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Not a mass shooting[edit]

Mass shootings are single events that happen at one location & involve four or more victims.

Spree shootings are single events that happen at multiple locations & involve two or more victims.

Serial shootings are multiple events that happen at multiple locations & involve two or more victims.

This means that the Arkabutla shootings are a spree shooting, not a mass shooting. Silent-Rains (talk) 20:09, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Silent-Rains – It is interesting to me that on the linked spree killer article there is no definition of events as you cite above. The article only speaks to the actions of the perp(s). Not sure why. Spree killers gone wild. Cheers! {{u|WikiWikiWayne}} {Talk} 07:04, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

About Richard Dale Crum's date of birth[edit]

According to this article (at the time of this writing), the shootings happened on February 17, 2023 and the article (at the time of this writing) says "The suspect was identified as 52-year-old former Illinois resident Richard Dale Crum (born January 1970)". How could Richard Dale Crum have been 52 years old as of February 17, 2023 if he was born in January 1970? Heart of Destruction (talk) 10:23, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit?[edit]

"The two victims were identified as his stepfather’s cousin and also a family friend there to help repair the roof". 2001:2020:30D:C8CF:F07E:FF49:7114:996B (talk) 19:53, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Policy discussion at BLP mentioning this article[edit]

There is an ongoing policy discussion at WP:BLP entitled Naming accused perpetrators of crimes debating the question of whether articles about high-profile criminal cases should name any known suspect(s) prior to conviction, especially when they are only known for their involvement with the event in question. This article is featured as one example of twenty fitting these criteria which named the suspect(s) after being published by reliable sources. I will be copying this message to the other articles so that interested editors have an opportunity participate in the debate. Xan747 (talk) 17:26, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]