RantCrush Top 5: June 15, 2017

In addition to the shooting in Alexandria, VA, another shooting took place at a UPS facility in San Francisco yesterday. A UPS driver shot and killed three other employees before taking his own life. Another two people were injured. The shooting happened during the daily morning meeting before the drivers were set to start their day. The gunman was later identified as 38-year-old Jimmy Lam. Although the motive remains unclear, it was revealed that Lam filed a workplace complaint three months ago, complaining that he was working excessive overtime.

This shooting came only nine days after another workplace shooting that killed nine people at a factory in Orlando, and the same day as the shooting at a GOP baseball practice. Later in the day, there was a shooting in Brooklyn, but no one died in that attack. Many are hopeful that a new conversation about gun control will come out of these horrific incidents.

The #Alexandria shooting will get a lot of attention—but it’s just one of more than 50 incidents of #GunViolence in the last 24 hours.

— Greg Leding (@gregleding) June 14, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.