Vegas shooter may have scouted Fenway Park

The Vegas shooter had his sights set on Fenway Park as a possible target…

This past Monday, a gunman ruthlessly murdered 59 people in cold-blood, leaving hundreds of others wounded at the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino. More bone-chilling details around the event  itself, as well as other possible aims, which included both Wrigley Field and Fenway Park as other possible destinations for the gunman. CBS Sports reports:

It became clear pretty quickly that the shooter had put significant planning into the attack. He allegedly picked a hotel room with a clear view of the concert crowd across the street, stockpiled modified high-powered weapons and even set up cameras in and around the hotel suite he did the shooting from.

Those plans apparently involved other venues across the United States, with one of the wonders of the baseball world, Fenway Park, on that dreaded list:

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Reading those wretched details absolutely floors me. Boston has already suffered enough tragedy from cowardliness acts of terror before, most recently with the Boston Marathon bombing in April of 2013. I just can’t put into words the calamity of these most recent plans if they were sprung to action. I’m just thankful that the FBI and their resources are on top of things, foiling any (potential) future plans:

Boston Police said they’re aware of the reports and are working with federal authorities to determine the extent of the research that was done and what Paddock’s plans may have been.

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Here’s our call to action, America. We can either let our own differences eat us alive from the inside, which will allow terror to run rapid across the nation and throughout the world. Or we can deal with our disunity, stand together, taking this hatred and terror head-on. Not with more hate, but through unity and love. Who remembers the first game in New York following the 9/11 attacks when President George W. Bush throughout that tear-jerking first pitch during game 3 of the 2001 World Series, firing a perfect strike into the mitt of Todd Greene? That sums up what baseball is all about, America’s past-time, not just on the field, but also away from the diamond, bringing unity and healing to our beloved nation time and time again.