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this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2023
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Is it me or the headline is worded strangely?
I think it might be the word "named" instead of "identified." That and the two "as" ~~appositive phrases~~ prepositional phrases in a row.
Right, it makes sense to me now. The double "as" was definitely confusing, but "identified" instead of "named" immediately made the sentence clear. Thanks.
It's only weird when you don't know anybody called "US army reservist" but it's a fairly common name around here
-US Coast Guard war criminal
yeah its very weird
"as the death toll reaches 22 people, the suspect was found out to be a US army reservist"
They probably want to front load the headline with the most salient development, namely the identity of the shooter.
It's because it's an update to ongoing reporting
It's a reference to this Onion article that gets updated with a new date and location every time this happens.
The Onion didn't get theirs listed until 8 hours after OP though, which is why I'm assuming they just didn't link the article.
I was actually refering to the headline in the picture but yeah this is an interesting piece of information too, I know the post's title was sarcastic but didn't know it was such a thoughtful joke haha