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November 21, 2008 10:54:07 PM CST



Notoriety Drives Mass Shooters

Posted Feb 10, 08 3:19 PM CST in Crime & Courts Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Gunfire ripped out across the country last week in a spate of deadly shootings that were unrelated but for one haunting thread: the shooters’ desire for attention, a forensic psychiatrist tells ABC News. “We have to take the Paris Hilton attention-seeking out of crime, or innocent people will be killed,” Dr. Michael Welner says.

The shooters in Missouri, Louisiana, and Illinois all felt ignored, explains Welner, who’s urging the media to shift attention from the criminals to the victims. “We should not be focusing on the manifesto. We should be focusing on the suffering,” he says, noting that the would-be Super Bowl gunman turned himself in because “he focused on humanity of the victims.”

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