The name was released...
Ronald Troyke was the name I found for the shooter.
When I look for images I mostly find images of Johnny the hero.
There is one image I found which if it is him he could be white, or might identify as Latino or something. He could pass for either.
Yet if that image is him it has a back the blue style flag behind him on the wall as well as other U.S. Flags. That makes it a bit confusing unless he had some psychotic break or something and suddenly was acting as though he was betrayed or something.
I'm sure we'll hear more eventually.
EDIT: Then from CBS I find another image which if is him is a black man. So at this point it is completely up in the air.
Regardless it is bad no matter skin color. I just am hyper sensitive to how the news tends to go nuts when a shooter is white and say not much about it at all if it is otherwise.
Yes, I also tried to do a little research yesterday, out of curiosity. My little bit of research of people with this last name only turned up people I would have called "white" (including some guy with the same name as the brother of the shooter). But I agree it's not a real issue either way.
All of the white images I found were of the Hero Johnny Hurley even though I searched Troyke's name. I found one that wasn't Hurley who looked white (might be able to argue Latino it was borderline so either way) but had back the blue style flags and such on the wall behind him. Then on CBS I found an image of a black guy (only one).
Ultimately I was only curious to see if it would stick with the trend of what gets reported and what doesn't.
I am all for equality. Equal justice. That has nothing to do with our immutable characteristics.
There is a lot of propaganda and narrative pushing out there though that is fueling division and hatred and that is truly only what I am zeroing in on.
If Hurley had been black I would have just as proud of his actions. He did what a brave person that is aware, has the weapon, and has the training should do to help people and stop psychotic actions.