There's a late breaking story on Boston.com about a double-murder suicide that occurred in Saugus today. Certainly that is sad, but at the end of the article is this: "It makes me very concerned," said [a neighbor]. "It shows it can happen anywhere."
Huh?
First of all, the shooter is apparently dead, so what reason is there to be concerned? Second, the "it can happen anywhere" comment is so overused as to be meaningless. Yes, violent crime can and does happen all over. If you are 10 years old or older you've seen enough examples of that to know that this is true.
We'll chalk this up to the interviewee being shocked.
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