Not crazy. He was motivated by something.
Crazy is different.
Based on what police seem to be saying, this guy had an escape route, and it appears his plan didn’t go as planned, so he executed whatever part of his plan he had control of anyway.
50 lbs of tannerite? It could have taken out a good chunk of any large structure in the area.
It appears the bottom line on this may be that ONLY 59 died and ONLY 500+ were injured. Had he taken out another hotel, or the tanks that were near the event, who knows how many would have died trying to escape at choke points.
Some Saudi Prince was funding his gambling habit.
The supposed escape route is all speculation at this point. If true, then why did he off himself(if he actually did) when a lone, unarmed security guard showed up at the door? Everyone is searching for a motive - crazy is at the bottom of every mass murder’s motive. As others have said he may of had a purpose but that still leaves crazy as root cause in the “Five Why” analysis.
Why not blow the Tannerite in the room to cover the escape? Guy is being attributed with way more planning and “smarts” than he actually displayed.
Thank goodness he was not as competent as he might of been. A well planned and excuted op like this would of resulted in many more deaths.