South By Southwest festivals are a pretty big draw. Now the Austin Festival is the site of a “Gun Death”.
Police are waiting to file capital murder charges against a suspected drunken driver who plowed through a crowd of South by Southwest festival-goers early Thursday morning in downtown Austin before they identify him.
Police Chief Art Acevedo said the man will face two charges of capital murder and 23 counts of aggravated assault. The name of the suspect is expected to be released Thursday afternoon, Acevedo said.
Police also clarified who was killed in the incident. One of the dead, a man from the Netherlands, was riding a bicycle near the intersection of 11th and Red River streets when struck. The other, an Austin woman on a moped, also was killed. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
Another man on the moped is in stable condition, Acevedo said.
Pretty Horrific. Note that if these people had been attacked with a gun rather than a car, this would be a “Mass Shooting” and would be international news. Since it was not a “Gun Death”, its hardly worth noting.
Only “Gun Deaths” count because “Progressives” like to drive their cars, and if they might have polished off a few bottles of wine during dinner, that’s none of your damn business!
H/T Whipped Cream Difficulties and Barron
For the record, two more people have died of their injuries since this incident took place.
Is that the same SxSW where this happened?
If so, there were even concealed handguns on-site (though maybe not the same day), and it still took a drunk driver to cause “Gun Deaths”.