Unfortunately, we are starting to live in a world where school shootings are increasing. A recent school shooting happened in Santa Clarita, California on November 14th, 2019. A 16 year old student shot up the school, killing two students, injuring three more students, and lastly shooting himself, but not killing himself. All this happened in less than 16 seconds. After this tragedy, there are several investigators that are trying to figure out the why aspect of his shooting rampage. The investigators don’t know how he got a hold of a .45 caliber or why he chose to do it on his 16th birthday. Within reading more on it, several of his former students said that he was a “normal” teenager and was never bullied. The investigators also came upon find a post on social media that was put under a fake account that said’ “Saugus, have fun at school tomorrow”. This lead them to further believe that the teenage shooter was the one that posted it, but they aren’t sure as to why it was never reported. They also looked into his family history, but what they found wasn’t completely concerning. In 2015 the shooter’s father had been arrested for domestic dispute with his mother, yet no charges were filed. Then two years later his father passed away, and on his online obituary it stated that he was a hunter. That was the only evidence they had on gun use within that family, but it wasn’t enough evidence for the motive on the why, so the question still remains unanswered. It’s hard for many of us to understand the “why”, and sadly many people, living in Santa Clarita, will not get closure on that part because the suspect died a couple of days ago.
https://abc7.com/suspect-in-shooting-rampage-at-saugus-high-school-has-died/5699170/
Whether we want to admit to it or not, school shootings are increasing to the point where schools are adding new techniques to our protocols. ALICE training is one of the new techniques being added to our lock down. ALICE training was created to help student and faculty safety for when there is an active shooter in the school. ALICE has been said to be highly effective and hopefully will hopefully reduce the number of kills/injured.
I have recently started watching a tv series on Netflix called Criminal Minds. I started to watch this TV show because I love to watch crime shows, and one of my good friends told me about this show. I am only several episodes into this series, so I am still unsure on whether or not I like it. For me, it takes a few seasons to know if I want to continue the series because typically the first two to three seasons are the determining factors. The reason being is because typically the first two to three seasons are known to be the best seasons, and if I don’t like those seasons, then I feel like the rest of the series is going to be just as boring and lacking as the beginning ones. Even though some may hate repetition when watching a tv show, especially when talking about crime shows, it’s a little bit different than the other shows because it’s a different department in the justice department with different techniques. Criminal Minds characters are apart of the BAU, Behavioral Analysis Unit, which means when there is a crime they use psychology and sociology to help figure out the suspect. They ask the questions “why or what” more often because they are trying to figure out how the person works mentally. They try to break apart one’s life to understand the motive and who the killer might be. I thought that was pretty unique because it’s interesting to see how people can take apart a person’s life by just looking at the crime scene. I had never realized that a crime scene could tell someone so much about another person. The way a person kills can help give an idea of what their past is because the crime scene is broken down into several different parts. It just amazes me that people are able to get inside the mind of how a killer might feel or act. Now talking a little bit on the main characters. Currently there is a group of main characters; these FBI agents are Aaron Hotchner, Jason Gideon, Derek Morgan, Spencer Reid, Jennifer Jareau, and a technical analyst named Penelope Garcia. Jason Gideon is a retired agent, but he was recently asked to come back to the BAU to help Aaron Hotchner and his team. Spencer Reid is extremely smart in the sense that he can read faster than most people, has great memory, and thinks at a faster rate than most. Another character that I haven’t mentioned yet is Derek Morgan who has been apart of Aaron Hotchner’s team the longest and works side by side with Aaron Hotcher. Jennifer Jareau is in charge of talking to the public on what is going on whenever there is press at the crime scene. And lastly, Penelope Garcia is their technical analyst, which basically means she does everything and anything when it comes to computers. She tracks down money, background checks on people, and locations when she is needed. Within the show, the FBI agents work more together on coming up with ideas about the suspect, while Penelope Garcia, as mentioned before, works on the personal backgrounds to target certain people that fit the category given to her by the agents. As I start to get deeper within the other seasons, I am hoping that it will keep me entertained with good storylines and new scenarios.