NEW YORK, May 16 — An 18-year-old white man suspected of fatally shooting 10 people in a Black neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York, appears to be the latest in a line of “copycat” gunmen carrying out deadlier mass shootings inspired by previous attackers,...
NEW YORK, May 16 — An 18-year-old white man suspected of fatally shooting 10 people in a Black neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York, appears to be the latest in a line of “copycat” gunmen carrying out deadlier mass shootings inspired by previous attackers, experts warned on Sunday.
“It’s clearly not just random. They are not people dreaming this up on their own. They are learning it from each other,” Lankford said.Lankford’s study found that the “deadliest” shootings comprised 25 per cent of mass public shootings from 1966 to 2009, but from 2010 to 2019 had increased to 50 per cent of mass public shootings, in which there was “direct evidence that perpetrator was influenced by another specific attacker or attackers.
The Southern Poverty Law Center , which tracks hate and extremist groups, told Reuters on Sunday the Buffalo gunman “had a substantial online history in niche, toxic online communities.” “He discussed building up a weapons cache and asked detailed questions about body armour on a Discord channel dedicated to gun culture. He also posted about allegedly killing a cat and dismembering it. He appears to have posted detailed plans for an attack as early as two weeks ago and posted frequently after that about his planning,” Corke added.
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