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A criminological classification of mass murderers, developed at the University of Louisville, is a list of archetypal monsters: the “family slayer or annihilator,” the “set-and-run” killer, the “psychotic,” the “disciple,” and the “disgruntled employee.”

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In the hours since he allegedly began this rampage, a portrait of Justin Bourque has begun to emerge. In many ways, it’s an all-too-familiar portrait. And it’s a chilling one. Bourque has been giving warning signs for some time that something like this may have been coming. Did anyone speak out?

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Though there’s much we still don’t know, let’s recap what information we do have. After the shooting incidents that left the officers dead and injured, images quickly surfaced on social media that showed a man, in camouflage clothes, carrying what appears (to this writer) to be an M-14 rifle and a pump-action shotgun. The man appears calm and composed, even relaxed, in the photos.