UVA mass shooting

[Anonymous]

“Paranoid' UVA student accused of killing three college football players told his dad people had been 'picking on him' in the weeks before his campus gun rampage: Thousands of students hold vigil in their name”

Suspect told his father people were bullying him

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11429453/Paranoid-UVA-student-accused-killing-three-told-father-people-picking-him.html

[Anonymous]

The Daily Mail is a British tabloid. They’re notorious for incorrect and misleading articles. Please reconsider using them as a news source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Daily Mail is a British tabloid. They’re notorious for incorrect and misleading articles. Please reconsider using them as a news source.

They are affiliated with NY Post and are the only ones apparently digging into this story. Have a nice day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Daily Mail is a British tabloid. They’re notorious for incorrect and misleading articles. Please reconsider using them as a news source.

The article directly quotes father’s interview with NBC12 — is that legitimate enough for you?


“Jones Jr. also told his father that some people had been 'giving him a hard time', but that he was still 'upbeat'. 'I don't know what happened between then and now to cause this to happen,' he said.

'He had some problems the last time I talked to him. He said some people were picking on him or whatever, he didn't know how to handle it and I told him just go to school, don't pay it any mind' the distraught father said.

'He was really paranoid when I talked to him about something, but he wouldn't tell me everything. He was a very sensitive young man.'

The last time the father and son spoke was a month ago. Jones Sr. expressed regret that his son did not call him. If he did, Jones Sr. said, maybe he could have done something to prevent the tragedy.

'What happened? Why did it have to get this far? He could've called me,' he told NBC12. 'I don't know why he didn't call me Saturday. If he had called me Saturday, I think maybe I could have talked him out of some things, maybe, hopefully.'

[Anonymous]

NBC12 has the interview on their website. All you have to do is some clicking and read it. Just because TDM reposts the story doesn’t make it false.

Also read Richmond.com. They’re covering it too.

Seems like the shooter was trying to get back to his mother’s house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Daily Mail is a British tabloid. They’re notorious for incorrect and misleading articles. Please reconsider using them as a news source.

They are affiliated with NY Post and are the only ones apparently digging into this story. Have a nice day.

You say that like it’s a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Paranoid typically means you think something is happening to you that actually isn’t.

What a horrible incident and I really feel for the families of lost loved ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paranoid typically means you think something is happening to you that actually isn’t.

What a horrible incident and I really feel for the families of lost loved ones.

It's seen in schizophrenia and some forms of bipolar.

Male adults usually onset in college---ages 18-22 is often first onset.

When a kid is away at college, it goes unnoticed because family isn't around to note it. And, times of stress exacerbate it, are triggers.

Mental health is one of the biggest problems our country faces and is the reason for the vast majority of mass shootings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paranoid typically means you think something is happening to you that actually isn’t.

What a horrible incident and I really feel for the families of lost loved ones.

It's seen in schizophrenia and some forms of bipolar.

Male adults usually onset in college---ages 18-22 is often first onset.

When a kid is away at college, it goes unnoticed because family isn't around to note it. And, times of stress exacerbate it, are triggers.

Mental health is one of the biggest problems our country faces and is the reason for the vast majority of mass shootings.

and guns

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we do not act to stop it, we are allowing it to go on.

Then take action. Become a police officer so you can put down these fools. Become a mental health counselor. Become a violence interruptor. Change our culture so that people have stronger bonds to each other and the community.

Why is it that this view doesn't get taken down, but when people advocate for gun reform as a response to this tragedy, posts are removed? Advocating for gun reform is a sensible response to a gun tragedy. Look at responses to Sandy Hook and Marjorie Stoneman. Acknowledging ways to support organizations that either research gun violence (Giffords) or advocate for gun reform (Moms Demand, Brady, Sandy Hook Promise, CSGV, etc) is a fair response. We want safer campuses for our kids. This is a way for some of us to respond to this violence and facilitate that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paranoid typically means you think something is happening to you that actually isn’t.

What a horrible incident and I really feel for the families of lost loved ones.

It's seen in schizophrenia and some forms of bipolar.

Male adults usually onset in college---ages 18-22 is often first onset.

When a kid is away at college, it goes unnoticed because family isn't around to note it. And, times of stress exacerbate it, are triggers.

Mental health is one of the biggest problems our country faces and is the reason for the vast majority of mass shootings.

and guns

Of course. It's a lethal combination, guns + untreated mental health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paranoid typically means you think something is happening to you that actually isn’t.

What a horrible incident and I really feel for the families of lost loved ones.

It's seen in schizophrenia and some forms of bipolar.

Male adults usually onset in college---ages 18-22 is often first onset.

When a kid is away at college, it goes unnoticed because family isn't around to note it. And, times of stress exacerbate it, are triggers.

Mental health is one of the biggest problems our country faces and is the reason for the vast majority of mass shootings.

Stop perpetuating NRA talking points. People like you are the reason we have such a violent society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paranoid typically means you think something is happening to you that actually isn’t.

What a horrible incident and I really feel for the families of lost loved ones.

It's seen in schizophrenia and some forms of bipolar.

Male adults usually onset in college---ages 18-22 is often first onset.

When a kid is away at college, it goes unnoticed because family isn't around to note it. And, times of stress exacerbate it, are triggers.

Mental health is one of the biggest problems our country faces and is the reason for the vast majority of mass shootings.

Stop perpetuating NRA talking points. People like you are the reason we have such a violent society.

You can believe that mental health needs to be addressed, while ALSO believe in gun reform. Why are you so fixated on one and NOT the other, which is just as important in my view.

[Anonymous]

While mental illness isn’t the cause of most violence in the US, it is true that serious mental illness often presents in college age kids. It often doesn’t get detected early because kids are away from home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Daily Mail is a British tabloid. They’re notorious for incorrect and misleading articles. Please reconsider using them as a news source.

The article directly quotes father’s interview with NBC12 — is that legitimate enough for you?


“Jones Jr. also told his father that some people had been 'giving him a hard time', but that he was still 'upbeat'. 'I don't know what happened between then and now to cause this to happen,' he said.

'He had some problems the last time I talked to him. He said some people were picking on him or whatever, he didn't know how to handle it and I told him just go to school, don't pay it any mind' the distraught father said.

'He was really paranoid when I talked to him about something, but he wouldn't tell me everything. He was a very sensitive young man.'

The last time the father and son spoke was a month ago. Jones Sr. expressed regret that his son did not call him. If he did, Jones Sr. said, maybe he could have done something to prevent the tragedy.

'What happened? Why did it have to get this far? He could've called me,' he told NBC12. 'I don't know why he didn't call me Saturday. If he had called me Saturday, I think maybe I could have talked him out of some things, maybe, hopefully.'

It bothers me that the suspect’s dad says his son revealed that he was being bullied and seemed paranoid, but was reluctant to disclose what he was paranoid about, they didn’t speak again for a month, and now, after his son shot 5 people and killed 3 of them, he’s saying his son could’ve called him instead? I feel like most parents would be doing some soul searching about all the things they should have done differently if their child was a mass shooter.