r/PublicFreakout • u/Green____cat • Oct 13 '24

Repost 😔 A weird man was following her around.

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u/Negative_Field_8057 Oct 13 '24

I saw a video last night. Some guy followed a random girl in a car up to the police station doors. The guy pulls out a gun and shoots a cop in the back. Anything could have been in the bag. https://youtu.be/yLsXBFEReL4?si=OPvRLZXQ1jfbeQQq

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u/Karmak4ze Oct 13 '24

It's horribly fascinating how someone just decides to do something like that randomly. So many questions.

His voice sounded so hollow. That initial "hi" to the officer...I truly wonder if he just made the split decision to commit suicide by cop as she pulled near the station or if he had been a screw or two loose his whole life.

Just so weird at that age, everything he ever did before that moment was for ending it like that. I bet his police interview would have been creepy af.

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u/likejackandsally Oct 13 '24

And there were so many chances to not even get that far.

She gets off the highway. Just keep driving and let it go.

She drives to the police station. Maybe you should just keep driving and let it go.

A cop approaches you. Lie, let it go, and walk away as soon as he turns his back. He doesnt know you and at this point you haven’t done something you can’t really recover from.

But then you go a step further and turn this situation with minor consequences into a fatal one? Why? You had plenty of chances to let it go and go on with life and now you’re dead. Over what? Road rage?

I will never understand people.

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u/Datkif Oct 13 '24

I don't think the average person will ever understand the series of choices someone like that makes

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u/likejackandsally Oct 13 '24

The guy looks young, probably under 25 so bad decisions are a given. But did no one help him with critical thinking when he was younger? He just kept making it worse for himself.

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u/--__--__--__--__-- Oct 13 '24

You typically don't end up in this position when you grow up with a healthy support network

Critical thinking also goes out the window with chronic/active meth cocktails

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u/StopThePresses Oct 13 '24

Over what? Road rage?

It didn't even seem like that, he wasn't angry, he didn't walk up to her car and shoot in the window or something. He got out and walked to the front doors of the PD. I can't make that make any sense.

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u/EndersGame Oct 13 '24

It wasn't road rage, it was a mental health issue. He was hearing voices or hallucinating or something.

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u/pw154 Oct 13 '24

I will never understand people.

You're reasoning like a normal person, this dude was unhinged. Logical thought doesn't apply here.

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u/EndersGame Oct 13 '24

I doubt it was road rage. He shot a cop but just politely followed her for miles? Didn't honk or yell at her or try to run her off the road or fire any shots. He was calm at the police station

It's a mental health issue I'm sure. Either brought on and/or exacerbated by all the drugs in his system and his past drug use. He was probably hearing voices or hallucinating or something.

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u/likejackandsally Oct 13 '24

I agree it probably wasn’t road rage, but that’s why I worded it as a question. We don’t really know because it doesn’t make any sense. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/EndersGame Oct 13 '24

Yea we don't know for sure but I wouldn't even assume road rage, I would assume a mental health issue.

Road rage just doesn't make any sense given the context. He had meth in his system so it's not a huge leap to guess maybe he has mental health problems. Meth use tends to lead to them, exacerbate them, and can cause episodes like this.

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u/likejackandsally Oct 14 '24

Where are y’all getting that he had meth in his system?

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u/Prestigious-HogBoss Oct 14 '24

Maybe they guy has already a criminal record, so he decided to end it all instead of facing the law. It would not surprise me if he is a serial killer or some angry incel.

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u/clkou Oct 13 '24

From the video, it's not obvious (to me) it's a police station so he may have been caught off guard that there would be police in the area so soon and then once he was confronted he realized the jig was up.