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School shooters usually show these signs of distress long before they open fire, our database shows

  • Written by Jillian Peterson, Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
School shooters usually show these signs of distress long before they open fire, our database showsSchool shooters tend to have a death wish, new research shows.Constantine Pankin from www.shutterstock.com

Two years before he lined his schoolmates up against a classroom wall and executed them one by one, the student, who would become the gunman, tried to show his English teacher something important.

He had quietly slid up his sleeves to reveal...

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