Start with Plain Talk

Asheville has had three large-scale shootings in rapid succession, and it's probably not going to get better because the police chief won't even speak the plain facts about the matter. Asked if this was 'gang violence,' she said: 

"This is a group of individuals who know one another... these are groups, again, that are committing acts of violence against one another.... I would say these are two groups of individuals... there are ties to them knowing each other and committing ongoing retaliatory acts against each other." 

Two dead, seven injured, no arrests in that particular shooting. Police say they have identified 'persons of interest,' but won't say who they are. 

They do at least have a suspect in another recent shooting, one Elijah William Poore. Asheville police are asking for help from the community in locating him, but have released no physical description that might help people identify him. Height, weight, hair color, eye color, nothing distinguishing. He's supposed to be eighteen years old, which is all they will say about him other than that he's wanted for the shooting.

On the other hand they had a LOT to say about the firearm used. The mayor herself came out to talk about that alongside the police chief. While apparently it must be politically incorrect to accurately characterize the criminals, the gun was a Glock fitted out with one of those illegal 'switch' sear devices that lets you fire it automatically. Those are on the approved list of political targets, so that was something they couldn't say enough about. Apparently the gun is the guilty party, or something like that.