[beaversmom]

See also this from 9News (article cannot be posted on FR):

Brother of accused shooter: 'New Year's is a day to shoot guns'

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Mindless barbarians!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Time for these illegals to understand that this is NOT Mexico or other backwash squalid countries. Throw them in prison for twenty years and then deport their asses. If not, WE THE PEOPLE start shooting back.

[Ben Bolt]

Cortez is being held without bail pending filing of formal charges.

Good .. This idiot should not be on the streets .

[ApplegateRanch]

Since he was ‘only’ aiming at a street light, that makes it all okay? The ‘burbs aren’t the wild west, you idiots!

Yes, I have set off shotgun blasts on New Year’s eve, though not for over 40 years; and the nearest neighbors were a good 1/2 mile away.

Come to think of it, that was Dad’s antique 10 gauge black powder gun, and was just powder charges...no pellets. Lots of flame, noise & smoke; no pitter-patter of falling lead.

[bill1952]

Cortez told them he fired a celebratory shot on New Year’s and was aiming at a street light.

Excuse me?
Firing a deadly weapon is a way of “celebration?”
blowing out street lights is a new way to celebrate New Years?

Isn’t multi cultural diversity great?

[ConservativeMind]

This is not Mexico or Guatemala, where people can apparently shoot others for fun in celebration.

These people think they are back in their third-world countries of origin.

The death-penalty would be fully appropriate.

[Octar]

The dirtball family. Do we need more of these? Are the here legally? This is when we shoot guns? jeez

[freedomlover]

Generations of my family have been avid gun owners and I dont ever recall anyone shooting a gun in celebration, and until the last generation the nearest neighbor was at least a mile away.

Thia does remind me of a time I was on a student Eurail pass in Italy and spent New Years Eve in Rome.

We came home about 1 am and the owner of the hostel was running around the tenth floor of the apartment building (this was downtown Rome) shooting his shotgun out the windows for fun. I’m talking about 40 rounds, too. It was chaos. I don’t want to think about where that birdshot ended up.

[piytar]

Anyone who fires a firearm without knowing their target and what is or may be behind it is a flat out moron. These types of idiots are the only valid justification for banning private ownership of firearms. That said, the 2nd Amendment and my own (and other intelligent people’s) right to self defense trumps that, but I can at least understand and somewhat agree with that particular argument.

Final analysis: This azz#### deserves to rot in jail for the rest of his worthless life. And what a horrific tragedy for the victims and their families. My prayers go out to them.

[CzarNicky]

the bullets go up, you should care where they come down. It is your department. You’re not Werner von Braun.