It was reportedly a lone male shooter (no race released yet), 22 years old and known to police. He avoided a 5150 hold last April, seems like the crisis worker didn't have enough to toss him in the looney bin back then.
Reports are he used a glock .45 cal, legally purchased weapon but used a modified mag (reports say the mod was to hold additional rounds). Reports are the handgun was the only weapon used in the attack.
The nut job was found in an office in the bar with apparent self inflicted fatal wounds when the Police found him.
Police are searching his house now.
Motive and or connection to the scene are not known or being released ATM.
Why are women never the shooters in these cases? I mean there are some psycho bitches that do some nutty shit but they don't generally get a gun and go on a shooting spree.
I'm actually currently writing a little report on gun control, and one of the biggest problems faced isn't that there isn't enough legislation (at least that's not the biggest problem) it's a failure of enforcement of CURRENT regulations by local / state governments.
But that's not really their faults to be frank, they're low on funding for these sorts of services and would probably need more of an incentive through government grants in order to ensure that they're submitting records to the FBI's background check system.
Cause this crisis worker should have (in theory) submitted this sort of record to the FBI's background check system, and he should have been denied weapons on the grounds of mental health. More information is below on laws relating to this, courtesy of the Giffords Law Center.
Licensed psychotherapists (California, Illinois, New York), law enforcement officials and school administrators (Illinois) must report mentally ill individuals who demonstrate violent behavior; these people become prohibited from possessing firearms.
