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| |Image = Rusty_Houser.jpg
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| |fullname = John Russell Houser
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| |alias = Rusty
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| |origin = Columbus, Georgia, United States
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| |occupation = Bar owner
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| |type of villain = Mass Shooter
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| |goals = Unknown
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| |crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Domestic Abuse|Domestic abuse]]<br>[[Arson]]<br>Stalking<br>Extortion<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Americophobia]]
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| |hobby = }}{{Quote|America is so sick that I now believe it to be the enemy of the world. I know next to nothing about Iran, but the little I do tell me they are far higher morally than this financially failing filth farm.|Houser in a 2013 social media post.}}'''John Russell "Rusty" Houser''' (November 22, 1955 – July 23, 2015) was the perpetrator of the Grand 16 movie theater [[Mass Shooting|shooting]] in Lafayette, Louisiana on July 23, 2015. He killed two people and injured nine others before killing himself.
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| He was known to have far-right and anti-government political beliefs that likely played a role in the shooting, as well as a multitude of mental health issues and a history of [[Domestic Abuse|domestic violence]]. He also had a lengthy criminal history prior to the shooting. | | '''John Russell "Rusty" Houser''' (November 22, 1955 – July 23, 2015) was the perpetrator of the Grand 16 movie theater shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana on July 23, 2015. He killed two people and injured nine others before killing himself. |
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| | He was known to have far-right and anti-government political beliefs that likely played a role in the shooting, as well as a multitude of mental health issues and a history of domestic violence. He also had a lengthy criminal history prior to the shooting. |
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| Four officers responded to the scene in less than a minute after receiving a 7:28 p.m. report of the shooting. After witnessing audiences fleeing and hearing gunshots, they made their way into the auditorium. Upon entering the theater, two-and-a-half minutes after arrival, they found Houser dead; he had fatally shot himself in the mouth. His body remained inside the theater for several hours. After the shooting, it was discovered that he had a blood alcohol level of 0.1, while the legal limit to drive is 0.08. | | Four officers responded to the scene in less than a minute after receiving a 7:28 p.m. report of the shooting. After witnessing audiences fleeing and hearing gunshots, they made their way into the auditorium. Upon entering the theater, two-and-a-half minutes after arrival, they found Houser dead; he had fatally shot himself in the mouth. His body remained inside the theater for several hours. After the shooting, it was discovered that he had a blood alcohol level of 0.1, while the legal limit to drive is 0.08. |
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| On July 27, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' reported that investigators believed Houser chose to commit the shooting in a theater playing ''Trainwreck'' due to its feminist themes and characters, as well as its lead actor's Jewish background. Houser was said to have been a [[Misogyny|misogynist]] and praised the actions of [[Adolf Hitler]] on online message boards. An investigation by the SPLC into the shooter's social media posts revealed that he was a supporter of the Greek far-right political party [[Golden Dawn]], former [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[David Duke]], the [[Westboro Baptist Church]], [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitism]], the aforementioned Adolf Hitler and [[Timothy McVeigh]] as well as asking on an online forum where he could join [[White Power Movement|white power]] groups. Additionally, Houser praised the Charleston church shooter [[Dylann Roof]] and stated that he was "green but good" and "But thanks for the wake up call Dylann" as well as expressing [[Homophobia|homophobic]], misogynistic, and racist anti-black sentiments in his journal.
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| [[Category:Thief]] | | [[Category:Thief]] |
| [[Category:Extortionists]]
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| [[Category:Supremacists]]
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| [[Category:Thugs]]
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| [[Category:Murderer]]
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| [[Category:Delusional]]
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| [[Category:Paranoid]]
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| [[Category:Misanthropes]]
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| [[Category:Animal Cruelty]]
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| [[Category:Tragic]]
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| [[Category:Extremists]]
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| [[Category:Alt-right]]
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| [[Category:Xenophobes]]
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| [[Category:United States of America]]
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