Seems to me a perfectly apt use of the word. Tragedy is a drama proceeding from some pivotal event, that acquires a momentum of its own, terminating in death. Yes; this is a tragedy.
“Yes; this is a tragedy.”
Yeah, I agree - I hadn’t researched the background of the guy killed. I figured it was a ‘usual suspect’.
Tragedy:
“1. disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, adversity, calamity, affliction, whammy”
NOT a disaster
NOT a catastrophe
Not a calamity
Not a misfortune (bad luck)
Not an adversity (A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune. A calamitous event. Adverse fortune or fate; a condition or state marked by misfortune, calamity, distress, or unhappiness.)
Definitely a whammy. Whammy whammy, whammy you’re DEAD.
This guy was NUTS on DRUGS. What could possibly happen?