You do not know that the shooter wasn’t schizophrenia. That is a disease that comes on suddenly in the early 20s. He may not have been diagnosed, but we’ll never know.
If his brain is autopsied they will. The cells in the brain message centers of schizophrenics are disordered. In normal brains, they go the same direction in a line. At least, when I did a lot of research on the disease years ago, that was the case. I can't imagine it's changed. Whichever mental illness or disorder this young man had was definitely NOT under control. I do hope a national discussion on mental illness will result from this incident, but I'm not holding my breath.
As I understand it, there is also shrinkage in parts of the brain of a schitzophrenic. That being said, there are people who are “off” and there are people who are evil. This guy, whether “off” or not, must be evil to have gone after the children.
Thank you for your response. I did not know that and I appreciate the information. I just wish writers would stop painting this horrific tragedy (including those on this board) as the natural outcome of Asperger’s Syndrome.