Sarahlou
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I hadn't thought of it like that, but you're right!He picked the biggest bully.
I hadn't thought of it like that, but you're right!He picked the biggest bully.
It was never going to make complete sense, but it now appears this is on a track where we’ll have much fewer answers than we usually do.Aha. Thanks for that clarification.
Still the question, why in the world did he do this when it seems like his life was progressing in a good direction??
Will it ever make sense?
jmo
Agree. I'm not sending either to him.sending him my thoughts and prayers!! as trump has said before regarding innocent kids being shot, "get over it"
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Trump tells supporters 'we have to get over it' after Iowa school shooting
His comments came after nearly 36 hours of silence and a day after his GOP rivals addressed the shooting that took the life of a sixth grade student and injured others.www.nbcnews.com
I have no empathy for this slimeball.
Indeed.I don’t think he had any help at all. He’d need multiple people from multiple organizations in on it.
People risking their careers for a strange guy who couldn’t shoot straight.
It’s all explained by poor planning, a lack of resources, and staggering incompetence.
Or, maybe his undocumented friend could get a job at a Trump golf course. Trump is all talk on that issue; his work force is undocumented.I buy that. Maybe there is an undocumented immigrant friend who he was afraid would be sent back.
Let's hope there is a change about violent rhetoric.Agree. I'm not sending either to him.
It's one thing to say simmer down hateful, inflammatory rhetoric, and it's time to unify. To truly change, you have to change your hateful heart.
Perhaps not all hope is lost, as "people can change".
My current hunch is he wanted to be re-create a Lee Harvey Oswald moment with himself as the star/villain. I might have a different theory tomorrow, but for today, that's my theory.It was never going to make complete sense, but it now appears this is on a track where we’ll have much fewer answers than we usually do.
Usually there’s something discovered right away, and there’s just nothing here.
No note. No online profile. Nothing found in his phone. It’s frustrating.
Murder isn’t the answer to who one might perceive as a bully. Nor an excuse.He picked the biggest bully.
I hadn't thought of it like that, but you're right!
Biden pulled his ads, so that’s a start!Let's hope there is a change about violent rhetoric.
I will be very happy if there are no more rallies with words that incite violence.
MOO
they weren't who he is to begin with he was just matching the fight. In my opinion.Biden pulled his ads, so that’s a start!
Nobody said it was either. But it could have been one of the reasons in the killer's brain.Murder isn’t the answer to who one might perceive as a bully. Nor an excuse.
I'm curious whether RMU allows commuter students or whether they require a student live on campus the first year attending (although I don't know how that would apply to a student transferring in as a sophomore or junior, with credits from a community college).Gunman planned to attend local 4-year university this fall
Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected gunman, planned to attend Robert Morris University this fall, according to a school spokesperson.
Robert Morris University is a private, four-year university located outside of Pittsburgh.
"We have been in touch with law enforcement and stand ready to assist in their investigation," school spokesperson Brian Edwards said.
Crooks had earned his associate degree in science from a local community college and graduated in May with high honors.
He was accepted into both RMU and the University of Pittsburgh, a public-research university also a close drive from his home in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
A spokesperson for the University of Pittsburgh said Crooks was told in February that he could attend this fall semester as a transfer student. In March, Crooks informed Pitt that he would not attend.
I see golfers using them on the courseIt can look a bit like one, but doesn’t act like one. Most rangefinders look like binoculars but turned vertically instead of horizontally.
Which to me, says there's something missing. Either something LE haven't uncovered yet, or something they have and are keeping from the public while the investigation continues.Exactly, he breaks the profile almost completely.
No known mental health issues.
No crazy posts online.
No manifesto.
No apparent trigger.
Not known to law enforcement.
Moving on with his education.
Stable job.
Coworkers seemed to really like him, and didn’t set off any alarm bells.
The only thing that fits is that he was a loner, but it’s not like that’s an incredible rarity.
The evidence seems to indicate this was not some sort of psychotic break.there may never be an understandable why, he could have just had some psychotic break, woke up and thought hey this is a good idea . The sum of all the little things in life that did not go right for him... Things that most people learn to accept , deal with or work through. Things that an average ( I hate that word but am at a loss for another) person would maybe hide under the covers and cry for an hour then get up and get on with things, just something he could not process like others.
That might be indeed what happened.He picked the biggest bully.
a psychotic break could have started it weeks ago, however I do not think he is the regular age for such a break that would be more late 20's I think. I do think a mental illness undiagnosed could be a catalyst.The evidence seems to indicate this was not some sort of psychotic break.
It takes time to obtain the materials to build bombs, and then actually build them. Apparently he had a transmitter that was designed to trigger explosives in his car, which is pretty complex.
In the weeks before the assassination attempt, he also began accumulating rounds via in person and online purchases.
So there's evidence of a great deal of planning here, but we don't know if it was planning for this specific attack, or if it was planning for something else initially.