Post-Game Shooting in Cowboys Stadium Parking Lot

This seems like a real life Black Mirror episode. Its hard to wrap your head around what could possibly be going on in these people's minds, chanting for the execution of a fellow human being and football fan. Its like a medieval lynch mob or something. What third world country are we in again?

n6249c said:

No, it will get swept under the rug to protect the shield.

Unless it goes viral at the grassroots. Unfortunately that would most likely involve blaming the Patriots, and likely the victim. So unlikely to go viral in a way that improves anything, just makes matters worse instead.

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I agree. If this story turns out to be a Patriots fan getting shot by a Cowboys fan and people encouraged him to do it, there could be some significant fallout from this. From what I've seen/read so far, the rooting interests of either the victim or the shooter haven't been identified yet. It could be that these were both Dallas fans that got into an argument, which wouldn't make it less unfortunate and messed up.

If the victim does turn out to be a Patriots fan, I don't think we'll see a story that that played into the crowd encouraging the assailant. That would require the media to admit that the league and their media cronies played a role in this by fanning the flames with a false cheating story for the last 9 months. There's no way the media will implicate themselves in that. More likely, this angle, if it exists, will either be buried or the storyline will turn toward blaming the victim.

Urgent said:

Another shooting tragedy.
Saturday's newspaper was full of similar stories - fights escalating to murder when someone pulls a gun.

This is not the first case of a shooting after a sporting event.
http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/21/local/la-me-stow-plea-20140221
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25397362/giants-fan-cleared-dodger-fans-fatal-stabbing-da
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-fan-killed-over-football-game-victims-sister-says/
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/sto...s-near-michigan-international-speedway-061715

Having a group of fans chanting to kill another fan makes this more chilling.
Presumably, given our culture, there will be dozens of cell phone videos.
It will be interesting to see the reaction. Some will point to a need to discourage people from resorting to easily-accessible guns. Others will argue that if everyone was armed, no one would ever pull a gun.

A sad outcome, and just hard to imagine a group chanting to murder another. Ugly.

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NFL has gotten pretty ugly and it's getting uglier.

I agree that Goodell has blood on his hands. By pushing this ridiculous "cheating" narrative (and apparently doubling down after a real court shot down this "ddeflategate" foolishness), it was only a matter of time before some mentally unstable individual(s) lashed out violently.

A responsible league would have kicked Goodell to the curb a long time ago. Sadly, we have a group of owners that include a meth head in Indiana, mega-scumbag Jerry Jones in Dallas, and a sniveling coward running the Patriots.

My pleasure in the Patriots' success is being overtaken by my disgust with the league.

FourierSeries said:

Who did Hardy shoot?

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No, it's one of the trolls at CowboysZone

Koma said:

I agree. If this story turns out to be a Patriots fan getting shot by a Cowboys fan and people encouraged him to do it, there could be some significant fallout from this. From what I've seen/read so far, the rooting interests of either the victim or the shooter haven't been identified yet. It could be that these were both Dallas fans that got into an argument, which wouldn't make it less unfortunate and messed up.

If the victim does turn out to be a Patriots fan, I don't think we'll see a story that that played into the crowd encouraging the assailant. That would require the media to admit that the league and their media cronies played a role in this by fanning the flames with a false cheating story for the last 9 months. There's no way the media will implicate themselves in that. More likely, this angle, if it exists, will either be buried or the storyline will turn toward blaming the victim.

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A PF member at CowboysZone openly questioned if one of their lead Hatriots should be watched at the game....serious. Members and some moderators have spent at least as much time hating as we do on Jets Suck threads.

Perfect time to say Dallas is no longer the team of Landry and Staubach....decency is part of the implication of Americas Team. I will have nothing to do with amoral, rabid fans pretending to be self righteous.

My sons attended the game yesterday in full Pats regalia. They told me last night about the shooting. They didn't witness it but said word of what happened spread fast outside after the game among the Pats fans in attendance. They told me some other Pats fans told them the victim was wearing a Brady jersey and that the shooter had been incited by others to shoot him.

Messed up times we live in when people are willing to harm or kill each over the results of a ****ing game.

Absurdly Metro said:

My sons attended the game yesterday in full Pats regalia. They told me last night about the shooting. They didn't witness it but said word of what happened spread fast outside after the game among the Pats fans in attendance. They told me some other Pats fans told them the victim was wearing a Brady jersey and that the shooter had been incited by others to shoot him.

Messed up times we live in when people are willing to harm or kill each over the results of a ****ing game.

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Sorry I could not at least say hello before/after the game, but maybe a sports bar is possible with those of us in the Dallas area in the future.

YOUGOTMOSSED said:

I agree that Goodell has blood on his hands.

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As much as Goodell is a completely incompetent buffoon, saying he has culpability for one humans cold-blooded, psychopathic behavior is off base.

If I wanted to be killed yesterday, I'd be giving the sermon at Prestonwood Baptist Church in front of 5000+. I'd start the message about cheating, DeflateGate, then compare it with DUI killer Josh Brent, Greg Hardy, others mention how the Boys were role models but certainly now today.

Police would have to escort me out.

robertweathers said:

As much as Goodell is a completely incompetent buffoon, saying he has culpability for one humans cold-blooded, psychopathic behavior is off base.

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I disagree. I have family members who have had their kids attacked and beaten just for wearing a Tom Brady jersey...and THAT was back in 2008. Are you kidding me? Goodell absolutely IS responsible for THIS and every subsequent act of violence aimed at innocent fans just because of the jersey they are wearing in public. HE is the maniac that has created this climate of ultra-hatred towards the Patriot franchise by his repeated lies.Lies that he has repeated continuously even though a federal judge slapped him down in open court and excoriated every facet of his "process".

PLEASE have good pictures of that mob and BAN them from ever attending an NFL game for life

Joker said:

I disagree. I have family members who have had their kids attacked and beaten just for wearing a Tom Brady jersey...and THAT was back in 2008. Are you kidding me? Goodell absolutely IS responsible for THIS and every subsequent act of violence aimed at innocent fans just because of the jersey they are wearing in public. HE is the maniac that has created this climate of ultra-hatred towards the Patriot franchise by his repeated lies.Lies that he has repeated continuously even though a federal judge slapped him down in open court and excoriated every facet of his "process".

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I hear what you are saying but that happens everywhere, Joker. 49ers fans pummeling Vikings fans. Bears fans cracking a Packers fan's head open with a gas grill. I have friends that were at the HOU/Colts game and there were fights.

This country has a lot of pent-up tension and frustration. Mix alcohol and channeled aggression in physcial sports is a perfect storm for this stuff.

Security has to be improved at sporting events, right now it's as good as having a 90 year old security guard. How guns are getting into sporting events is mind boggling (even in the parking lot). I think the family of the victim needs to sue Jerry Jones to get the NFL's attention. If the gentleman dies, the suspect should get the death penalty, and all those who were rooting the suspect on to execute someone deserve AT LEAST 10 years in prison, whether the victim dies or not. I'm literally sickened by this story.

A buddy of mine in Dallas said I should come down to the game, I'm glad I didn't. Knowing me, I would have put a choke hold on the suspect that wouldn't have just put him to sleep, it woulda been the ultimate sleep. Absolutely disgusting. And I agree, Goodell and the NFL are to blame, they've stirred the NFL's fans into a frenzy of Patriot hatred that extends to its fans having to fear for their lives. I will never go to anothet NFL game in enemy territory, ever again.

robertweathers said:

I hear what you are saying but that happens everywhere, Joker. 49ers fans pummeling Vikings fans. Bears fans cracking a Packers fan's head open with a gas grill. I have friends that were at the HOU/Colts game and there were fights.

This country has a lot of pent-up tension and frustration. Mix alcohol and channeled aggression in physcial sports is a perfect storm for this stuff.

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Life has no worth anymore, people murder each other without thinking twice. And let's face it, if there is no fear in pulling a trigger, no accountability and hardly any capital punishment states. People go to jail for 10 years, and half the time jail life is better than those people's life outside of prison.

scott99 said:

Life has no worth anymore, people murder each other without thinking twice. And let's face it, if there is no fear in pulling a trigger, no accountability and hardly any capital punishment states. People go to jail for 10 years, and half the time jail life is better than those people's life outside of prison.

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I can't help but contrast this thread with the top Sticky.

Absurdly Metro said:

My sons attended the game yesterday in full Pats regalia. They told me last night about the shooting. They didn't witness it but said word of what happened spread fast outside after the game among the Pats fans in attendance. They told me some other Pats fans told them the victim was wearing a Brady jersey and that the shooter had been incited by others to shoot him.

Messed up times we live in when people are willing to harm or kill each over the results of a ****ing game.

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If this is true, I can't see how the NFL would keep the lid on it.

robertweathers said:

I hear what you are saying but that happens everywhere, Joker. 49ers fans pummeling Vikings fans. Bears fans cracking a Packers fan's head open with a gas grill. I have friends that were at the HOU/Colts game and there were fights.

This country has a lot of pent-up tension and frustration. Mix alcohol and channeled aggression in physcial sports is a perfect storm for this stuff.

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With all due respect, there is no comparison between the hatred and scorn Pats fans take outside of NE and the crap other teams' fans are subject to outside of their home areas. Anyone who wears any Patriots gear when traveling alone outside of NE is naive, nuts or both. It's bad, trust me. And, for what it's worth, I, like Joker, put most of the culpability for that at the feet of the league office, in general, and Goodell, in particular.

From what I understand, this psycho didn't even attend the game. He stayed out in the parking lot "tailgating" (drinking) and, because it's legal to carry in Texas, he probably had the weapon somewhere in his car.

Sickening.

scott99 said:

Life has no worth anymore, people murder each other without thinking twice. And let's face it, if there is no fear in pulling a trigger, no accountability and hardly any capital punishment states. People go to jail for 10 years, and half the time jail life is better than those people's life outside of prison.

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I agree. @scott99

blueberryicedcoffee said:

From what I understand, this psycho didn't even attend the game. He stayed out in the parking lot "tailgating" (drinking) and, because it's legal to carry in Texas, he probably had the weapon somewhere in his car.

Sickening.

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Hey blue, thanks for your contributions here this week. It certainly helps strike some balance of sanity in the midst of the rest of this.

Is any official information getting released yet, or are we all dealing with rumors of second hand content?