The motives may never be clear for two shocking incidents over the weekend.
Tragedies in Edmonton and Las Vegas remind us of other incidents around the globe like London, Manchester and Barcelona.
Mount A Political scientist Dr. Geoff Martin says the motive for the Las Vegas attack may never be known.
He says the shooter in Las Vegas is dead so he can never be questioned and everything else will be kind of after the fact.
Martin says these people seems to be looking for crowds wanting to mete out significant violence and it’s the world we live in at the moment.
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— City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) October 2, 2017