From a boat sailing past one of Southport's waterfront bars, a shooter opened fire into a crowd of patrons and fled. Authorities said they quickly arrested a person of interest.

Just another mass shooting, suspect is white male marine veteran so keep an eye on how this is portrayed.

Edited: Marine vet, not army vet.

    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      Just out of interest: Don’t you have any “catch-all” word for military personnel? Where I’m from the equivalent of “soldier” it typically used to mean “unspecified military personnel”.

      • thallamabond@lemmy.worldOP
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        23 hours ago

        It’s English, so there’s probably a ton of them.

        Servicemen is what I would go with. Also military personnel, but that’s too long winded for me

    • chiocciola@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Yes I know that. What I’m trying to understand is what posting a photo has to do with their comment. No one said the word soldier or marine. Are you saying you also do not understand the purpose of their comment?

      • thallamabond@lemmy.worldOP
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        2 days ago

        teft probably did not realize that you were posting an image of the shooter (a marine). I did not realize he was a marine so my post said ARMY. I made a mistake in my original post, it made others confused when you posted a pic of the shooter.

        • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
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          1 day ago

          This is it. I read your original posting which called the shooter a soldier and was wondering why a marine was posted. Some people aren’t aware of the difference and as a former soldier i thought i’d correct him in case he didn’t know. I wasn’t aware that that was the shooter.