Do Mass Shooters even care about kill count?

Do they wanna surpass previous ones or just do a lot of destruction by killing and injuring as many as they can without a specific number in mind?

I think Adam Lanza wanted to get a high score.

It varies from killer to killer. Nikolas Cruz talked about how he wanted to kill "at least" twenty people, so in that case, yes, he cared about his kill count.

QuestionMark wrote:

It varies from killer to killer. Nikolas Cruz talked about how he wanted to kill "at least" twenty people, so in that case, yes, he cared about his kill count.

But clearly he didn´t care about surpassing previous shooters since he "only" wanted 20 which makes me wonder, why 20? If the highest kill count prior had been 19 it would have made sense.

Oh, I definitely think that kill count matters to them and they wanna surpass other school shooters. Dylan and Eric set up the bombs in the cafeteria to go off at the time they believed there would be the most people in there.

I tend to think they just walked around shooting walls and lockers towards the end because Eric was disappointed in what a failure the whole thing was.

Paddock in Vegas I 100% believe was going for a huge kill count. That's why he picked an outdoor event that was packed and was shooting people at an elevated level from a distance.

The Virginia Tech shooter was most likely looking for a high count too. He was definitely a fan of Dylan and Eric's, so I'm sure he wanted to surpass them and he didn't waste time the way Dylan and Eric did. He went from room to room, killing them as quickly as possible.

So yea, I think the majority of them (well except Randy Stair) probably care about the number.

Jenn wrote:

Oh, I definitely think that kill count matters to them and they wanna surpass other school shooters. Dylan and Eric set up the bombs in the cafeteria to go off at the time they believed there would be the most people in there.

I tend to think they just walked around shooting walls and lockers towards the end because Eric was disappointed in what a failure the whole thing was.

Paddock in Vegas I 100% believe was going for a huge kill count. That's why he picked an outdoor event that was packed and was shooting people at an elevated level from a distance.

The Virginia Tech shooter was most likely looking for a high count too. He was definitely a fan of Dylan and Eric's, so I'm sure he wanted to surpass them and he didn't waste time the way Dylan and Eric did. He went from room to room, killing them as quickly as possible.

So yea, I think the majority of them (well except Randy Stair) probably care about the number.

I agree with that too but what do you think about George Sodini, Elliot Rodger, James Holmes and Dylann Roof?

TheGoodGuy wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

It varies from killer to killer. Nikolas Cruz talked about how he wanted to kill "at least" twenty people, so in that case, yes, he cared about his kill count.

But clearly he didn´t care about surpassing previous shooters since he "only" wanted 20 which makes me wonder, why 20?

1. It's a nice, round number.
2. He did say "at least", so I presume that when he spitballs a figure of 20, it's to both set a defined goal and keep it realistic.

QuestionMark wrote:

TheGoodGuy wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

It varies from killer to killer. Nikolas Cruz talked about how he wanted to kill "at least" twenty people, so in that case, yes, he cared about his kill count.

But clearly he didn´t care about surpassing previous shooters since he "only" wanted 20 which makes me wonder, why 20?

1. It's a nice, round number.
2. He did say "at least", so I presume that when he spitballs a figure of 20, it's to both set a defined goal and keep it realistic.

That makes sense I guess.

TheGoodGuy wrote:

Jenn wrote:

Oh, I definitely think that kill count matters to them and they wanna surpass other school shooters. Dylan and Eric set up the bombs in the cafeteria to go off at the time they believed there would be the most people in there.

I tend to think they just walked around shooting walls and lockers towards the end because Eric was disappointed in what a failure the whole thing was.

Paddock in Vegas I 100% believe was going for a huge kill count. That's why he picked an outdoor event that was packed and was shooting people at an elevated level from a distance.

The Virginia Tech shooter was most likely looking for a high count too. He was definitely a fan of Dylan and Eric's, so I'm sure he wanted to surpass them and he didn't waste time the way Dylan and Eric did. He went from room to room, killing them as quickly as possible.

So yea, I think the majority of them (well except Randy Stair) probably care about the number.

I agree with that too but what do you think about George Sodini, Elliot Rodger, James Holmes and Dylann Roof?

I don't know much about Sodini so I can't say for sure with him. Rodger, yes, I think he wanted to kill as many "beautiful, sexually active, blondes" as he could and that's why he tried to get into their dorm at the college. He's another one who just improvised because his initial plan was a fail.

I'm not really sure about James Holmes. I've never had much interest in that case. And with Roof, I think that race was more important to him than the number. He probably would have done the same thing if there were 2 people in there or if there were 20.

Dylann Roof did the shooting with the intention of killing Clementa Pinckney, a South Carolina State Senator. It amazes me that what he did is considered a hate crime and not terrorism. I disagree with the concept of hate crime charges and terrorism charges because I fail to see how an attack deserves harsher punishment for having political/religious motives instead of personal or other more standard motives.

Anders Breivik

The thing is, a high kill count makes you a sucessful shooter, although columbine shooters got a low kill count and are worshipped around the world today.

The ones that kills themselves will never know their true kill count. Makes you wonder if that is a deciding factor in the ones that choose to go to prison, so that they can see how many they killed.

Michael Ryan (Hungerford Shooter), asked the police for the casualty figures before he convinced himself to shoot himself.

Pekka-Eric Auvinen hoped to kill at least 1 or 5 people, or maybe more. He probably hoped he would kill as many as Eric and Dylan, maybe even more than them if he tried hard enough. It seems he too had plans to destroy his school by arson, which to him would hopefully kill many people, but as we all know that failed. But he did achieve his goal of killing more than 5 people. He probably felt disappointed that his petrol wouldn't light.

Martin Bryant asked the police how many he killed and he was surprised when they told him he killed 35

Ethan Miller wanted to kill "at least 10".

Guest wrote:

Michael Ryan (Hungerford Shooter), asked the police for the casualty figures before he convinced himself to shoot himself.

I find Michael's conversation with police to be the saddest part of any mass shooting.

I wonder if Eric and Dylan had a certain number in target. They could of killed hundreds for sure

It depends on their intentions and their goal. I'm sure some don't and some do, usually they say something if they care about the kill count.

Not even fully including shooters some will just accidentally kill more than intended like with injuries of certain groups (Age and Race or Gender) could even go for Some self defense cases

Arkan wrote:

I wonder if Eric and Dylan had a certain number in target. They could of killed hundreds for sure

they intended to kill upwards of 500+ by blowing up the cafeteria. here's his journal page where he writes how many people are in the cafeteria and at what times: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

tellecat wrote:

Arkan wrote:

I wonder if Eric and Dylan had a certain number in target. They could of killed hundreds for sure

they intended to kill upwards of 500+ by blowing up the cafeteria. here's his journal page where he writes how many people are in the cafeteria and at what times: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Imagine they killed 500 with the bombs, but their guns where so shity, they couldtn finish survivors

I think some do but a lot of them don't really care they just want to kill some people to take to the grave with them or get revenge on the wrongdoers.

i think a lot of shooters these days know about the Encylopedia Dramatica High Score.

CUECUMBER wrote:

i think a lot of shooters these days know about the Encylopedia Dramatica High Score.

Very likely but as far ik only William Achtinson, Alek Minassian and Mauricio Garcia did.

Only Americans care