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The 23-year-old ex-marine who shot and killed his co-workers and himself at a New Jersey grocery store, may have been planning to commit the crime years before he actually executed it. Just three years ago, Terence Tyler took to his Twitter account to post eery tweets about killing his co-workers.
One tweet read: “Is it normal to want to kill ALL of ur coworkers?” He continued with: “Maybe but I’m actually in a position where I can.” The tweets also contained references to O.J. Simpson, Adolf Hitler, and his growing paranoia. He also tweeted his preference for the desert fatigues he wore on the day he went on his shooting spree.
In another tweet, Tyler- who was stationed in California seven months after joining the Marines- expressed his growing rage toward his comrades in arms. “I’m starting to see why plp go on killin sprees. . . . Because these mothaf—— are reeeeeeally pushin my ‘kill everyone I see button,’ ” he wrote on Oct. 7, 2009.
Tyler’s fantasy rage became a reality on Friday when he opened fire on two co-workers using an assault-type rifle and wearing his military fatigue. After leaving his job -a local grocery store in which he’d only been employed for two weeks- at 4 a.m., Tyler returned with a plan to kill. He fired over 16 rounds during the assault, striking two victims: 18-year old Christina LoBrutta and 24-year old Bryan Green. After fatally shooting his co-workers, he pulled a handgun and killed himself to end the 4 a.m. carnage, authorities said. Thirteen of his co-workers escaped the assault.
Tyler’s family said he’d battled depression for years after his mother died in 2007. The killings came three days before the anniversary of her birthday.
Concerned/Black American
September 3, 2012 at 9:40 pm
It really does sadden me to no end to see so many of these types of things happening in our country these days! However; it is even worse to see our black people starting to do this same s***e white people are doing and have been doing since the inception of this country! I am sadden for his victims and their families but glad to see he took his own life which he should have done as opposed to taking the lives of others! Here is yet another example of the disillusionment of young blacks who grow up thinking they are considered to be equal to whites! It is a sad commentary but we never have been and never will be considered by most of them to be equal and when young blacks such as he learns this this is the sad and tragic results! All Blacks especially you young ones had better pull your heads out of your a***s and stop this s**t because people like him who do this s**t will certainly be speedily executed by the system and rightfully so! You all/we will never be spared execution from this or any other types of crimes as they are by simply pleading insanity! I AM GLAD THIS a*s HOLE COMMITTED SUICIDE!
Teri
September 3, 2012 at 1:52 pm
The gov’t turns troubled young men into killers and we are surprised by this why?
Concerned/Black American
September 3, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Teri
This is bullshit! These bastards turn themselves into killers! Young blacks like this ignorant b*****d has been brainwashed into believing he could do what white kids do and get away with it! This is just simply not the case and believe me I am old enough and experienced enough to know! I am retired military as well as 23 plus years in the law enforcement community! That bullshit about him being depressed since his mothers death is c**p! Other blacks have had deaths in our families and we didn’t resort to this type of s**t! f**k HIM!
thomasisthe1
September 3, 2012 at 10:58 am
So, who read or noticed the tweets & who had the authority to determine if they were believable? Were these tweets addressed to anyone in particular?
Funny how we read the government is monitoring for certain buzzwords, etc., to protect us from ourselves but I guess this poor young man fell through the cracks with so many recent others.
Concerned/Black American
September 3, 2012 at 9:55 pm
thomasisthe1
You can, can that bullshit about you guessing this poor young manfell through the crack with so many others BULLSHIT! the sooner blacks period especially young blacks listen to us older blacks who know better and govern themselves accordingly they won’t fall victim to this or other types of crimes! SO f**k HIS YOUNG DUM BLOACK a*s AND OTHERS LIKE HIM REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE! The so-called justice system is basically to blame with that bullshit of not allowing parents especially black ones to discip[line their kids! Back in our day they really sort of needed Child Protection Laws! However; these days there should be laws requiring parents to backhand and beat the s**t out of their kids at least every other day and just maybe this type of s**t will be mush less! That old busshit about time out or telling little white johnny and susie to use their indoor voice is not working for their sick/perverted dumbass white kids and it sure as h**l won’t work for black kids! All kids have to do these days is accuse their parents or any adult of s**t and their lives are s**t for the remainder of their lives! Kids on TV shown cursing and disrespecting their parents and the police not doing s**t about it; so black kids thing they can do the same with impunity because they are too f*****g stupid to realize they can’t do what whites do and get away with it! White people take care of and look out for their own! This is the primary reason pleading insanity was instituted for them and NOT US!