CLAIM: Democrat Tim Walz claimed during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate that his son “witnessed a mass shooting at a community center.”
verdict: i doubt it. According to multiple reports, the shooting occurred in the parking lot of the recreation center and Walz's son, Gus, was inside the building.
The incident occurred on January 18, 2023, when a recreation center employee was “beaten” by the teens and feared for his safety during an outdoor fight followed by another. It is said that According to KSTP. The employee took a step back from the teens, pulled out a handgun and shot one of them.
CBS News reported Exerville Dwayne Binford Jr., a recreation facility employee, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to first-degree assault.
The Minnesota Star Tribune reported after Walz claimed her son witnessed the shooting. noticed“Gus Walz was inside the building when the shooting occurred in the hotel parking lot.'' [recreational center]”
St. Paul Parks swimming director and coach David Albornoz said Gus, then a sophomore, ran out of the building toward the area where the teenager was shot while Gus remained inside the gym. said.
Perhaps Gus peered through the window and witnessed the shooting?
When Walz referenced the Sept. 12, 2024, campaign stoppage shooting, he put things another way. NBC Miami quotation Walz's Sept. 12 comment was, “My son was there where someone got shot in the head.”
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