Former classmate of Trump rally gunman says he was 'bullied almost every day'

[Quixote1818]

Seem like a suicide mission because he was bullied at school. The fact that he had graduated two years earlier is irrelevant. He was traumatized from being bullied. The Aztec HS shooting in New Mexico a few years ago was a boy who had graduated three years earlier and went back to the HS and killed two kids before being killed. Bullying in school scars kids for life.

Seems this kid wanted to kill himself by killing someone important so everyone would know who he was. Just like most of these types of shootings. I doubt this was political in nature.

[Skittles]

1. are these the guys who bullied him?

or are they the ones who watched the bullying

disgusting

[spooky3]

2. I don't understand how teachers and admins allow bullying to go on.

They have power over the kids and surely are aware of daily bullying and can see when students are isolating. I know teachers are under incredible pressures and are grossly underpaid, but this should be a high priority.

[MagaSmash]

3. gunman was a Registered republican.

lots of explosives found

[Quixote1818]

4. I bet because the rally was close to where he lived he it picked it out. It would not have mattered

who was putting on the rally, he just needed a senseless target and Trump was a high profile person that would get him a lot of attention after his death.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Am I the only person who thinks the

"But he was bullied!" is no excuse whatsoever?

Dear lord. My son, who is on the spectrum, was bullied regularly. So, aside from the fact we did not have guns in the home, I wonder why he never got a gun somewhere and murdered a bunch of people?