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Why Didn’t Cops Know Lafayette Shooter?

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Police likely didn’t Google Rusty Houser until a day after the shooting, The Daily Beast has learned. The results would have immediately shined a light on his extremist views.

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Julie Dermansky for The Daily Beast

Lafayette police did not begin to look into online postings made under the name Rusty Houser until they were alerted to their existence by the media Friday morning, more than 12 hours after

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