I'm not seeing that death date. And history shows that even traditional news outlets can be badly wrong in the immediate aftermath of a shooting. James Brady didn't die in 1981 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brady#Shooting - even with "all major media outlets" (per Wikipedia) saying that he did.

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rtaylorgarlock 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Watching the video of his shooting may change your perspective. I don't advise you do, though I'll absolutely confirm it would be miraculous to come back from something like what the video shows.

	▲	hnpolicestate 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		It was an absolutely brutal video to watch. I agree. Even with the absolute best field first aid, EMS and surgical response, arterial bleeding I think has a 60% survival rate? Again, if everything goes perfectly, timed perfectly etc.

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cloudfudge 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Kirk's wikipedia page is currently abuzz with edits and reversions of those edits, many of which are pronouncing him dead.

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rkomorn 5 days ago | parent [-]

I'm convinced there are people whose first thought when someone dies is to race to update Wikipedia for some definition of clout.

I find it weird, at best.

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FergusArgyll 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiJackal

	▲	rossant 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		TIL there's a term for this! I've always been quite troubled by this propensity some people have to be the first to report the death of someone famous.
	▲	rkomorn 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Makes sense!

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seivan 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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NoMoreNicksLeft 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

>I'm not seeing that death date.

Browsers don't show the page updating, easy to imagine that it's flickering on and off several times a minute at this point.