Man, Woman Dead in Murder-Suicide at Michigan College Fox News - April 10
"The bodies of Asia McGowan, 20, of Ecorse, and Anthony Powell, 28, of Detroit, were discovered inside a classroom at a Henry Ford Community College building after police responded to an emergency call of an assault and shortly afterward reports of a shot being fired on campus, said Dearborn Deputy Police Chief Gregg Brighton." ~ Newsday
It's sad this sort of thing happens and I feel really bad for the families involved but the reason I'm blogging about this tragedy is because of a T.V. news broadcast. They showed some YouTube video of the victim dancing and also showed video of the gunman ranting and venting whatever was on his mind at the time. Based on the small video clips, he obviously seemed angry and crazed - if that wasn't enough to convince the viewer, they announced that he had only three or four facebook friends; the victim and object of his obsession, was one of them. Whereas, the victim had friends that numbered somewhere in the high eight hundreds.
This is the part that bothered me. Facebook is full of spammers and trolls that add people randomly. It's also full of innocent people that don't say no to friend requests. I'm guessing the victim, Asia McGowan, was one of those nice people who was popular and friendly with many people but not necessarily friends with everyone on her list.
My question is: How does the Facebook "popularity" of the victim and her killer, factor into this?
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