Mass Shooters Often 'Socially Stunted,' Lack Coping Skills

As more details emerge about the gunman in Donald Trump's assassination attempt, Northwestern University mass-shooting expert Lori Post is available to talk to media about her research, which identifies developmental typologies of mass shooters.

"The fact that a grown man who lives with his mom and dad still enjoys playing dress-up like a preschooler is strange and yet a frequent occurrence among mass shooters," said Post, director of the Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "There is a subtype of mass shooters that dress up in pseudo‐commando attire brandishing assault weapons."

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