I have read another article that said the shooter had been living in the park before the protesters move in.
If he was a bit mentally challenged he probably just decided he would join the crowd and when they repeatedly rejected him and threw him out of what he considered his home he decided to retaliate.
....when they repeatedly rejected him and threw him out of what he considered his home he decided to retaliate...
That is the Native’s complaint against the “Colonizers”