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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Aftermath:

The State of Mississippi made it a capital crime if a murder is committed on the property of a school.

That’ll fix it! Classic Mississippi

[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I was trying to find out some info on Grant Boyette and got served with this doozy of an ad.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I looked into it some more and found this article to provide a lot of information:

https://www.wlbt.com/2021/06/17/making-mississippi-school-shooter/

The assistant principal sounds like an amazing person.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

What they did to that poor dog will give me nightmares. (I know that's a weird thing to say when he also murdered people.)

[–] decadentrebel@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Lots of school shootings way before Columbine and for some reason it's credited as the one that started it all.

Wearing a trench coat to conceal the rifle he was carrying