Shooting At UNC Charlotte Leaves 2 Dead, 4 Wounded

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 1: Charlotte-Mecklenburg crime scene investigators talk in front of the Kennedy building where a gunman killed two people and injured four students at UNC Charlotte May 1, 2019 in Charlotte, Nort... CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 1: Charlotte-Mecklenburg crime scene investigators talk in front of the Kennedy building where a gunman killed two people and injured four students at UNC Charlotte May 1, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Campus police responded to the scene on Tuesday and apprehended a suspect, 22-year-old Trystan Andrew Terrell. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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A gunman opened fire at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte on Tuesday night, killing two people and wounding four others.

The alleged shooter, Trystan Terrell, was arrested afterward. Police told CNN that he faces several murder and attempted murder charges.

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  1. Pity that the Founding Fathers felt that the Rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness were so self - evident and inalienable that they didn’t feel the need to put them into the Bill of Rights…

    They never intended to put the 2nd amendment above those.

  2. I think this was non-ideological.

  3. Of course a gun free zone, basically an invitation for shooting. Arm all students!!!

    And we know the shooter is not a Muslim because otherwise there would be “Terrorist” in all the headlines.

  4. … He was arrested… So he’s obviously a white Christian.

  5. And “revenge”.

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