Right, it makes sense to me now. The double "as" was definitely confusing, but "identified" instead of "named" immediately made the sentence clear. Thanks.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 year ago

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

[–] tilcica@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

yeah its very weird

"as the death toll reaches 22 people, the suspect was found out to be a US army reservist"

[–] Jilanico@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

They probably want to front load the headline with the most salient development, namely the identity of the shooter.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] snowraven@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It's because it's an update to ongoing reporting