Random acts of violence: What makes someone go on a shooting spree?

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

A 20-year-old man walks into a Tacoma mall and indiscriminately starts shooting; two teens killed 13 classmates at Columbine high school before taking their own lives; a 37-year-old man killed six people on a New York commuter train. All horrific crimes, committed with a chilling degree of randomness that shatters the perception of safety in public spaces.

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