"I hope that I can be with Applejack in the afterlife, my life has no meaning without her. If there's no afterlife and she isn't real then my life never mattered anyway."
Facebook and The Wallstreet Journal couldn't find any actual motive behind the attack from either of the pages; just ponies. This is still all under heavy investigation, but for now, be prepared for some potential blowback once the news starts breaking out into the wider internet. The Wallstreet Journal did bring up the "far-right" side of the fandom that caused a stir last year, though they could not find any correlation between the two.
Terribly tragic. I'm a Brony. Bronies tend to be the kids who didn't fit in, the introverts, autistics and such. Good people but we all seem to have our problems.It's no surprise to me that a guy who was probably harassed mercilessly at work lost it. I have unfortunately been in that sort of situation and their are some people who are darn lucky I'm not a violent person.