At the same time, why would a man on such a 'mission' arm himself with several weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and grenades, shoot only four people outside of the church on his way in, and then, upon entering the church and finding himself confronted by an armed woman, suddenly abandon his obvious plans to take down as many people as possible, and turn one of his weapons on himself? If he had a round at the ready, why would he not have used it to take down the armed person who was standing in the way of his completing his 'mission'?
He surely intended to die -- but if he were to die by his own hand, that event logically would have occurred after he had exhausted all possibilities of taking as many innocents along with him.
I do not believe Murray's death was self-inflicted. Hundreds of rounds of ammunition were not brought into that church on a lark. And he certainly didn't have a change of heart in midstream. He was taken out by someone who was aware of his plans and was not going to allow them to see fruition, even if it meant losing her own life in the process.
~ joanie
We're talking crazy people here. Their logic is not our logic. When Assam ended Murray's batshit crusade, he checked out before she could make the choice for him.