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Originally Posted by RevYouUp
The media is trying so hard to hide the guys identity. No one’s even talking about this tragedy much even if it’s one of the worst things to happen in Canadian history. The way they’re saying a “woman in a dress” and “gun person” is so fucked. Just call this guy a shooter, why are we protecting such sick people.
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At least for the time being, I do not agree with your suggestion that the media is trying hard to hide the shooter's identity.
This is a massive tragedy by Canadian standards. From the official channels, the police is not releasing any information about the shooter. I'd say that is a combination of their standard procedure to not release information to the public until they have a good enough grasp of the facts on the ground, a matter of respect as well as standard protocol to inform family members of the victims first before making the information available to the media / the public.
And at the same time, mainstream media is also showing restrain to not add any further injury to the grieve and hurt that the victim families are already going through. Social media, being the cesspool that it is, on the other hand, isn't holding out on anything.
So just give it a little time. It is standard police practice to release the shooter / suspected criminal's name once they have obtained enough information and established facts. We are literally on the very first morning after the tragic incident. The instant dopamine news hit can wait.