In wake of Virginia Walmart attack, here’s what we know about retail mass shooters | Opinion

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Overall, mass public shootings in which four or more people are killed have become more frequent, and deadly, in the last decade, to the extent that the U.S. now averages about seven of these events each year.

36th mass shooting in our database

Retail shootings are most common in Southern and Western states and two-thirds took place in urban locations. The perpetrators were all male except for one woman who committed the shooting with her male partner.

 

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An inexperienced manager herding a crew barely qualified to stock shelves for customers who would just as soon piss on the lot of them. What could go wrong? One day closer to curb pickup exclusively. 😎🍿

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