Is This The Danforth Shooter And Are We Buying ‘Mental Illness’ As A Motive?
Today I tweeted an Ezra Levent tweet chastizing his perspective on the Danforth shooting because it’s easy to shit on Ezra. But After doing some research I’m not so sure I was accurate.
Source – Canadian investigators were digging Tuesday into the life of the 29-year-old man who opened fire on restaurants and cafes in a popular Toronto neighborhood, seeking to explain what prompted the rampage that killed a 10-year-old girl and a young woman and wounded 13 others. Investigators in Canada have indications that Faisal Hussain visited Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) websites and may have expressed support for the terrorist group, a law enforcement source told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton.
Investigators are looking into whether Hussain may have lived at one time in Afghanistan and possibly Pakistan, the source said. There is no indication that Hussain was directed by ISIS to carry out the attack.
The assailant’s family has said he suffered from psychosis and depression for years but they never imagined he would do such a thing. It was not immediately clear whether he took his own life or was killed by police during the attack Sunday night.
A gun huh? pic.twitter.com/qjcj6AUSIL
— Mark Farm (@MarkFarm5) July 24, 2018
This morning with Craig and Lucky on 94.9 The Rock we talked about not jumping to conclusions and I’m still of the opinion it was mental illness. No one does shit like this with all their marbles intact but the way the internet works, conspiracy creeps into your mind. I wonder if there’s a policy in Canada to blame ‘Mental Illness’ so as not to incite copycat stuff.
Well, @Imamofpeace has deleted his tweet in which he shares a video by the anti-islamic III% and says Faisal Hussain was "trained" and had "no mental illness." That's good but (in a very large part due to him) the video has exploded in view counts and shares. pic.twitter.com/ZCpzT4HFrw
— Mack Lamoureux (@MackLamoureux) July 24, 2018
I need like 8 more of me to fact check ‘new facts’ and I’m not saying we are being snowed by the gov’t but It’s fucking crazy if true. Or maybe it was a photoshopped deal and it’s bullshit. Finding out he was ‘known to police’ isn’t comforting at all btw.
I’m off to catch aliens in my backyard.
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