Why is it that when we have mass shootings or bombings that we later find the perp had prior contact with Federal agents?
I am currently visiting in Central California where we had 5 people shot by a 21 year old just down the street from the hotel where I am staying This is in a nice part of town. The perp, now dead, carjacked several cars, shooting the drivers. One is dead and one is critical. He was finally stopped by an off duty prison official who shot him in the back. There was also an off duty male nurse who was armed who would have shot the perp, had the prison offical not acted. The perp had 2 brothers (19 and 5) in his gun sights at the time he was shot. Despite being wounded, he jumped into the brothers' truck and took off down the street, driving several miles before he crashed and died from his wounds.
The rest of the story? The perp had been arrested as a teen for waving a gun around in public and served about a week in jail before he was given 3 years probation and told to stay away from alcohol and firearms.
That always works out so well...