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Then, Xaver called the police to tell them what hed done.
While police made their way to the bank, just off a highway along Lake Jackson, dispatchers tried to keep Xaver on the phone. When SWAT got there, Xaver refused to allow them access to the victims.
When the police chief finally gave SWAT permission to break the banks windows and enter the building, Xaver surrendered and was taken into custody. By then, all five women had succumbed to their injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.
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riversedge
(70,253 posts)lapfog_1
(29,213 posts)and turned on MSNBC... woke up this morning to watch more news... this barely got a mention
Javaman
(62,531 posts)MineralMan
(146,318 posts)Perhaps we'll learn more over time, but the mug shot sort of supports that assessment, I think.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Look at that face. What do you see? This guy is 21. I see a guy, who couldn't get a date to the prom. A sullen guy, who probably watched porno all day and felt resentful that he couldn't get a GF. A guy, who was never sweet and nice to girls, because it never occurred to him to just be a good person. A guy drowning in self-loathing. And now, he is a murderer. He has destroyed 5 families. And for what. I know that I am projecting. When and how did a little boy get so twisted and move to the dark side. And don't blame it on porno. I watch porno, and I've never ever wanted to shoot people in a bank, or anywhere else for that matter.
I feel so sorry for those murdered people, their families, their friends. And I feel sorry for the shooter too. He's ruined his life. In Florida, he will probably be executed. I just don't understand. I think I'll just cry now.
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Aristus
(66,409 posts)Shell_Seas
(3,334 posts)flygal
(3,231 posts)According to the Vice article, he was into Alex Jones and Milo Y whatever his name is...
vlyons
(10,252 posts)that I knew that I was projecting.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Gerlach told the Associated Press that Xaver always hated people and wanted everybody to die. She also told the Post the two met at a psychiatric hospital in 2013.
Since the time we met, he had this fascination with death, Gerlach told the Post. It got worse as we broke up. We got back together on and off for a while. Then I decided it was too much for my mental health. She also said he aspired to join the military, because he wanted to kill people.
Two Facebook accounts linked to Xaver (which have since been taken offline) were littered with dark imagery, like pictures of the Grim Reaper. His interests include Alex Jones memes and Milo Yiannopoulos, whose book he gave a five-star rating.
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TeamPooka
(24,232 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)He obviously intended to be taken alive.