LordReed:
On August 1, 1966, after stabbing his mother and his wife to death the night before, Charles Whitman, a former Marine, took rifles and other weapons to the observation deck atop the Main Building tower at the University of Texas at Austin, then opened fire indiscriminately on people on the surrounding campus and streets. Over the next 96 minutes he shot and killed 14 more people (including an unborn baby) and injured 31 others. One final victim died in 2001 from the lingering effects of his wounds. The incident ended when a policeman and a civilian reached Whitman and shot him dead. The attack was the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history until it was surpassed 18 years later by the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre.

Charles Whitman, 25,[2] was studying architectural engineering.[3] In 1961 Whitman was admitted to the University of Texas at Austin on a scholarship from the Naval Enlisted Science Education Program.[L]:19 While at UT, Whitman met and married his wife, Kathleen. Whitman struggled with gambling and bad grades, and he lost his scholarship in 1963.[4]

In the months prior to the attack, Whitman had sought professional help for "overwhelming, violent impulses",[3] including fantasies about shooting people from the tower.[5] An autopsy conducted after his death revealed a hypothalamic tumor.

jesusjnr:
In other words you believe it was a medical condition that was responsible for his abnormal behavior?

By the way, I apologize for using your comment concerning church against you, because if you hadn't mentioned it, i wouldn't have known.

Thanks.

LordReed:


The possibility exists that David West has an illness either physical or mental. The San Ysidro massacre that was mentioned was also perpetrated by a person with mental illness, who had sought for professional help and became murderous when he couldn't get it. It is quite possible we have a bunch of mentally ill murderous people walking around our streets who won't get better because they won't get the diagnosis or treatment they need.

It's ok, apology accepted.

jesusjnr:

The serial killer, Gracious David West who hails from Buguma of Asari Toru LGA of the state, was said to belong to degbam cult group.

LordReed:


The possibility exists that David West has an illness either physical or mental. The San Ysidro massacre that was mentioned was also perpetrated by a person with mental illness, who had sought for professional help and became murderous when he couldn't get it. It is quite possible we have a bunch of mentally ill murderous people walking around our streets who won't get better because they won't get the diagnosis or treatment they need.

It's ok, apology accepted.

OkCornel:



The bolded is a scary reality the country is yet to realize.

The flames of mental illnesses exacerbated by drug abuse and a dysfunctional healthcare system is another bomb waiting patiently to explode.

jesusjnr:
According to the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Dan Daura, the culprit has given names which shall soon be made known to the public.

He quoted the serial killer assaid the following…

IN HIS WORDS: “I was a committed member of the Deygbam Confranternity which I later denounced and joined the OPM Rehabilitation home before I left for Salvation ministries who refused to give me an accommodation.”

“I have made lots of money from robbing my victims of their valuables, such as phones, jewellery which I sell them after killing the ladies, few times they had raw cash on them, I make them give me their ATM pin, with which I withdraw cash from after killing them.”

“Whenever I need blood I enter the road looking for girls willing to accept cash for short time with me, I offer 100k to 200k to persuade them.

“Sometimes I call them much later to try my luck some will accept to follow me.”

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