Personal Narrative: The Motive Behind The Shooting

After the attacks, many myths started to surface about why this happened. Some of the myths included that is were revenge for arresting Timothy McVeigh. The attack happened one day after the Oklahoma City bombing. Another was that is was because it was Hitler’s birthday. Others say it was because of al the violence in video game and T.V. that drove them to this. What were the actual reasons, only Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris will know.

Conspiracy theories regarding the Las Vegas scandal have raised attention of many in hopes of uncovering the motive behind the attack. Without reason, Stephen Paddock fired into a crowd of 22,000 country music fans, killing 58 and injuring over 500. As the investigation moves forward, lots of theories behind the deadliest mass murder in US history have surfaced and raised lots of questions. Some are more practical and more likely than others, but all weigh heavily on the tragedy. Police investigations and research gathered by concerned citizens have convoluted and incomplete finds, all claiming different conclusions from the FBI performing an elaborate “routine” cover up, to a security guard accomplice, to the Illuminati striking again.

Students were confused because they thought that the shooters were in the school. According to police, the shooter went towards the school but did not actually

The school shooting in Roseburg, Oregon was severe. On October 1st, 2015 Thursday 10:38 am at Umpqua Community College (UCC), the gunman went to the school and started shooting students. Many students were killed and injured. The gunman, Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26 years old, had an interest in guns, struggling with mental health issues, and had anger against religious people. This shooting was called, “One of the Deadly mass shootings this year”.

So how could someone commit a mass shooting? Many psychologists have given their own thoughts as to why someone would fulfil such a deadly personal mission. For the most part, it would appear that many school shooters do what they do for their moment in the spotlight. In this day and age of modern technology, there's no doubt the killer's face will soon be on everybody's social media feeds and on the front of newspapers all over the globe. Others, however, may commit a mass shooting to make themselves seem powerful. This is common when the shooter has been a victim of bullying or abuse, as being the one with control over everybody else gives them a certain rush of adrenaline and feeling of dominance they may have never had had before.

Acts of terrorism plants fear and terror into the hearts and minds of individuals but when mass shootings occur in the U.S., they get classified as murder or hate crimes. This research will show that mass shootings and hate crimes inflict the same type of terror in the hearts and minds of individuals throughout communities within the U.S. as terrorist attacks have inflicted on communities.

The Columbine High School Shooting was a tragic day for many 2 students Dylan and Eric killed 14 students died and 1 teacher in the most infamous school shooting of its time. Many wonder what caused these 2 students to decide to shoot up their school. Some say it was bullying others say it was because they were a part of a school group called the trench coat mafia.

It all started on October 2nd, 2002, when a bullet was broke a glass window at a Micheal’s craft store in Aspen Hill, Maryland. The shot was fired at 5:20 p.m. nearly hitting a cashier. Fortunately; no one was killed during this attack. An hour later at 6:30, James Martin, a 55 year old man, was shot and killed walking across the parking lot of Shoppers Food Warehouse Grocery Store in Wheaton, Maryland. Can’t a guy just get some groceries without getting shot? The police, at the time, didn’t think these attacks were linked. Little

The gunman apparently wanted to terrorize women from getting accessible, comprehensive, and affordable health care. There is always a pressure on the women, they can't even get a abortion done without any fear from violence in clinics. Some people

When thinking about school shootings names like Columbine and Sandy Hook pop up. Those are the most tragic by far, however everyone always ask why such a horrible crime happens, but no one has never stopped and researched why such hate crimes like those happen. Instead people resort to Channel 2 or Fox 5 for answers, not realizing that their story isn’t the full truth. I am truly against school shootings; looking for answers myself. If there’s one thing I’ve picked up from the media is how they portray school shootings with mental illness, but according to Alfred.edu/teen violence says, “They want to get back at those who hurt them or revenge.” Many adults always struggled to realize why things as vigorous as shootings happens; also fail to realize they are the start of something so tragic. There are several reasons that lead to a school shooting but only five are common.

Little background on the shooters. John Allen Williams was born on December 31, 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at 17 years old he joined the Louisiana nation guard. In 1985 he volunteered for active duty in 1985. During his time in he achieved the highest possible marksmanship medal you can receive as an Expert Rifleman’s Badge. A year before the shootings he converted to Islam and change his last name to Muhammad in 2001. Muhammad was married two times. With his second wife he had three children and a rough custody battle to place. He lost the battle and moved to Antigua were he started a business selling false identity papers to locals who sought entry into the U.S. Where he had met Malvo and his mother trying to enter the U.S.

The exact reason of why the committed this crime to this day is unclear. The personal journals of the two perpetrators referenced that they wanted the event to compete with those of the Oklahoma City bombing and other deadly events that happened in the United States around the 1900s. The attack is known as the deadliest High School shooting in the history of the United States.

He only shot for about 10 minutes and nobody knows the real reason why especially with the amount of ammunition he had on him. After 10 minutes police busted into his room and found him dead, he had killed himself after firing into the crowd. 58 people died including Stephen and 586 were injured. After this attack gun control laws have resurfaced and a GoFundMe page was created to help families with financial issues from the victims. Nobody knows the real reason why Stephen did this or what his motive was, but one of his brothers told police he wanted people to remember him and that's exactly what

The people who attended the Harvest Music Festival had no idea that they were walking into a mass shooting event. Because of this atrocious event, a great deal of people were killed and injured. From the 32 floor of the casino’s hotel, bullets were fired down at the crowd killing over 50 people and injuring over 500. Murder Stephen Paddock (64) of Mesquite, Nevada, was accountable for the terrible tragedy. He did not only abuse innocent people, but he later committed suicide in his hotel room after shooting at the enormous crowd.

This paper will be written on the shooting that took the lives of 26 innocent people at First Baptist Church in Texas church November 5, 2017. Devin Patrick Kelley was identified