He faced death in the eye....and survived. He'll never be the same. It's overwhelming.
I think that actually makes the most sense. Heck, we’ve got people here claiming he’s a “muzzie” because he has a beard, as if beards aren’t a popular thing now days and his beard isn’t exactly unusual even among non-Muslims. Then there’s Laura Loomer Looney and I would guess a lot of other people going to the guy’s house, trying to find any dirt on him they can or just making wild assumptions like he’s involved, was the non-existent 2nd shooter or he’s an illegal. Geeze, I’d go into hiding too.
And it wouldn't surprise me in the least that he's gotten death threats. Hell, some of the parents of children murdered at Sandy Hook still have people harassing them and getting death threats from the basement dwelling web mob.
Of course if he had done interviews, then we'd have amateur detectives dissecting everything, every word, every blink, etc., and probably some saying things like “well he’s obviously a well-trained crisis actor” and claiming he never got shot, never worked at Mandalay and digging up photos on the worldwide interwebs of people who look somewhat similar then claiming this as proof that he was a plant, a crisis actor and other such nonsense.
Bet he had a nervous break down. He faced death in the eye....and survived. He'll never be the same. It's overwhelming.
A nervous breakdown or perhaps a substance abuse problem that got worse or a relapse under all the pressure.