If it's so common, why did he have to use a death from 8 years ago as his example?
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Probably because it was the same city where Eddie died, trying to make the point that it's so common that it's now happened in the same city twice.
Other than a few (inconsequential) messed-up facts and some hyperbole, I don't see the problem with this article. It's certainly nowhere near sickening.