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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                2 months 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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                  2 months 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 months 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 months 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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                    2 months 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.