t make it true or correct. Remember the whole Boston bomber situation?
We did it, Reddit!
It’s so cool living in the USA and getting to see these headlines on a weekly basis. No notes. Country’s doing great. /s
“‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says the Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.”
Not even a week. Two in the same week.
Those are the ones that are covered. I know for a fact that there is one that didn’t make this list https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/last-72-hours
Wow, so sad. I was a little thrown by that url and searched specifically for mass shootings. For anyone else confused, https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
There’s mixed evidence of whether or not mass shootings have a contagion effect, that people who are already “primed” see this shit on tv and decide that today’s the day.
Or it could just be chance.
But maybe, here’s an idea, we don’t let people who make terroristic threats have guns. I don’t care about what kind of gun, if you credibly threaten to murder a bunch of people, no gun for you.
By and large, I agree. And I also know that the kids that do this have been struggling and need quality mental health care and home intervention, long before it gets to this point.
Average of about 1.5 per day
Let me guess the republican comments. “It’s a part of life. We have to get over it and move on.”?
Also, thoughts and prayers to the families affected
AR15s are part of God’s plan
You can’t make this shit up.
“The person of interest was named as Joseph A. Couch, 32, according to Kentucky State Police and the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office. He’s described as white, 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighing 154 pounds.” Police have not yet determined if there is a romantic connection to J.D. Vance
Goddamn it. I came back a day later and thought there might be real information. You have successfully troller me. Well done.
Jfc. Someone buying 2000 fucking rounds for an AR-15 didn’t set off alarm bells???
Holy fuck America!
It sounds like a lot but it’s really not. It isn’t unusual to buy that much to take advantage of a sale or to save on shipping. One could realistically shoot through all of it on a longer range day.
I’m Canadian so that sounds like a shit ton to me.
It would be more like 1472 Canadian rounds
Guess threres no longer a shortage on .222?
.223
Yeah, no problem finding as much as you want. It’s a lot more expensive than it was pre-covid, but so are most things.
And this is how I, a foreigner, know the sun has risen over the US.
You can set clocks with this shit
It’s not even Monday yet!
Gotta get it done before service tomorrow /s
London Mayor Randall Weddle said seven people were injured, both by gunfire and in related highway collisions.
“No one was killed from this, thankfully,” he said in a video posted to Facebook. “But we ask that you continue to pray.”
Meth and guns. It’s a winning combination!
Thanks for all the updates!
Camera should get that astigmatism checked out
We had a similar incident in the Seattle area a couple of days ago. Wonder why that one didn’t make national news. Maybe because the guy was just using a handgun.
Remind me in ten years after semi-auto rifles are banned and handguns are up next on the chopping block because they [offers specific advantage to criminals that rifles didn’t]. I could probably sit here and name a good few, but the handgun’s overwhelming majority usage in crime compared to other weapon types already testifies to the dishonesty of the campaign against semi-auto rifles; a captivating or tragic story coupled with a classic alarmist piñata gets better ratings and speaks much louder than statistics, and as a consequence of effective campaigning, a conversation about banning handguns now would feel like an irrational leap to the public until semi-auto rifles are out of the way first.
Mass shootings specifically with semi-auto rifles are of the perfect (relative) rarity to make the rounds on national news occasionally, whereas the same coverage with handguns would have to make headlines almost every morning. And when you realize that only about 3% of all criminal gun homicides are related to mass shootings, it should be clear that anyone with public safety as a concern should keep their televisions off when considering how attention and resources should be allocated to the gun violence issue. The conversation about semi-auto rifle bans has put politicians and the media into symbiosis, and truthfully, there’s a chance it might not even happen.
Many of the common sense gun laws proposed are long overdue, but a ban on semi-auto rifles isn’t one of them right now.
Nice to see someone who actually acknowledges that most gun crime involves handguns. The focus on semi-automatic rifles should be secondary. Far, far fewer people die from semi-automatic rifles than they do from handguns.
A semi-auto rifle ban is also one issue that I believe if we laid off of it, Republicans would be more willing to play ball with common sense gun regulation knowing negotiations weren’t being made in bad faith and with an ultimate goal of opening a pathway to banning semi-auto rifles.
All of what I’ve said is already common knowledge to Republicans, but polls show they are open up to things like universal background checks and mandatory licensing. Just not when they feel like they need to use those things as a buffer to less justifiable regulatory ambitions. The Democratic attempt at voter appeasement with a hardball “all or bust” approach and a low willingness to have regulatory talks without a semi-auto rifle ban on the table has been very counterproductive on a federal level.
Well said, but unfortunately most of my fellow progressives will just disagree emotionally and not engage in good faith. They’re not willing to accept that semi-automatic rifles are not the main problem. Maybe because all they care about is school shootings and don’t care about the more frequent, random violence that involves handguns. After all, even the progressives don’t exactly talk about how they want to prevent gang violence, a major factor in gun violence. And whenever they talk about firearms and suicide, they never link together that this is handguns that people are using to kill themselves.
But semi-automatics are scary and make better talking points, I guess.
Edit: It occurs to me that this is actually probably even more pandering than I realized. Democrats are extremely unlikely to own semi-automatic rifles but not that unlikely to own a handgun. So it’s easy for them to accept semi-automatic rifles being banned while it’s not so easy for them to accept that the handgun they keep by their bedside or in their closet might be banned.
You take the good. You take the bad.
Active shooters are,
A fact of life.A fact of life?
I see someone grew up in the 80s. I can’t even remember which show, I just recognize the jingle.
It’s from…you’re going to hate this… The facts of life.
Why didn’t anyone Shoot the Shooter BEFORE He started Shooting other People?
Clearly there were no Good Guys©®™ there, which is why he was shooting them
Hey, it’s a D.C. Sniper tribute band!
