The shooter seems a bit of either a zealot or a Dim Bulb.
Giving himself compliments :”I saved a lotta lives”
“I showed the utmost courage!”
These two quotes sound like what someone has told him to think about what he did. A Self Hypnosis of some type, where a repeated mantra helps you to believe your own lies.
No real ‘Hero” ever needs to preen his feathers like that.
If you are a true ‘Hero’ this is what people say to you, you do not tell them how great you think you are. That sounds arrogant, presumptious and even delusional.
EXACTLY.
Yep