[Rick Lee]

Random violence in AZ is actually pretty rare. They say Phoenix is the kidnapping capital of the world. But 100% of those cases are illegal aliens or otherwise involved in drug or human trafficking, and most of those were never reported missing. They just get held in a drop house until their coyote gets paid. But when the cops find such a drop house with 50 illegals in it, it's counted as 50 more kidnapping victims. I don't know that I've ever read of a random murder in Phoenix other than the infamous Baseline Killer, who's now on death row. As in most places in the US, the vast majority of crime victims know their assailants. Being a victim of a violent crime has pretty low odds here unless you run in those circles. Saturday's tragedy, while not totally random, did have a lot of random victims who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hug and kiss your loved ones every chance you get.