I know the next shooter.
He’s between 19 and 25. He’s white. He is known to be very smart, perhaps brilliant, but socially awkward and withdrawn. Classmates from high school barely remember him because he did very little to stand out. He felt ignored, unwanted, and disliked by most people. He is thin and doesn’t do much with his hair, often looking kind of messed, even wavy. But he might now have a buzzcut. He spends a lot of time on computers because he can choose which virtual world is better for him. He probably spent time in therapy, maybe even took some medications to help him cope. He either argues with his parents or just seems indifferent to them. He’s probably an only child, not from a big family.
But the most important part is that now – right now – today – he’s watching television. He’s watching CNN and other channels. He’s seeing the attention the Connecticut shooter is getting. It’s the attention he never got in school because he didn’t know what to do to get that attention.
But he knows now.
