TX shooter (30-something y/o white male) "name may never be released

[Crafty Girl]

42. What most of these guys want

is celebrity. They want their names to be known worldwide and remembered throughout history--kind of like Klebold and Harris.

Since Columbine, a serious effort has been made NOT to give them what they want. Think back to April. In all the reporting I saw on the 20th anniversary of Columbine, not even once did I hear either of the shooters' names mentioned.

Of all the recent shooters (waaaay too many) how many of the names can anyone think of right off the tops of our heads? Not many, if any. Who was the shooter at that Texas church? Or at the school in Santa Fe?

There was a mass shooting in Canada a few years back, and IIRC, the shooter's name was NEVER released.

That kind of anonymity may not stop other mass shootings, but it will certainly disincentivize those who want fame or infamy.