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sillysaurusx[dead post] ◴[] No.44537641[source]
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umanwizard ◴[] No.44537695[source]
I don’t understand this part of your post:

> This was not suicide, or murder-suicide; it was one of the most horrific mass murders in history, in which the guy that did it happened to lose his life in the process.

Why wouldn’t this qualify as a murder-suicide, assuming your theory is correct?

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1. sillysaurusx ◴[] No.44537736[source]
I guess I let my emotions get in the way. But nobody seems to be saying that we’ve witnessed one of the worst acts of mass murder in history. Most of the notorious serial killers don’t come close to killing 300 people.

It feels qualitatively different than someone pointing a gun at someone else and then themselves, which is usually what pops to mind when you hear “murder-suicide”.

You’re correct though, it qualifies.