Oregon rock climber charged over mass killing plot at Smith Rock mountaineering event
Oregon rock climber charged over mass killing plot at Smith Rock mountaineering event
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrested Samson Zebturiah Garner on Thursday and took him to the county jail on several charges each of attempted murder of multiple victims.
A 39-year-old rock climber is facing a slate of attempted murder charges over an alleged plot to kill random people at a Smith Rock climbing event this weekend.
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrested Samson Zebturiah Garner on Thursday and took him to the county jail on several charges each of attempted murder of multiple victims, attempted first degree assault, attempted second degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon.
Law enforcement recovered a Beretta 9mm handgun, a Sig Sauer 9mm handgun and an AR-15 from Garner when he was arrested. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office seized those weapons under an extreme risk protection order during the arrest, meaning the courts will take those guns away for at least a year.
What in the world?! Absolutely insane.
25Kind of literally I would think.
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the courts will take those guns away for at least a year.
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🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡17He would have to beat those charges, all felonies so no more gun rights, to get them back. If he is acquitted or found not guilty his weapons should not be kept from him, but with this he would still have to wait that year.
12Look, everyone makes mistakes and that should not mean this dangerous psychopath should lose their god given right to own a personal arsenal.
Maybe next time they will understand that the true goal of any gun owner should be to plug a kindergartner or two. Because America
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Gunnels, the Deschutes County prosecutor, said Central Oregon law enforcement became aware of Garner after Portland police received tips about the potential shooting.
So… do you think the guy gave people hints about his plans because he has a psychological issue, because he wanted to get caught, or simply because he can’t keep his mouth shut? A combination, perhaps?
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12What a wild story! Sounds like the cops were ahead of him though. Man worked in IT. I wanna know what wore him this far down.
7what wore him this fast down
Customer support. Or his waifu left him.
5Yeah, this came up when I posted it to the Portland group:
"Gunnels, the Deschutes County prosecutor, said Central Oregon law enforcement became aware of Garner after Portland police received tips about the potential shooting."
Portland police started working with County law enforcement on Monday, when they found he was en route to the county on Thursday, they rounded him up.
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The article basically stated he was picked up on his way to the event, yet was charged with attempted murder? Is that some quirk of Oregon law, or did he do something else that the article didn’t mention?
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Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels said investigators had recovered journal entries with Garner’s belongings that indicated he was not planning to target specific people, but had a “generalized anger.” Court charging documents list potential victims in the case as “spectator” and “belayer.”
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The planned attack appeared to target the Smith Rock Craggin Classic, an event hosted by the American Alpine Club and described as a “3-day grassroots climbing festival.” The American Alpine Club thanked law enforcement in a social media post, and said they became aware of the threat Wednesday, a day before Garner’s arrest. The group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gunnels, the Deschutes County prosecutor, said Central Oregon law enforcement became aware of Garner after Portland police received tips about the potential shooting.
3Orwellian... no?
It's laudable that they intercepted the guy, but I have some minor concerns about exactly how they knew what he was thinking, and some serious concerns about the fact that they intend to prosecute him for thinking it.
May as well just overtly prosecute it as thoughtcrime and send the dude off to the Big Brother School of Rehabilitation for some programming...
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Garner is a Portland resident who has worked as an information technology professional in the past ... had a “generalized anger.”
The whole thing smells like another incel story to me. Makes me wonder if he got romantically rejected by someone (because IT nerd) and was going to damn well show that someone what a Real Man he is!
2Pretty sure being an "IT nerd" has nothing to do with being romantically rejected, I don't see why you need to connect those two.
35Although this situation is potentially realistic, we can't stoop to prejudicial thinking, which really makes us no better than a racist or bigot fucking with minority classes, believe it or not, many virgin men do not want to murder people. Let the evidence tell us what crimes he is guilty or innocent of, potentially some motive, and then mete out the necessary punishment. I do not defend misogyny, I despise it.
The only certainty is we are lucky they caught him before he was able to act on the alleged plot.
2let the evidence show what crimes he may have committed
Lucky they caught him before he was able to act
I mean...
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Wonder how much of an "alleged plot" vs "guy driving with two guns" evidence there is, because unless there's more in the article
0Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels said investigators had recovered journal entries with Garner’s belongings that indicated he was not planning to target specific people, but had a “generalized anger.” Court charging documents list potential victims in the case as “spectator” and “belayer.”
Cops claim that this is what the journal talks about, seems to be true. However, I'm sure the actual contents are out there somewhere or will be publicized during the trial if there is one
2... So did you just wake up today and say to yourself "I want to defend a mass murderer today"?
2The three paragraphs in the thread don't say much but I guess I'll take a bunch of cops at their word
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