[LouieFisk]

Yes killed both mother and wife prior to the Tower shootings.

You got a few years on me there - just a kid, but I remember it vividly, as I do the Richard Speck murders. Horrific events.

The authorities said the tumor wasn’t a causative factor, but I think that would be hard to determine.

[HotHunt]

I read later after my response to you, that he killed a total of 17 people.

The 17th victim died 30 years after the event from complications of injuries sustained in the original shooting. Amazing.

[HotHunt]

Who knows why he did what he did. He was complaining and admitting to bad thoughts before he went on his rampage.

Mental illness and maybe the tumor, maybe not.

We'll never know but it was big news at the time.