See, this is just whackadoodle:

Security guard who shot man 3 times acted in self defense because the victim wasn’t wearing a COVID mask, lawyer says

What’s more, the “security guard” is all kinds of special who should probably not have been out in society in the first place:

Holmes, who is barred from possessing a weapon because he is a four-time convicted felon and registered child sex offender, was working as an armed security guard at the store

Ummm… what. The article does not detail what his four felony convictions are. But four felony convictions and being a sex offender, never mind a child sex offender, starts to sound like the sort of description that would be best applied to someone who has been put away for life or sent to the off-world dilithium mines. Not to someone paid to provide security for a liquor store, and certainly not for someone doing so with a gun. A gun, it should be pointed out, that he was legally barred from owning or wielding or even touching. This being not only Illinois but *Chicago,* it’s probably technically illegal for him to even look longingly at a gun. So… yet another gun control policy win.

But wait! There’s more!

Holmes, who defense attorney Jonathan Feldman said “has a big heart and is a kind-hearted man,” shot the man again, then paced around and shot him a third time before running away

Yeah. And Mike Brown was a “gentle giant.” From the limited information available on the shooter, it seems safe to suggest that he was one minor frustration from plugging someone anyway. But I think at the same time the shooting victim here might have a case for suing the media for ramping up fear about masking.