Both this and the Pulse shooting had very weird cross talk about the motives of the shooter. There was talk of Mateen, the Pulse killer, at first being a closeted gay man and there were even interviews with a guy who claimed to have had sex with him. I attended a ceremony where the speaker said that Mateen was driven by society to hate himself and his sexuality, and so had lashed out by carrying out the killings. The FBI dismissed these theories however. Apparently Mateen did cheat on his wife, but only with other women.

His connection to Islamic fundamentalist terrorism was definitely true, but some have even wondered if he targeted Pulse specifically due to the clientele. He apparently typed "Orlando clubs" into a search engine shortly before doing the deed, though a lot of gay bars will be designated as such when you make searches like that. There was the possibility, however, that those at the Pulse bar were unfortunate enough to simply be the most convenient target.

What does not change in either case is that innocent people were horrifically murdered. Probably the most haunting "WHy Did he Do It?" shooting for me is still Sandy Hook. All I see is the haunted, wide eyes of the shooter, and apparently he destroyed nearly all the evidence of what his motives were.