Even The Drag Strips Aren't Safe

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/14/2017 at 10:02 • Filed to: None

Wisconsin dragstrip shooting kills 3

Three people were shot and killed at a dragstrip in Wisconsin Sunday, the Kenosha County sheriff told Fox 6 News.

Two people died at the scene, and a third died en route to the hospital.

It happened around 7:00 p.m. at the Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove. All three of the victims are from Illinois, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said.

In a news release issued around 9:00 p.m., sheriff’s officials called the situation “fluid.”

The type of weapon used in this incident is unknown, as is what might have precipitated this action.

It was estimated that over 5,000 people were at “Larry’s Fun Fest” at the time, an event that has, in the past, attracted persons from Milwaukee, Chicago and other surrounding areas.

“This is not indicative of this crowd. This is isolated and this is somebody who had a grudge with somebody and they came here and they really ruined a family event for people,” Brian Mitchell, a Great Lakes Dragaway volunteer, said.

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DISCUSSION (22)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Takuro Spirit
08/14/2017 at 10:07

fuck me.

what is wrong with people?

EL_ULY > pip bip - choose Corrour
08/14/2017 at 10:15

US seems to have a growing obsession with the wild west era.

EL_ULY > Takuro Spirit
08/14/2017 at 10:17

Last 3 times I’ve been to the drag strip have ended with me and my wife leaving early because by around 11pm, the majority of the crowd is shit faced and talking shit to everyone else. Once we hear, “Bitch I have a gun in my truck, what up!” that’s when it’s time to go.

whoarder is tellurium > pip bip - choose Corrour
08/14/2017 at 10:18

One of the tweets associated with the story is implying this may have been gang related.

I can see it being some sort of a grudge-revenge act or simply a hit attempt. Heck, maybe even a robbery if money was involved.

fintail > EL_ULY
08/14/2017 at 10:21

but an armed society is a polite society, amirite?

ugh

whoarder is tellurium > EL_ULY
08/14/2017 at 10:23

Dirty money, alcohol, women and grudges. Drag racing events can go south REAL quick.

Then the felons come out...

EL_ULY > fintail
08/14/2017 at 10:25

Good guy’s with guns

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Takuro Spirit
08/14/2017 at 10:32

Mustangs are evolving.....

But in all seriousness that’s the worst.

Wacko > Takuro Spirit
08/14/2017 at 10:34

As a non american, I don’t get it.

The Rest of the civilized word has harsher gun laws, Most of us also have Health care.

Why is it Americans don’t want other Americans to live? You guys really hate each other.

whoarder is tellurium > EL_ULY
08/14/2017 at 10:42

Yes, armed police officers. Those are definitely good guys with guns.

Glad they made a showing.

whoarder is tellurium > Wacko
08/14/2017 at 10:50

Americans who commit murder are not Americans in my book. It doesn’t matter what was used to kill. They do not represent the people and the values of this great nation.

It is very sad.

Textured Soy Protein > Takuro Spirit
08/14/2017 at 10:52

I happened to be driving from Burlington to the Chicago suburbs yesterday morning and saw a bunch of nice muscle cars out and about.

Actually on Saturday I saw a green Charger 440 Six Pack just outside Burlington.

Takuro Spirit > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 11:22

I saw a nice shoebox Chevy, an old lead cled Mercury, some other nice cars. It was a beautiful weekend for being out... shame these knuckleheads had to ruin it.

DipodomysDeserti > whoarder is tellurium
08/14/2017 at 16:34

I don’t know about that. Murder and genocide literally laid the foundation of our nation. We are a violent bunch.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Wacko
08/15/2017 at 05:59

I don’t even like that you’ve used the adjective ‘harsher’

I would have used ‘safer’ or ‘quantifiably successful’

Flavien Vidal > Takuro Spirit
08/15/2017 at 06:42

You know the most fucked up thing? By US standards, it won’t statistically qualify as a “mass shooting” because less than 4 people were hit. Had he shot someone else in the foot, it would have been considered a “mass shooting”.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Takuro Spirit
08/15/2017 at 09:30

Man, that militia is so well-regulated.

Censored > Wacko
08/15/2017 at 10:40

We have plenty of gun laws, however we don’t enforce them. Most murders and shootings are committed with illegal weapons, thus should carry a weapons charge along with the crime. The penalty for these charges is supposed to run consecutively with the initial crimes charges. This never happens though, as usually in some form of a plea, they get the weapons charges thrown out.

Mercedes Streeter > Takuro Spirit
08/15/2017 at 11:39

Kenosha is my home away from home. I’ve never been to the Dragaway before but I’m a regular at Club Icon and my face is known at various other bars across the city. I hope something like this never occurs at any of those places. My heart would rip apart.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > whoarder is tellurium
08/15/2017 at 15:59

People who think the only law that matters is “2nd Amendment” are not Americans.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > PanchoVilleneuve ST
08/15/2017 at 16:00

No, you didn’t read the 2nd Amendment correctly. It states:

“I gawt ma’ gunz and I can shoot ‘em wherever I wawnt.”

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > whoarder is tellurium
08/16/2017 at 10:14

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman