INFLATION NUMBERS AND HOW IT’S AFFECTING EVERYONE COMING UP NEW TONIGHT. IT’S A STARTLING
STATISTIC OF WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SADLY INCLUDING HERE IN OUR
COMMUNITY, WITH THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING SO FAR THIS
YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 332 MASS
SHOOTINGS IN THIS COUNTRY. AND
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE
CARRYING OUT THESE ATTACKS?
MEDIA REPORTS SUGGEST A
DISTURBING PATTERN IN SOME
CONVERGENCE OF ANGRY YOUNG MEN,
EASY ACCESS TO WEAPONS AND
VIOLENCE REINFORCED AND SOCIAL
MEDIA. OUR SANDRA ALI TALKED TO
EXPERTS TO HELP UNDERSTAND THIS,
SANDRA YEAH. PAM AND JASON. YOU
KNOW, EXPERTS AT THIS POINT
REALLY CONTINUE TO RESEARCH.
SOME OF THE SIMILARITIES IN
THESE RECENT MASSACRES AND WHAT
THEY CAN LEARN BY TAKING A LOOK
AT SOME OF THESE PATTERNS
TONIGHT EXPERTS IN BOTH CHILD
SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE
WEIGHING IN WITH SOME OF THE
SIMILARITIES AND SOME OF THE
PATTERNS THAT THEY’RE NOTICING.
I HAVE TWO BOYS, ONE WHO JUST
GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. SO THE SO
THE HORROR THAT WE ALL HAVE,
RIGHT AND AT THE SAME TIME THIS
FEELING OF WHY DOES THIS KEEP
HAPPENING? CLAY CRANFORD IS A
RETIRED SERGEANT FROM THE ORANGE
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND
A CHILD SAFETY EXPERT. HE’S ONE
OF MANY INVESTIGATORS
RESEARCHING MASS SHOOTINGS AND
HOW THEY UNFOLD. THESE FLYING
LARGER, PREDICTABLE LIKE WE GO
THROUGH A CERTAIN STEP. OF
PLANNING PREPARATION THINGS THAT
WE DO TO ACCOMPLISH ANY GOAL.
THEIR GOAL, YOU KNOW, IN THIS
CASE IS GOING TO PARTICULAR
PLACE AND HURTING PEOPLE OR
ACTUALLY TO KILL PEOPLE. BUT
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE
STEPS. CRANFORD POINTS OUT SIX
OUT OF NINE OF THE DEADLIEST
MASS SHOOTINGS IN THE US SINCE
2000 AND 18 WERE CARRIED OUT BY
YOUNG PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY 21 OR
YOUNGER IN THE BUFFALO AND
YOU’VE ALL THE MASSACRES. AND
NOW HIGHLAND PARK. THE YOUNG MEN
FOLLOWED A SIMILAR PATTERN, EVEN
DOWN TO POSTING PICTURES. THE
SHOOTER’S FIT IN AGE RANGE
BETWEEN 15 AND 25. WE HAVE A
SAYING IN PSYCHOLOGY. THAT ANGER
IS DEPRESSION TURNED OUTWARD. SO
WITH BOYS TRADITIONALLY BEING
SOCIALIZED TO SUPPRESS, YOU KNOW
THEIR EMOTIONS WHEN THEY ARE
FEELING SAD WHEN THEY’RE FEELING
FRUSTRATED. INSTEAD OF DOING
WHAT GIRLS TYPICALLY DO THEY
TALK ABOUT OR THEY EXPRESS THEIR
EMOTIONS. BOYS WILL LASH OUT OR
IT WILL MANIFEST ITSELF IN ANGER
OR VIOLENT ACTS OR INCREASE
AGGRESSIVENESS. MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERTS LIKE DR ROSE MOLTEN
CONSIDER THAT AGE RANGE, OFTEN A
DIFFICULT TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR
YOUNG MEN. THERE ARE HUNDREDS,
IF NOT THOUSANDS. GOD FORBID
YOUNG MEN RIGHT NOW THAT ARE
IDENTIFYING WITH THE YOU’VE ALL
THE SHOOTER. QUICHES
FRIGHTENING, WHICH IS
FRIGHTENING, WHICH IS
FRIGHTENING BECAUSE THERE IS
WE’VE HEARD. WE KNOW IT’S
COPYCATS THAT GOLD BECAUSE FOR
THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE IS BEING
RECOGNIZED THERE. THEY’RE
GETTING THE COVERAGE THEY’RE
GETTING, UM, THE RECOGNITION
RECOGNITION VALIDATION. ANOTHER
DISTURBING DETAIL, AUTHORITIES
DISCOVERED THE LAST PERSON WHO
WAS SUCCESSFUL IS THE BLUEPRINT.
WE’VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE SINCE
COLUMN COMBINE WAS KIND OF A
WATERSHED MOMENT, RIGHT? AND
MOST SCHOOL SHOOTERS WILL OFTEN
BE GOOGLING AND LOOKING THEM UP
, AND I THINK IT’S ALSO THERE’S
ALSO SOME KIND OF REVERENCE FOR
THEM. I THINK THEY ADMIRE THEM
IN A WAY, UM, THEY MAKE THEY MAY
FEEL LIKE HEY, THIS PERSON I’M
MAKIN RIGHT. THIS PERSON FELT
DEJECTED. THIS PERSON FELT
REJECTED THIS PERSON. THIS
PERSON HAD EXPRESSED THE KIND OF
FEELINGS THAT I HAVE. DON’T
UNDERSTAND THE WISE WE WON’T.
FASHION OR SOLUTION. SO EARLY
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, YOU KNOW,
PARENTING VIOLENCE IN THE HOLE
IS A BIG FACTOR. BULLYING UH ALL
OF THESE THINGS CAN GO INTO JUST
REALLY CREATING THIS. THIS
PERFECT RECIPE OF A MASS
SHOOTER. AND EXPERTS DO, SAY THE
BEST ADVICE FOR PARENTS TRIED TO
HAVE AGED APPROPRIATE
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR CHILDREN
AT HOME. THEY SAY IT’S BEST FOR
THEM TO HAVE A HEART TO HEART
WITH MOM AND DAD OR TRUSTED
ADULT AND GET THAT INFORMATION
FROM YOU INSTEAD OF HEARING
ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL
BACK TO YOU AND SANDRA CLAY
CRANFORD SPEAKS TO AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY TEACHES
SCHOOL SAFETY. SO WHAT DOES HE
WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN SCHOOLS IN
PARTICULAR? YEAH GREAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, CLAY SAYS THAT HE
TALKS TO SCHOOL LEADERS THAT HE
WORKS WITH, AND HE SAYS THAT HE
BELIEVES DISTRICT SHOULD TAKE IT
UPON THEMSELVES TO MAKE SURE
THAT TEACHERS STAFFERS EVERYONE
WHO WORKS AT THE SCHOOL. KNOWS
HOW TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY WARNING
SIGNS KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY
IDENTIFY CERTAIN BEHAVIOR AND
ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT