Female Mass Shooters Are a Reality We Can't Afford to Ignore
Psychology Today | 12.10.2026 04:47
When teaching others on threat assessment, I rely on post-incident analyses from past mass and targeted shootings, and show trainees and students photos of shooters from Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas to prove a point. I don't caption the photos, yet every single time, those in attendance are able to identify the shooters by name. Sadly, they live in infamy, with some even having fan clubs on Discord and other social media sites. As an example, there is a group of youth, Columbiners, who admire the Columbine shooters to the extent they have their images tattooed on their bodies. They idolize the killers.
