Cases like this confuse me. Why would anyone want to kill a 24-year-old Graduate Student with no criminal record?

@TheHorse (220068)
Walnut Creek, California
January 19, 2022 11:54pm CST
I'm befuddled once again. Why was this person not behind bars if he had shot a gun into an occupied vehicle? And is it really true that the LA Times did not cover this story for several days after it happened, as one friend of mine alleges? We live in odd times.
https://nypost.com/2022/01/18/lapd-identifies-ucla-student-brianna-kupfers-murder-suspect/
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
20 Jan 22
I think that there is nothing to discuss because there is too much disinformation. What did really happen here?
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
20 Jan 22
@TheHorse "Apparently"... journalist do not know what happened, but they have to write, bad news are great news for them.
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
20 Jan 22
@TheHorse You are right, good news is not news.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jan 22
@LadyDuck Usually, the journalist's rule is "If it bleeds, it leads." My friend could be wrong about the LA Times not covering this story early.
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• Nairobi, Kenya
20 Jan 22
Jealous? Maybe?
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jan 22
@mildredtabitha My hunch is that they in in different circles. He apparently is a criminal with a rap sheet, and she was a Graduate Student (I'm not sure what her field was). When I was a Graduate Student, I did not associate closely with criminals. Grad School is hard!
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• Nairobi, Kenya
20 Jan 22
@TheHorse it could be an ex...
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• Nairobi, Kenya
20 Jan 22
@TheHorse I guess we will never find out the root of the problem
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@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Jan 22
I dont understand how they keep letting them loose
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jan 22
I don't either.
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jan 22
I will never understand whey one person would even consider murdering another,
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jan 22
Me neither. "Temporary insanity" is a legal defense. So is "incompetent to stand trial," I think. But I think anyone who would shoot another human is a little bit "crazy."
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Jan 22
It's clear he has no conscience.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jan 22
Why was he out and about? What would happen so someone who shot up a car in Europe? Australia? Malaysia? Same thing?
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jan 22
@just4him I think it should be that way here. Building more prisons would create jobs. And I'm OK if they get "bread and water."
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Jan 22
@TheHorse Other countries are harder on their criminals than we are. Here we give them a slap on the wrist and send them on their way. There, they actually put them in prison and throw away the key. Unless things have changed.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
20 Jan 22
the issue with this one, is all the disinformation swirling around. it is hard to figure out the truth honestly.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jan 22
Disinformation swirling around this story? Or in general?
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
20 Jan 22
@TheHorse that story in specific but in general also. I heard two versions of the story in 24 hours.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jan 22
@DocAndersen What were the two versions? Can you link me?
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@LindaOHio (181177)
• United States
20 Jan 22
Who knows what the truth is?
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