Posted on 10/02/2024 5:28:23 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
ST. PAUL, Minn. β Gov. Tim Walz during the Vice Presidential debate on Tuesday night revealed that his teenage son Gus had witnessed a shooting at a community center in St. Paul last year.
"Look I got a 17-year-old and he witnessed a shooting at a community center playing volleyball. Those things don't leave you," Tim Walz said.
He was referencing a shooting that happened in January of 2023 at the Jimmy Lee Rec Center, when an employee shot a 16-year-old boy in the head. Gus Walz was one of roughly 100 young people who were at the community center when the shooting happened, according to a Facebook post by his coach, David Albornoz.
Albornoz wrote the post soon after Gus Walz's viral moment of cheering on his father at the Democratic National Convention. In it, Albornoz writes about the teenager's contagious love for volleyball, and how he was "keeping everyone safe and calm, looking after the kids in the gym with us as I rushed out," after the shooting.
The rec center employee β Exavir Dwayne Binford Jr. β pleaded guilty to first degree assault for the shooting of the 16-year-old and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Tim Walz mentioned the rec center shooting during a line of questioning about gun violence in the United States.
"I didn't know that your 17-year-old witnessed the shooting. And I'm sorry about that. And I hope, Christ, have mercy. It is awful," Sen. JD Vance said to Tim Walz afterward.
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That clown wants to become Biden II. Lies, lies, and a total lack of demonstrable intelligence.
Anyone looked into his bank accounts (especially the Swiss ones) lately?
This guy has lied about so much, I don’t believe anything he says.
Was it near Tiananmen Square? π€
witnessed a shooting at a community center playing volleyball
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Someone shooting a basketball nearby?
news to me. a lifelong resident of Minnesota. If true it’s the best kept secret in Minnesota politics. (no, we all knew he was gay)
You would not believe how many shootings I have witnessed since getting on the internet.
Is this the son he was yanking around at the convention?
1. Who was the Governor?
2 Who wanted to defund Police?
3. Who enjoyed the smells of businesses, cars, and the Police station burning?
“This guy has lied about so much, I donβt believe anything he says.”
Wise attitude.
https://x.com/GrageDustin/status/1841501987189281190
LOL!
Wait a minute Tiny, don’t tell me. Chelsea Clintoon was jogging nearby also. Am I right?
boatloads of 17/18 yr olds in the sixties saw many shootings. What made this one special?
Did Tim Walz say he knows the shooter, are they friends?
I’m pretty much at that point. It’s even stranger that someone under a microscope would lie.
Have the fart checkers checked this claim yet?
Is that the shooter or the shootee. Cause that dude kind of looks like he needed to be shot.
It’s true. The shooter was Kamala Harris. She was either hunting or defending herself from an attacker; I forget which.
Well, he saw it on television the same week. Knucklehead close enough.
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