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After seemingly acting so carefully right before and after the shooting I’m perplexed as to why he had so much evidence still on him (Gun/silencer, Fake ID, man

After seemingly acting so carefully right before and after the shooting I’m perplexed as to why he had so much evidence still on him (Gun/silencer, Fake ID, manifesto) during the arrest. One would think he would have discarded or destroyed those things as soon as possible after the incident.

SilasX 2y ago
Just to put the hypothesis out there: because he's a fall guy to placate the people afraid of being killed like the UHC CEO, which the authorities desperately need. (Although a brief perusal of the photos in the article doesn't show anything obviously different between them.)
- lyu07282 2y ago
  This seems extremely unlikely in practice considering how many people would need to play along. Also what happens if more evidence appears afterwards or the actual killer gives himself up? You just end up playing whack a mole to keep the lie working. No it really doesn't make sense. Not saying it's impossible but in those cases they need to A) know who the real killer actually is, and B) kill/suicide the fall guy.
- sherburt3 2y ago
  You would probably want the fall guy to be someone who can't defend themselves easily, like someone with substance abuse issues and prior convictions, not an attractive 26 year old valedictorian with an affluent family.
tim333 2y ago
With is face pretty much being captured on camera in the hostel and in an Uber I'm not sure there was much point hiding it. He was going to get caught shortly whatever he did.
- e-clinton 2y ago
  Not sure I agree with that. Had he stayed in hiding for months, he wouldn’t have been ID’d. Why is he walking around bare-faced a few days later? My take is he planned the actual act but didn’t think about much beyond that.
- DebtDeflation 2y ago
  If he ditched the gun, fake IDs and any other evidence he had tying him to the crime and just gave the cops his real id and denied being in NYC recently, it would have made it much harder to prosecute. Without any physical evidence, he just looked like the shooter.
BaculumMeumEst 2y ago
My guess is that initially he intended to avoid being caught, but at some point changed his mind and embraced it.
- cungling 2y ago
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game_the0ry 2y ago
Subconsciously, he wanted to be caught.
hughesjj 2y ago
The three possibilities I see: 1. He wanted to get caught 2. This isn't him, and they're framing this guy 3. He figured the safest place to have that stuff was on his person, but then why go and get arrested at McDonald's? To be fair I don't know about that interaction. I don't buy 3 because there were so, so many places to ditch shit between Altoona and Manhattan. The Susquehanna for starters.
francisofascii 2y ago
Maybe he was suffering from a mental illness and so he simply wasn't thinking clearly and carefully from the beginning.

SilasX 2y ago

Just to put the hypothesis out there: because he's a fall guy to placate the people afraid of being killed like the UHC CEO, which the authorities desperately need. (Although a brief perusal of the photos in the article doesn't show anything obviously different between them.)

lyu07282 2y ago
This seems extremely unlikely in practice considering how many people would need to play along. Also what happens if more evidence appears afterwards or the actual killer gives himself up? You just end up playing whack a mole to keep the lie working. No it really doesn't make sense. Not saying it's impossible but in those cases they need to A) know who the real killer actually is, and B) kill/suicide the fall guy.
sherburt3 2y ago
You would probably want the fall guy to be someone who can't defend themselves easily, like someone with substance abuse issues and prior convictions, not an attractive 26 year old valedictorian with an affluent family.

tim333 2y ago

With is face pretty much being captured on camera in the hostel and in an Uber I'm not sure there was much point hiding it. He was going to get caught shortly whatever he did.

e-clinton 2y ago
Not sure I agree with that. Had he stayed in hiding for months, he wouldn’t have been ID’d. Why is he walking around bare-faced a few days later? My take is he planned the actual act but didn’t think about much beyond that.
DebtDeflation 2y ago
If he ditched the gun, fake IDs and any other evidence he had tying him to the crime and just gave the cops his real id and denied being in NYC recently, it would have made it much harder to prosecute. Without any physical evidence, he just looked like the shooter.

BaculumMeumEst 2y ago

My guess is that initially he intended to avoid being caught, but at some point changed his mind and embraced it.

cungling 2y ago
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game_the0ry 2y ago

Subconsciously, he wanted to be caught.

hughesjj 2y ago

The three possibilities I see: 1. He wanted to get caught 2. This isn't him, and they're framing this guy 3. He figured the safest place to have that stuff was on his person, but then why go and get arrested at McDonald's? To be fair I don't know about that interaction. I don't buy 3 because there were so, so many places to ditch shit between Altoona and Manhattan. The Susquehanna for starters.

francisofascii 2y ago

Maybe he was suffering from a mental illness and so he simply wasn't thinking clearly and carefully from the beginning.