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Why can't we know the Odessa killer's motivation? (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2019 OP
He's dead. Motivation is a guess. Also he's been id'd Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #1
Really? SHRED Sep 2019 #5
he's not black or brown, and it's Texas Skittles Sep 2019 #2
Does it matter? TheCowsCameHome Sep 2019 #3
I wonder if his name will be in obituaries? nt Ilsa Sep 2019 #4
We know his name. Seth Ator. underpants Sep 2019 #6
They got to give the RW disinformation swamp a few days TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #7
A few days?? Crafty Girl Sep 2019 #9
We might be left to guess like we were with the Las Vegas Shooter Mike 03 Sep 2019 #8
For what it's worth Mike 03 Sep 2019 #10

Skittles

(153,138 posts)
2. he's not black or brown, and it's Texas
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 05:03 PM
Sep 2019

that's what's going on

not enough time has passed since the El Paso shooting, so the NRA is in full damage control (Abbott is a NRA whore)

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
3. Does it matter?
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 05:04 PM
Sep 2019

Just another nut with access to weapons on a rapidly growing list.

We live in deteriorating times, sadly.

TheRealNorth

(9,474 posts)
7. They got to give the RW disinformation swamp a few days
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 05:30 PM
Sep 2019

To paint this guy as some sort of antifa terrorist on Facebook.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
8. We might be left to guess like we were with the Las Vegas Shooter
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 05:30 PM
Sep 2019

But I would ask, is there any certain type of individual he targeted?

Did he have a grudge against the local police, and was the random stop something he intentionally invited with the specific purpose of shooting police?

What was he originally on his way to do when he was pulled over?

Had he recently had a major life trigger, like getting fired, divorced, breakup, family issues, going broke, etc...?

Was he on drugs? Did he have a brain tumor? Any medical issues or psychiatric disorders?

I'd like to see his last emails, texts or any document he might have authored in the past month or so.

It MIGHT turn out that he is a more textbook case of a mass shooter as outlined in the FBI's Crime Classification Manual; in other words, not motivated by racism, religious beliefs or a strong preference to harm a particular type of victim.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
10. For what it's worth
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 06:02 PM
Sep 2019

A woman on Twitter who lives in Midland is claiming that Seth Ator was hospitalized "a while back" for trying to kill himself. Her account looks real and she names the hospital as Oceans, which must be Oceans Behavioral Hospital Permian Basin in Midland.

Again, just for what it's worth.

The account is @a_dr_iiii

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