Rules we should have learned already for breaking crime stories:
1. Don't speculate.
2. Your joke isn't funny.

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) October 03, 2013

The third rule is that both of those rules will be quickly broken, as Slate’s Dave Weigel and Matt Yglesias demonstrated within moments of reports of a shooting on Capitol Hill:

Weigel thought it was a good time for some snark:

http://twitter.com/#!/daveweigel/status/385833288419377152

Hilarious, except not really:

http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/385834224348966912

Yglesias thought the shooting was a good opportunity to discuss shutdown politics:

http://twitter.com/#!/mattyglesias/status/385835070638268416

We’re sure that was the first thing on officers’ minds as the bullets were flying.

http://twitter.com/#!/JammieWF/status/385836582743179266

Not only is Yglesias’ comment not funny, but it’s also wrong:

http://twitter.com/#!/emzanotti/status/385843073361526785

Another futile reminder:

http://twitter.com/#!/CaracasChron/status/385835767668281344

Too soon? Unfortunately for some, it’s never too soon. Markos Moulitsas of The Daily Kos helped Weigel and Yglesias demonstrate that:

http://twitter.com/#!/markos/status/385839265663291392

The abhorrent douche is strong in this one.

http://twitter.com/#!/Joffen1981/status/385839685852856320

Suspending politics for an hour or so during a story with potentially devastating consequences for people is so out of style.

http://twitter.com/#!/CuffyMeh/status/385843631078129664

This provides the best summary:

http://twitter.com/#!/TheUSReport/status/385844057856937984

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/10/03/capitol-hill-shooting-instantly-brings-out-douche-reactions-from-dave-weigel-matt-yglesias-and-markos-moulitsas/