The Mass Killer Who Murdered Over My Little Pony
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2022
- In today's true crime documentary, we're covering the case of Brandon Hole.
Note for UA-cam's review team, here is the context of the video: this is an educational documentary and authoritative news piece based on actual police documents and case files. Our team of psychology professionals analyze the interrogation footage from an educational perspective with a focus on psychology, red flags, and prevention. Our goal is to educate the public, inform our audience, and raise awareness. - Розваги
What really sucks is that the mother DID try to seek professional help several times, but mental healthcare is poorly organised, overwhelmed and rarely efficient with complex cases. How or why she allowed him to purchase a gun in front of her is beyond me, though.
Yep, exactly. Everybody says 'we should have done something!' but what? Mental health care is so bad that it often makes things WORSE
i think it might’ve been difficult to say no or refuse brandon at that time due to a fear for her life or that he might’ve snapped if she said no and did something worse anyway, it’s kinda a lose-lose situation
just another assault rifle low life, the gun for inceI cowards.
The mother sounded like a piece of sh** that’s why, she didn’t even care the children’s father killed himself
@@sunburstshusband you said that a lot better then I did, 60% of cases I feel are misdiagnosed because they do the opposite of what they need to be doing, I.e. cases where the parents are the problem they keep them together/ in cases where the parent is the last link they separate them
Here's a thought: If your child has a history of violence and mental issues, *MAYBE* don't take him gun shopping.
Or maybe not let them watch an lsd trip about magical horses with marks on there asses 😂
@@bruceisthemain4518 my little pony is for children it has literally nothing in it that would cause someone to feel the need to shoot 😭😭
@songsW but yet so many bronies are violent and far right leaning
@@openyathirdeye6894 because they're grown men with serious issues. not because they're bronies
'Murica . No proper healthcare systems in place to help deeply disturbed and troubled people, but you can get a gun at any corner. Totally not a problem of availability and socialising kids to use guns. 🙄
He was obsessed with serial killers and checked numerous boxes of a potential serial killer. MLP just happened to be in his life as well.
Bingo. Yet people are blaming a show that created a generation of progressive people
Any grown man who has an obsession with a TV show for little girls is not mentally normal. Might not be a depraved killer, but something is not right up there with any of them. Would you trust a "brony" alone with your kid?
@@user-uo8ny1kj4c if by progressive you mean creepy
@@user-uo8ny1kj4c yeah and that's wrong
@@user-uo8ny1kj4c"progressive" Nice joke
She let him get a gun. What the heck is wrong with her. You know your son is troubled and you DRIVE HIM TO THE GUN STORE and let him GET A GUN. I cant believe this woman oh my god.
She was probably hoping he’d off himself like his dad did, so she didn’t have to deal with them. I think the mom is the most messed up.
@@DreamerBlythegood but sad point😢
I was thinking this, too!!
Why is someone with so many disorders even allowed a gun?
@@DreamerBlythe As an outsider the impression I get is that most parents in the U.S. are so detached from everything that doesn't involve their own ego that they indirectly end up creating monsters off their offspring, either from neglect or abuse. Manipulative father dying from su*c*de because of a fight with the mother, cold as hell mother who, sure, took the kid to counseling, but likely didn't give much attention to him at home... That is already terrible news, but to take into account the kid's mental health considering there's family history of that? People should not be having kids without being psychologically prepared for it, period.
im sorry but the mannequin hanging in his closet sent chills down my spine. how could his mom ignore such a red flag.
She probably was the one who put it there to encourage him.
His mom's literally responsible for this whole tragedy - first by getting rid of the father, then by ignoring the kid's inevitable mental problems from having no father figure because she'd drove him to suicide.
How did she ignore anything?? She seemed to be the only one really concerned.
@@mitchellsuchner6898 Encourage him how and why?
Bro, that's how you put "those" adult dolls away. Don't ask me how I know.
The mother knew all the issues and drove him to a gun store, fearing he would commit suicide and allowed him to purchase a firearm.... I think the mother might be a major factor to the issue.
Parents can only do so much. Unless she was abusing him, nobody really knows what she could have done, or was doing to improve/hinder his mental well being.
@@Noname24675 yeah i think too
Agree
She also fought to have her son examined.. Bare in mind he was a legal adult when he purchased the gun, there was no stopping him. All she could do was oversee. She fought a lot more than most parents of these "failed" kids. Super insensitive.
Absolutely
Wearing three pairs of shorts at a young age should have been a RedFlag to the mother, thats usually a result of SA.
Yes. It's an OCD sign but it's also a red flag for that and it doesn't sound like he ever got attention for whatever caused that.
It appears the mother is the actual red flag. She basically let her husband kill himself, then she took her son to buy a gun, knowing of all his problems. Seems like she was hoping he would also kill himself. She probably abused him too, hence the three pairs of shorts and his obsession with MLP.
@@OscarLangleySoryu genuinely curious, what makes it an OCD sign? could it be the pressure from 3 pairs to calm him or something else?
@@melissawardle4206 well it sounds like an obsessive compulsion to me lol
Yes, as a kid I used to wear 8 bras at the same time and exercise with a coat on in the middle of summer due to sexual abuse
a child wanting to wear extra clothing around their waist is a really big red flag for something terrible... this guy went through some bad things to turn out this way
Lmao
@@Frilleon??
What does the red flag entail? Im not sure what it means
@@Ezcu1 when a child wears extra clothing around their bottom, its meant to be like a barrier for their most sensitive parts. you know, so people have a harder time getting into their pants. its a sign that something really terrible and disgusting is happening at home and theyre trying to protect themselves..
His mom seemed clueless, so it was probably a kindergarten teacher touching him, taking advantage of his vulnerable nature with no father. Since he only started *after* seeing his dad hang himself
there is a sickening amount of cases where adults are made aware of children's mental health issues and yet they do nothing about it
I used to hallucinate really terrifying shit as a kid and my dad wouldn't take me to a psychiatrist because he believed I was just bored. Thanks dad!
@@shannenlibres2365 I have good parents, but my sister and her husband are just shitty parents. Shitty people in general. And my niece has to go through not the same thing as you, but having her dad tell her he’s going to kill himself when she turns 18. He says it on her birthdays. She’s 8.
So I’m really really sorry you had to deal with mental issues without help. I sympathize with that.
@@CharliePerson_ Jesus christ...
@@shannenlibres2365 same
Then they blame the obsession as if the mental health issues had nothing to do with it.
I am truly baffled as to how this was allowed to happen in the first place. This person was reported to police repeatedly and showed several warning signs
He WaS oN OuR LiSt
-FBI
@@sinjin8576like 90% of the time yeah they just let crap escalate
You'd think when someone with numerous mental health issues and a history of violence confesses to an FBI agent that he is a danger to society he would be put on some kind of "do not sell this person a gun" list but I guess that's un-American.
Some of my mom's friends have a relative with severe mental health issues, she's messaged people claiming to be part of isis trying to recruit them and clearly could do something dangerous for herself and others. It's been reported, but until she actually does something, no one will step in. It's sickening and it's bullshit.
And just my luck she has a delusion that I should have been her child since my dad took her to prom back in the day. 🥲 I've only met this lady a few times and block her profiles anytime I see them pop up.
Police don't stop crimes, they solve them.
bro didn't learn a single thing from watching the show considering he was obsessed with it 💀
True! But you know those “pinkie pie goes mad” shit? I think that did its part too.
@@lil.lith1510 yeahhh like “smile hd” and the muffins video ☠️
Should make a episode about how you shouldn't do mass shootings.
@@muk204 hilarious
@@lil.lith1510That episode was scary.
The responses the mother gives are absolutely wild. Like genuinely why would you say that to the father and why would you take him to the gun store and respond to something troubling like that.
Yeah, I get why other people are giving her some mercy, but she kinda brought some of this on herself
@@onionbubs386 yeah I agree it’s like not her fault necessarily but her actions definitely played parts in ir
Fr kinda surprised no one else is bringing up the fact she told her husband to end himself
@@Sumrandumemokid2023_some people use threats of suicide as a manipulation tactic. I have an abusive relative who often threatened to kill herself if she didnt get what she wanted
Sometimes, people use "if you do x, I'll kill myself" as a manipulation tacted. To control the other party- or to guilt them if anything happen.
Though she probably shouldn't have said anything and probably has dysfunction herself, the father was probably also emotionally abusive. So if it wasn't that it would have been something esle.
the fact his condition was so bad that he decided to kill multiple people including himself over applejack is shocking. The more shocking part is that nobody handled his condition properly.
Well Applejack was a pretty bad ass pony before they ruined her in the final episode. Plus mlp merch that large usually runs around $200 or so dollars.
@@Noahloveless1 He KILLED people just because of that.
I love mlp and I hate these losers that ruin it for us! Literally so mad at the system ☹
Im never getting over the fact he took someone I loved today, I drove past that Fed-Ex even yesterday and it sent me into a panic. I wish he didnt do that
@@Feifeitherat I am so sorry that happened to you
The second he attacked his mother with knives he should have immediately been taken away to a strict facility that works with kids like this. He should have been mandated to attend regular therapy after the suicide of his father. I don't completely blame the mother, a lot of people failed him from the beginning.
Na, even after that she went with him to buy a gun!
The mother is partially to blame. That’s incredibly stupid parenting.
therapy wasn't going to reverse his ego.
@@Viennery Did you listen to the video at all? The mother was abused by him, and he would have gotten a gun anyway. her witnessing it meant that she could report it. She repeatedly tried to get him help and the drs kept turning him away and the police/fbi did nothing. She tried, everyone failed them
Wrong. He should have been incarcerated permanently.
@@valkyriedarqueseand why do you think he got that way? The mom. But yes you could say many people failed him too.
I think the instance that his “odd behaviors” had to do with the fact that he murdered people is incredibly dangerous. If someone murders someone, it’s because they didn’t value human life. It’s not because of their autistic/ocd traits. Experiencing any of those symptoms on their own is not going to drive someone to kill. It’s how people choose to react to those experiences that defines a person. Saying that innocuous behaviors like ROCKING BACK AND FOURTH is a sign that someone is going to MURDER PEOPLE is absolutely insane and clearly fueled by prejudice.
If someone does something evil, it’s because they chose to. It’s not because they’re an incomprehensible animal in a lab to be studied. Don’t take strange but harmless behaviors to be a sign of dangerousness, because you’re going to end up hurting a lot of innocent people. Don’t perpetuate ideas that people who are part of a minority are more dangerous than those of the majority, because that’s when you get hate crimes.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS!!
Yeah, but most reasonable people see it as a red flag. If my adult daughter came home with a a man who's really into my little pony I would tell her to keep an eye on his behavior.
@Kevin-tr8bx would you feel the same if he were into slasher films that depict women being brutally murdered? What about football, where men are being brain damaged in real time on TV for fun and profit? Are those normal interests, but enjoying a wholesome show about friendship is a "red flag"?
the difference for me lies in things being age appropriate. Sports are a masculine interest across all age groups, but my little pony is aimed at little kids. So if an adult man enjoys that kind of entertainment, I would immediately assume there is some severe developmental delay at play, and as with teenagers who often have anger/impulsivity issues due to the different developmental stages conflicting inside them, I would attribute similar traits to an adult watching something that is clearly aimed ar toddlers.
Did you know that 2yo males are the most violent demographic out there? Well…
@@MoonlightCircusI can see how there’s entertainment value in a slasher when your an adult man, cuz your the target demographic. The target demographic for my little pony is 5-8 year old girls. If your a hypothetical grown man, sure there’s nothing wrong with it but it definitely calls some things into question
I started to tear up hearing the 911 calls and how scared those callers were. I cannot even begin to imagine how terrifying that situation is. This is heart breaking.
It's just awful. I could never. I wouldn't have the heart.
That is the most RAW thing to hear from a mother.
"I grieve the victims more than I will EVER grieve you."
Edit: Coming back, respect for the responder that stayed for the woman saying 'Please don't leave me..' I've seen a lot of awful responders, so that's a bit refreshing.
Monday Night RAW?
You mean never
I’ve heard worse.
Plapple core 😎
whole thing literally her fault. told her husband to go ahead and kill himself... and absolutely ignored blatant red flags from her son. took him to buy a gun?? what an idiot. cmon sheila
I don't want to say I BLAME the mother, but every quote from her is snarky and sarcastic towards him, and she very clearly let some major red flags go by. The fact that it ended with the "I won't even grieve you" quote shows that he definitely didn't have a great supportive environment.
Yep
That boy was doomed from the start
Not to mention she said he should have killed himself ! Seriously you couldn't get your son a second opinion in a different specialist .
No wonder the father killed himself.
Yup poor severly mentally ill kid bullied into insanity by his own mother who was probably also very ill and deffff his dad like Jesus christ its just such a mess
Hello, i am Amber...the same Amber you hear in this video saying "I want to go home" to the 911 dispatcher. I was one of the first ones to reach a 911 dispatcher and stayed on the phone with her the whole time until police came in and got us. I hope none of you have to go through this, and I want to thank you all for remembering us and those who passed. It's almost been 3 years, but it feels like it only happened yesterday. Keep being kind, and the memories of my fellow coworkers will never fade ♡♡♡
Lmao keep fishing for attention goofy
Quit capping ya clout goblin😂😂
@openyathirdeye6894 well sadly I don't care about clout and seems I struck a nerve with you, but I am the one in the 911 call and that day was the worst day of my life. I worked everyday with Matt (he was linehaul) and I worked in the control room... pops was a wonderful man who always said hello to you. Sadly I didn't know the others because I switched from the twi shift to midnight. You don't have to believe me and I owe you nothing but maybe instead of judging someone immediately you can learn...I never knew about this video and apparently fedex didn't want us to know and other employees were told not to talk about it. I can share my whole story from that night but you are just a hateful soul on the internet so good luck with your life and I still hope you never have to go through something like this ever
@openyathirdeye6894 you don't have to believe me but maybe you shouldn't judge before actually knowing. I can tell you my whole side on that day, how it sounded like someone was banging on our windows when it first started, to me and my coworker hiding behind the desk that holds 10 monitors (some with cameras and others to use for sort), to me saying I didn't want to die and felt I was going to throw up to the dispatcher, then finally being taken outside, first going past the break room where I saw downed coworks, to standing outside surround by shell casings and seeing the inside of the small white car that held 2 more downed employees. Also seeing everyone that didnt make it laying outside...yea again I don't care about clout and I wanted to express my gratitude for the caring words everyone had. Nothing you say will hurt me cause I have seen death now sadly so please have a wonderful day thank you
May you be blessed and kept safe for all your days
The people defending his mother are truly unhinged. If your kid displays any of these warning signs and you take them to buy a gun you are 1000% in the wrong and any other actions you took are meaningless. There is genuinely no excuse for that.
Yeah, she should've never taken him to the gun store. The only things I find defensible about her are that she took him to get evaluated and treated for years and that she grieves the victims more than him. It's not her fault that the systems she tried using to intervene in his destructive spiral failed, but it is her fault that she drove him to the gun store even after seeing that sign. She should've taken him to a permanent care facility and refused to leave until they took him in.
Right!
Not even that the fact is she's clearly toxic to everyone in her life and would rather the father of her child be dead than be in her life shows she has some crazy levels of narcissism and only really cares about how SHE feels.
@@Illusivemoose Yeah this lady honestly seems like she was half the problem
What angers me is that a lot of psychologists, etc. don't take things like this seriously, and then seem genuinely surprised that a tragedy like this takes place.
No no
They took it seriously. But what are they supposed to do?
In the USA you can only have your gun rights removed if a court order deems you mentally unfit. That is the sad case here
@@nsahandler Thats contentious
Because male mental health in general is pretty ignored no matter how fucked up the individual is.
Now the gun rights being removed by the courts is a thing however you could just refuse to help him buy a gun???
@@fate8718 he bought guns with the job he had obtained legally and the police had to release his weapons to him because the only thing that can keep a person from their firearms in the USA are criminal firearms charges that prevent ownership (felonies or domestic abuse convictions), pending criminal charges involving firearms themselves, restraining orders with firearms stipulated on them, and a court order ruling of mental instability.
If you notice - 100% of these require a judge to sign an order to remove the guns.
He called them, said he was better, and when they checked the only reasons he was allowed to keep his own firearms away from him they found none so they returned them.
I'm not defending the mom, but what happened here was entirely inevitable. Like the Parkland shooter, he would have gotten a job long enough to buy a firearm and gone on the rampage in the same fashion. No hitches.
@@nsahandler
Now the first paragraph while true isnt neccisarily what I argued
You understand most, at least trauma ridden, killers do it mostly in the moment. You can plan it out, do all the prep work, ect.
The decision to act is 110% in the moment, if she didnt help him get this gun he would have had to work a little longer to get the means to do this task and probably rethought it.
Now am I saying its 100% her fault? No
Is there things she shouldnt have done? Yes
The problem is the laws. Decades ago someone like that would have been locked up however back in the 70's they changed all the laws making it almost impossible to commit someone.
Depression, anxiety and My Little Pony don’t inherently cause people to be killers. He was clearly an unhinged individual with no respect for human life. He obviously didn’t take any of the valuable lessons from the show seriously because despite his obsession, he clearly needed help for other more serious mental reasons.
It’s completely shameful what he did. A horrible tragedy.
"He obviously didn't take any of the valuable lessons from the show seriously" made me laugh.
Ik it's no laughing matter though
@@-Umbrella. There's also the fact Applejack would probably never invite him to go applebuckin' if she knew what he was planning to do. She would have, at the very least, demanded separate beds going forward.
Friendship is Murder
Stop giving guns to everyone then. We don’t have these incidents in other countries
Exactly. think of the millions of people with depression and odd behaviors who never hurt a fly.
This guy: I’m a danger to others
Mom: here son have a gun
The psychiatrist: cool story get out of my office
*acts out on his threats*
“Nobody saw it coming”
Son: "I wil end up my life"
Mom: "Go ahead"
“Nobody saw it coming”
"I hope that i can be with applejack in the afterlife, my life has no meaning without her. If there's no afterlife and she isn't eeal then my life never mattered anyway."
it gave me the chills
BAHHAHAHA
@@imagrhehebro this is not the right timing 😭😭
@@miyaobviouslyishere mb
Shit was dumb😂
Well Applejack IS best pony..
There was a guy who lived in a dorm across from me who was obsessed with My Little Pony. Less than two weeks into the freshman semester, he got rejected by a girl and promptly threatened to bomb our school. Needless to say he got booted out pretty quickly.
What is it with grown dudes and My Little Pony?!
@@LadyGreyBlack My guess is they never felt loved. I know a guy (my former best friend) who's a total recluse. He never leaves his room and he regularly watches MLP. He's 30 and lives with his mother who enables him to keep doing it by doing everything for him except what matters, loving him. He's never worked a day in his life. I doubt he would ever be violent but his life is being wasted. Hence why our friendship had to end.
@@thetruedarkener that’s not normal for 3 adult men to do nothing but watch this show. That’s just right here 3 different people???? This seems to involve sexual abuse.
@@LadyGreyBlack The brony fandom is huge, it isn't so much that dudes who like mlp are gonna be violent, there are just going to be more violent people in it compared to other smaller fandoms. I know plenty of bronies who are chill.
@@LadyGreyBlack Usually guys end up watching cartoons or anime because they're lonely. Dangerous individuals like this are rare, but you do have to be a bit of a weirdo or a social outcast. I speak from experience.
"I don't want to WASTE MY TIME doing something like that. ITS A HASSLE"
This is a clear red flag. Brandon's first argument on that is not about humanity or the unthinkable, but he said he "has no time" or too lazy to do it. He doesn't understand morale and emotion, so he express his excuse with a logical explanation.
A clear sign of sociopathic disorder
My brother said that exact same thing to me when he started a debate with me on how working conditions should stay as they are. Cause "its too much of a hassle to fix." That conversation left me so disturbed I had no idea what else to tell him so he proceeded to get annoyed by my silence and call me sensitive. I've been trying to go no-contact with him while sharing the same roof.
@@Brobrobagins420ok…?
@@Brobrobagins420 what does this mean
@@rosinrosprobably a Trump fan, too deep into his politics to actually live in reality.
@@Zei33 ??? You are the one who brought trump into the conversation. Are you ok? Need someone to talk about your traumas?
The therapist he told he was a danger to society to didn’t think to put him in a psychiatric hold???? Wow!!!
That's what I was thinking. Like aren't you supposed to report that to the police and take him into custody immediately?
100% the mom's fault, who tf buys their mentally troubled kid a gun
A dumbass
🤷♀️ I've never even heard of this situation occuring, wtf! I'm a mother in Australia; the mother's actions are wild. If my child asked me to drive them to purchase a gun? I would say - he'll no!
@@philomath7Think about it this way; if your son had a history of violently snapping when he did not get his way and was legally old enough to purchase a firearm, would you refuse knowing that he could very likely snap and end up getting the gun anyways? She also called the cops afterwards too. I’m just a teenager but I can tell that she cared very much for her son and really wanted things to get better
USA moment
@@Waskotorowy for sure !
Ugh. "because of the company's no cell phone policy in certain areas of the building, some victims were unable to call for help" hits like a punch in the gut..
Capitalism.
Wrong communism.
So fucked up story. I worked in an office for a company that had a strict no phones allowed policy for copyright reasons.
It was so strict that it was a serious problem for some of the women in the office who needed to answer emergency family calls in rare scenarios.
So one day a woman raised hell becuse that exact situation happened and it almost ended very poorly for her. She asked our direct manager this question “what happens if someone just bust in here shooting? We can’t even call for help!” The manager looked at her coldly and said “go back to your desk.” Sent chills down my spine, they 100% expected you to die in that scenario
@@dangboor4277 🤦🏻♀️
@@GoodPersonTestWebsite If the company was democratically owned by the people who worked there, no stupid cell phone policy would exist. But instead it is owned by capitalists, who want to squeeze as much profit out of their workers as possible.
It is absulutely awful how that mom chose to not move out of the apartment or not even try to move her son's room somewhere else so he would not have to look at the same closet his dad killed himself in everyday
And she let him isolate himself!! Heartbreaking how she allowed him and probably pushed him to insanity
@@lu-lz5xk nah that kid was insane though no matter what though, moving him to another room was the least that could be done for him to try and keep him away from murder. that kid threatened to kill his mom kind of
Wait, I didn't get that, it's the same home
@Jonhard10 she allowed him to only ever see his mother everyday and basically do whatever he wanted I doubt she ever thought about the danger he wanted to bring to himself and probably just pushed him to being "normal" a lot. He def had a lottt going on tho at least he gone🙏🙏😭
@@jonhard1049 "nAh ThAt KiD wAs InSaNe" okay ableist. People aren't born being criminals, i wouldn't say this is all of the mother's fault, but he could've been stopped so many times and actually help him
Aside from OCD, SA & depression, he displayed signs of autism. We need to intervene & fight for kids to get support before they end up like that. It could’ve been prevented.
SA?
@@hottea9826Sexual Assault
@@hottea9826If you're asking what it means, it means s3xual azzault, but if you're asking why it was mentioned, I now think it was because of him wearing three pairs of shorts, like he felt the need to cover himself up.
@@TheSIoughbro a lot of people wear shorts over their underwear.
@@DemonPrinceofHell they’re talking about him wearing three separate pairs of shorts all at once
it's really surprising he never got diagnosed with autism.
rocking back and forth could be stimming, a love for mlp is a special interest, a strict need for routine and getting upset if it's broken, wearing 3 pairs of shorts is sensory, and even low empathy could be a sign.
i'm no professional but i've done lot of personal research and rocking back and forth is one of the go to examples of autistic behavior, same with obsession. OCD is also a common diagnosis for people with autism because a lot of the behavior's overlap, and it can be a common development from autism too. depression and anxiety are also more common for nd people
even him hitting his mother after she sprayed him could be that he got overwhelmed and had a meltdown, which he wasn't given time to recover from.
i honestly think this could've really turned out differently if he had been accommodated for autism, he mightve felt more of a sense of belonging. but regardless he did a horrible thing, and mental disorders dont excuse it. my heart goes out to all the victims
I agree. I used to teach a 20 year old autistic boy here in Laos, and ironically his special interest was My Little Pony. His second special interest was "nerf" guns. I don't believe he had any violent tendencies, but who knows? Luckily in Laos only policemen and soldiers are allowed to possess actual firearms.
@@VientianeloverThank you for sharing ❤ My heart goes out to all the victims, and how long did you work with him?
@@muk4ro Only for about 3 months in 2017 and then 5 months again in 2019. I also taught his sister who has Asperger's syndrome, or high functioning autism as they call it nowadays. The whole reason I'm in Laos is because her family paid for me to return here from teaching in Istanbul back in 2019. I was the only teacher she wanted apparently as I understood her. Unfortunately, although her brother is autistic, with severe learning difficulties, the family refused to accept her diagnosis, because she was "so smart", and blamed her behavioral problems on "stubbornness" and my "encouraging her", so eventually my time helping her came to an end. Very sorry for her. She suffers a lot because she can't relate to other human beings, only to the people in the vast other world she lives in which has its own history, language, culture and so on.
He also looks like he has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. He has a very flat, long philtrum.
I 100% agree with this
This is insane. There were red flags EVERYWHERE. The mother and psychologists failed that kid. He literally f*cking told them he was a danger. Absolutely tragic. My heart goes to the victims and their families.
The mother seemed like she tried really hard to get him treatment and even turned him into police when it spiraled out of control.....but he was an adult by then, and at 18, he could buy a gun without her permission/control. It was the failure of the hospital and health professionals who assessed him for letting him go after a 2 hour hold.
They not only failed the kid but the victims. And the victims aren't just the people shot, but every witness, family member and first responder. Time to start locking up people who show signs instead of waiting until they destroy lives.
@@annmarygarcia1321 or instead of locking them up we can treat them, and take them seriously when they display signs? maybe actually work on our mental health system? just a thought? because we used to lock up people in the 1900s and we saw how that worked out.
@kirakira I agree. Although it shouldn't be a set amount of time. Some of these people can't be cured. And if they are released on medication have some way of ensuring that they take it. I believe there's an increase in mental health issues and a decrease in mental health services. And some, even if it's available, unless they have insurance or a high paying job, it's unaffordable.
The mother didnt fail anybody, seems like you didnt watch the vid. Utter clown for blaming the mother.
The murder wasn't over My Little Pony. He just so happened to like the show and obsessed over one of the characters, but that's probably caused by emotional neglect/abuse. It doesn't sound like his mom was all that great either. His mentioning of Applejack in the last post seems to be a clue of what brought him relief from the real world and once he felt like the thing he clung to most became unstable, he probably felt doomed and couldn't imagine life getting better without Applejack. Basically what I'm trying to say is that I think My Little Pony was the last thing keeping him 'sane' like the last thread holding a rope together before it snaps. For all we know, he could have found another character to obsess over or he could have snapped sooner if MLP Friendship Is Magic didn't exist.
Probably true.
Some part of me wonders if one of those plushies had a hole cut in it.
Honestly, I think even if his mother was good to him, it's possible he would obsessively turn to fiction for an escape anyway. In my experience, it's very easy to grow tired of, and/or unempathetic toward the people around you when you're mentally ill, even resent them somewhat, if they try to help you but are unable to.
@@pipebombpete.6861there's a MLP plushy laying down on bed so probably yes
Yeah like Andrew Blaze. It's not the show or the character itself, it's how the individual have delusions and obsessions over it
DAMN that last quote is insane. so many suicidal people have the strings of hope of mothers, for not wanting to cause them pain by having their parents experience their children dying. but doing something heinous enough that even upon your suicide, you became someone not even a mother could love.
He didn't murder OVER mlp, it was the last thing that he was holding on to.
No but he was obsessed with it and talked about having it in the afterlife. That's an unhealthy level of obsession
The system failed all of those people. Shout out to Judy for being so brave and getting all of those people hidden even when it was possible she would be shot. Just horrifying
Present day political system for ya. No matter who is president.
Exactly what I am saying. Even through her own fear she helped keep her coworkers safe. She’s a hero
You're right, this could've been prevented.
The system isn't designed to work. The FBI and law enforcement drops the ball on these cases all the time. So many instances where people have reported red flag issues with actual merit and nothing substantive is done. This case is just one more of those. Wonder if he was on any anti-depressant drugs too? Those drugs make people go batshit over the deep end and need to be investigated just as much.
@@obizzlesportsandfitnesswhat does politics have anything to do with mentally challenged crazies
Does nobody think that a kid wearing 3 pairs of shorts at a time might have been sexually abused? That's pretty common knowledge that kids that feel the need to layer like that tend to have someone around them usually at home that is abusing them...
I definitely think that, the my little pony obsession always points to that.
I thought the same thing. Why else would a kid wear 3 pairs of shorts at a time?
True, to this day I always wear 2 or 3 bras and usually an oversized hoodie and sweats. And I'm almost 43 years old. It doesn't leave you.
I am disappointed that I did not think of this, it seems so obvious once it is pointed out. Perhaps the whole my little pony thing into adulthood is also an indicator.
Exactly! This is one of the main signs.
I hope that all of those who were killed in this tragic incident are resting peacefully, and I hope for the best for the families and loved ones of those who were killed.
Insisting on 3 pairs of shorts is a huge red flag for CSA 😢
When Natasha said "please don't leave me" I felt like I was gonna cry. What a tragic case
Me too, instant tears. poor woman :(
I've been binge watching this channel the last few days, I feel a little numb to it all - but when Natasha said that I started sobbing.
I felt the same way too, knowing that she didn’t want to be alone made me want to cry
the way the police offer said “come on baby” as she’s crying for help under the trailer. my heart is in pieces.
I appreciate how the operator was in the whole situation. Made sure the callers were safe, etc
Why….why did his mother TAKE HIM TO BUY A GUN…This story is baffling. He literally TOLD medical professionals he was a danger to society and himself, yet nothing was done about it. Deplorable.
His mother told his father to kill himself, so why would you expect her to be anything other than a piece of shit?
Ikr? As a mother myself there's no way I would've done that
and talks about suicide on the way to the gun store, "but he didn't get bullets" ... because they were sold out. she was clearly not dealing with him correctly.
I don’t think she brought him to buy the gun, he bought it himself in a store that happened to have guns. And if he’s an adult there’s not much she can do if he doesn’t listen to her.
I could be wrong though.
Not surprising after telling her husband to go ahead and kill himself.... I wonder if both, the father and the son were psychologically damaged by her.
Am I missing something? His killing spree had nothing to do with my little pony.
The fact that they let him out 2 hours later and there’s no record of the mental evaluation is beyond me. The psychologist or whoever talked to him at the hospital played apart in this massacre!
That employee feeling bad for the guy who was there for only a week is so sad. Rip to all these victims.
Those s tupid psychopathic teenagers that possessed with demons nowadays they watch videos about serial killers and schools shootings on the net and they want be like them or famous in an evil s tupid way and want to be serial killers in only one day cuz they now can't kill many ppl like in the old fashion way killing thru the years slowly like the serial killers did in the past cuz they know now they will be caught easily and fast because of the advanced ways of investigations and evidences nowadays.
That employee probably never got paid a single time either.
@@fredfrappe BRO..... 🤣
It's true, most the time they hold your check for 2 weeks
Yeah that got me.
The kid turned to his mother, the police, psychiatrists, and the only comfort he had was a dumb cartoon.
To someone feeling mentally alone, a feel good children's cartoon might have been all he had. I think his April message, as strange as it is, is genuine.
What I don't get is how he didn't take any messages from the show to heart. That show is only about kindness love and acceptance and its weird how these kind of people or "bronies" cling to it in the wrong ways. Sick
@@daylinhesford3116
It's one thing to hear a message about friendship and love, and to watch cute ponies do it. It's another to long for friendship and love and not receive it.
It wasn't a message to him, but an escape.
@@harryc657 and that breaks my heart way more than usual. :(
@@daylinhesford3116 i think its becouse they are ponies and not humans. Ive watched that type of cutesy show before and the apeal is that the kind and friendly creatures arent human.
People with trust issues steming from the mistreatment of others dont trust humans, but they will trust ponies. I know forsure that if the cartoon ponys in that show where replaced by live action humans their kindness and good nature wouldnt feel magical anymore it would just feel false and untrue. Its the same reason why people feel more empathy towards stray dogs than homeless people. "Animals are good, humans are bad" mentality.
For fans of this type of show, the point is to forget that its even a show and instead be "transported" into another, better world.
These worlds are usualy ruled by kindness and friendship unlike our world which is ruled by fear and exploitation. People learn from their respective worlds, the ponies learn kindness is real and the people who watch the show only believe so in the context of the show,not the real world, thus making the moral lessons meaningless.
The misstreatment and isolation causes this detachment from humanity and love for inhuman characters. Same reason anthro characters are popular.
BASICLY: The show is popular with outcast becouse it presents a belivable "other world" where people are friendly and care for others. It is the perfect escape from reality. The moral lessons are only belivable in the cartoon, not in real life, thought.
You wouldn’t call a cartoon dumb if you watched the show. Some episodes contain sublte dark themes and I wouldn’t call that dumb.
God when Judy realized it was an officer & Natasha asking the dispatcher not to leave, I teared up immediately. These poor people
His mother's response of go ahead, to his father's threat of offing himself, was his first exposure to having indifference to human life. Great example.
"He shot so many people! Oh my God. He's got (Victim's name)! He's only been here a week!"
The sheer pain and distress in the woman's voice was so painful to listen. I definitely know she cares about her other co-workers. My heart goes to all the victims and the victims' families.
yeah.
Those 911 calls were so hard to listen to. I teared up hearing the woman in the control room crying out how she wanted to go home. I can't imagine how horrifying that must have been.
@@support_israel8104 no reason? she was in the premise of a shooting. her coworkers died.
@@support_israel8104 We are literally talking about the subject of someone's life on the line. You're the one obnoxious here about having the audacity to comment that in video where everyone is fighting for their life.
Lmao
I say this literally each time I hear about these crazy MLP fandom crime stories. If I was MLP's creator, my mental health would be CRUSHED by the fact my artwork which I worked so hard on serves as a way for deranged offenders, pedos, murderers etc to gather around
I would delete the whole thing.
@@_blank-_ why
@@_blank-_ i wouldnt, why would i ruin something for millions of people over this dysfunctional family? i agree its sicking and crushing but what about the other millions who love the show?
You kinda need to remember to separate the internet from reality. MLP is not intended for psychopaths to gather around, there's more people that watch that stuff without having harmful tendencies. The media isn't the cause of harm, it's the persons psychological state. Creators of "MLP" realize that, surely. Tragic, nonetheless but we can't put blame on something that was created for children.
@@link304 facts
He's the kind of guy that the girls on tiktok would be like "hear me out...."
wtf
Bruh if you know your son is a literal weirdo and you let him buy a gun even though he is disrespecting you?? Like what are you doing????
The woman sobbing “Oh my god, he got (victim), he’s only been here a week!” literally made my blood turn cold. There were so many warning signs. This could have been prevented so easily
he shouldve got a job at UPS instead
Could’ve but nobody really care in this age, especially towards young men.
America be like
@@AlphaAlarmClock couldn't have said it better, might as well use a vest but yah won't help against a rifle
@@Bmoran325 Here in australia after our last mass shooting we changed some laws around and our audit process is pretty good too and we haven't had a mass shooting since 1996. Now the main gun violence is gangs shooting each other with unregistered or home made firearms.
To get a license you gotta train with a club for 6 months and be with sporting shooters 6 months. To have a gun you need a proper safe and both the gun and the safe are regularly inspected.
Can't have a gun if you have anything bad in your criminal or mental history. Super serious about background checks. Often you'd need permission directly from a police higher up too. Got to have a good enough reason to have a gun. Whether for Sport or to protect your sheep from animals, stuff like that
Can only get handguns, shotguns with 4 or less rounds, and I think only bolt action rifles. Each with seperate licenses. Very strict on how many rounds a gun/magazine/tube can have.
This just shows how easily this could of been avoided if the system just worked to help instead of immediately putting these people back into the world
And if the stupid mom didn't buy a gun for her violent psychotic son. Like seriously?
But it's the guns fault right!?
@@GabeLM1122 ?
@@GabeLM1122 Oh course it is! This horrible Assault-Rifle-15 is so evil, it shoots everyone on sight by itself!
For those of you that are a bit slow, this is sarcasm.. This state already had red-flag laws, which is the strictest form of gun control, yet here we are..
The mother should be put away for life for assisting a man in suicide, raising a psycho & then giving him MULTIPLE firearms, she is literally the killer.
and also how fucked ur system is for buying guns this wouldn't of happened
As someone whos still a MLP fan at 14 this is absolutely terrifying to hear of... i feel so horrible for the victims. i hope in the future nothing like this ever happens again.
Same
At 14…..that is nothing my friend there are plenty of fans over 20,30 and 40 years old
There was a 68 year old black man at the final Nightmare Nights with a Nightmare Moon zoot suit, it was the coolest thing! He sounded like Fats Domino
EDIT: I understand the mom tried getting him help, but if thats your child, being dealt one bad card isnt gonna kee you from trying again until you find the help that he needs.
I feel that the downfall of this kid is not 100% his fault. I've been diagnosed with Bipolar, depression, and anxiety and I remember being younger and having fits of rage. I remember being depressed and angry all the time and didn't understand why. I absolutely believe if it weren't for the love and support of my mother, I wouldn't be where I am today. She had me diagnosed at an early age. She fought with the doctors who said nothing was wrong until we found a doctor who told us the truth. She fought for me to be accepted and treated fairly in school. She fought for me to get the meds I needed despite years of psychiatrists and doctors putting me on this and that. She was never in denial of me. She fought for me like no one else did and to this day I know she still has my back. That kid needed someone to fight for him. He needed a push in the right direction and he needed the support that he didn't have. This kid obviously had mental disabilities that weren't properly looked after. I'm grateful to have been dealt the cards I've been dealt. God bless anyone going through depression or anxiety or bipolar or anything mental illness-wise. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
From experience, I can say two things:
1) He was misdiagnosed with OCD when it should have been Autism Spectrum Disorder (or he should have at least been tested for it - mom likely didn’t consent to this, mine didn’t for a long time and acts exactly like his mom). I’ve got a degree in psych and I’m on the spectrum (diagnosed), he shares MANY of my young traits/symptoms. The abusive environment definitely permanently changed that poor boy.
2) Again, from experience both in life and educationally, multiple layers of clothing at a young age (or at any age) coincides with both the spectrum and with S.A. I still wear layers upon layers - it does not leave you. This is a safety coping mechanism, and is common in S.A. survivors.
A third stretch, from experience - it feels like this psychologist worked with the mother to identify symptoms and behaviors, and then checked in with the boy to “verify” them. This often results in not directly observing the behaviors discussed and therefore receiving inaccurate pictures that the parent paints based on their observation of the child. This is something we deliberately work to avoid in my field of psych, as we consider it a logical fault that leads to misdiagnoses with children.
Hi, I’m also diagnosed with ASD (and GAD and depression just like Brandon,) and unfortunately I thought the same thing. What was described in this video, it sounded a lot like autism, which makes me sad simply because of how people treat mental disorders in general. While his situation in life breaks my heart, his actions have consequences and it’s very common for people to listen to these stories and form uninformed opinions about mental disorders. I’m not a professional, no degree, but having it myself and having a brother who’s lower functioning than I am (he has anger issues and takes meds that coincide with schizophrenia care,) I immediately felt that sense of familiarity.
Honestly, I wish the narrator went more into why he wore more layers, because while I figured that was an autistic thing to do, I didn’t make the connection that that’s also something SA survivors do, too. But nowhere in the video does it say that he was SA? Though with the things his mom says in this video, according to this video alone, she sounds like someone who would either commit an act like that or know someone who would and keep it hush hush. I wonder if that’s why she was fine with her ex taking his own life.
THAT BEING SAID, I really do try to stay away from making accusations since people are way more nuanced than that. What I said is a personal inference but I don’t know Sheila and so I can’t say for certain about her role in Brandon’s case. People say stupid shit when they’re hurting, maybe Sheila didn’t realize her words would result in her ex actually doing it? And she almost became a victim herself. I don’t know, the video did make it seem like she tried to fight for her son to get the help he needed but the system failed them. Which doesn’t surprise me, save for frustration.
The TL;DR of this comment is basically, I wish the mental health system in America would be better about it. And that more people are thoroughly educated on these things. My mom is a very loving person, but I tell her that my brother struggles to comprehend nuances in the moment and she defies it by saying that we may be autistic but we’re smart and have intelligence. Even well meaning people can screw up, and it’s all from lack of understanding. Education would seriously help… and boy do we got a long way ahead for that.
I hope the victims of this case rest in peace.
Asd and ocd can be comorbid. Sounds like both to me
You’re a narcissist
I felt like he had several symptoms of Autism, too.
I have been diagnosed with both Autism and OCD. I think it could have been possible that he had both.
This case is pretty similar to Randy Stair, a UA-camr who had an obsession of the character Ember McLain from Danny Phantom. He believed that he was a ghost girl trapped in a boy's body and because of his delusions he shot up a grocery store and then himself so that he could "be with her in the afterlife." Both cases are extremely tragic all around.
Damn that is similar
Reminds me of some of the other childhood show obsessed killers
@@aerickmon3350 What other cases do you know about?
damn
@@frostheart88 only a few like tsutomu or trey Eric sesler
Seems like a big fat lie from those kinda people beeing like "i will join x in the afterlife, thats why i will now continue to kill multiple people and then me" like what? Just give ya self a good headhsot and be done you stupid egoistic twat. Either that or just tell the truth and say that your a utter failure and want to end it but also end others lifes with yours to feel better. What damn loosers lmfao.
My condolences to the victims and their loved ones. They are gone but not forgotten.
I got chills when it was mentioned that he was in an unusually pleasant mood that night before all that. That’s usually one of the biggest red flags that something really bad is about to happen.
He was in anticipation of what he was about to do. To enact his own form of personal justice.
the calm before the storm
He didnt kill people over MLP, he just had very severe mental issues
Yeah right 😂
he had very severe mental issues which caused him to kill people over MLP.
Agree. It's obvious
Yeah but anyone who loves a childs show at that level of obsession when you're a teenager should be a huge red flag.
Not saying it's bad to enjoy kids content. This was a severe case that should have been dealt with much sooner. The MLP obsession and the attempted murder with a F***ing knife should have been a great reason for him to not be able to buy a gun. Thank you republicans for allowing this awful outcome. You single handedly voted for this. This is your america. Your demand for more guns is what enables this to happen.
We will always have troubled souls to deal with. We will always have extremes. More guns doesn't solve these issues. They enable these issues to escalate to a much higher degree. I love guns. I shoot them often, but I don't like how easy it is for me or anyone to get a hold of them. I would be happy to never shoot one again if that meant my children could go to school without fear of being murdered... if I could go to work without fear of another brandon... another brandon killing my Aerie... please ... I just want to live in peace... make your vote count.
@@mintk2598 can you NOT insert that kind of politics into this?
Seems like the FBI visiting him multiple times before the shooting and not intervening is a little too convienent
His mom is not an innocent party here by any means. Most serial killers have a troubled home life and this case is no exception. His mother literally told his father to hang himself and he did. I don't see how she gets to be called a victim, if anything this is partly her fault.
EDIT: I made this comment in the beginning of the video not sure what would come next. This comment is being written in the middle. Everything I said above is basically confirmed now that she literally drove her son, who had attacked her with a knife prior, to a gun store to "look around." This mother is 100% to blame.
So he was diagnosed with all these disorders at an early age, but was he ever actually offered any treatment??
Probably couldn't afford it
Merica
@@IfYouInsist came to say this 😂 nobody’s gonna profit from childhood mental health so it ain’t happening
@@LemonEyeDrops Sad, but that seems to be true.
In Austria it’s free if you need it. Sorry but America is a fucking joke
How is nobody talking about how he was obsessed with a very friendly show my little pony yet still had this anger in him. It’s kind of ironic. His room is about my little pony. Friendship is magic yet he’s out here thinking about violence the show has nothing about violence. In fact, show you how to be nice and to always communicate your feelings when you’re mad or sad!
It’s so fucked up but funny-
had to do it for his friendship with Applejack💀 jokes aside i feel so bad for the victims fr
I think he was attracted to the characters not their friendship lol
There's a scene in My Little Pony: The Movie where they use a dragon as a flamethrower to burn alive a bunch of enemies.
I have a clip titled "My Little War Criminals" with the scene in question.
So, yeah, friendship is magic. And so are flamethrowers, I guess.
Because of how stigmatized watching MLP is or just having autism in general, he probably got bullied and had trouble finding healthy and like-minded people to share his interests with, instead turning to 4chan and other communities where neo-nazis prey on frustrated young men who feel victimized and angry at the world. There's a disturbingly large crossover area between MLP and fascist gun nuts
this is so extremely horrifying. my ex best friend showed every sign brandon did. i tried to get her help but she would reject it and get worse. I am so scared
If u think they’re gonna hurt themselves or someone else, maybe u should go to law enforcement.
The harsh comments from his mother, that the narrator mentions at the end of the video, sheds some light into why he became a murderer.
All this started from a trauma caused by parents during his childhood, just goes to show the impact parents have to their children
Especially when you tell your sons father to go ahead and off himself. Yeah you alone hold that responsibility for messing your child up.🤷♀️
"Caused" by the father. As far as we know the mother tried more than many would do to prevent the coming horrors from happening.
A lot of parents these days want to tell kids to get over it not realizing when you’re older is when it kicks in the most.
@@16Gould1 boys and men are always treated like that. He needed serious therapy and she pushed it off until he started snapping at her. I honestly feel for him, his life was destroyed at such an early age.
@BOOTNEY LEE FARNSWORTH IS A TETHER everyone’s mental state is different. Why must we keep telling y’all this simple fact.
Big up the dispatchers here. Words like “I’m not gonna leave you” could bring a world of comfort to someone in a situation like that
I was just thinking that how if i was in her situation i really wouldn't wanna hang up and wait alone under a trailer for 30 minutes, and would appreciate if someone stayed on the line with me too. That's a good dispatcher
Tbh I think that was one of the few good ones I heard, some of them sounded irritated to me but maybe that's j me idk
That part made me tear up, the fear in her voice :(
I was holding it together until that point
@@corinnewolfe963 same here, "don't leave me" struck me
"no cell phone zone" instantly I quit. Phone stays on me at all times no matter what nonsense y'all say.
Average TikTok user:
Pathetic
With those big ears he can hear the entire solar system moving
Bro 😭
The fact that so called note about his murderous rampage wants to be reunited about a Texan fictional pony and his name wow Brandon hole yeah his breath is the cause of pollution he looks like a guy who overstock on all kinds of jars and creates a disgusting collection
That end quote from the mother was heart-wrenching. This entire case is a tragedy.
She's partly to blame and her animosity towards her kid reflects this denial
@@DirectorHMANHe literally charged at her trying to stab her. I wouldn't want a fucked-up kid like that either.
@@ligeialovelaceshe was a piece of shit long before her son attacked her, she had no issue telling the father to game end and did nothing to intervene. The lives she claims to grieve were lost largely due to her negligence, though indirectly
@@ligeialovelace who do you think raised him? wolves?
@@ligeialovelace Yet she bought him a gun anyway, she is entirely at fault.
I really hate that the media/shows the person watched is being used as a scapegoat for causing their problems.
As much as I can tell, MLP was a coping mechanism for his problems and mental issue, but indeed became an obsession, as to how neglectful the mother appeared to be with those red flags. He most likely did believe that would be the only thing he can trust, of course he'd freak out so easily.
I really see it as moronic to solely blame the show for what he did. Even if it wasn't MLP, he would've had a different obsession that'd motivate him the same. He was already acting like a future school shooter.
I have my own coping mechanism from fictional stuff
(Not MLP)
But Cuphead, Chainsaw Man, Pikmin, Demon Slayer, The Amazing World of Gumball, Angry Beavers,
And Especially My Hero Academia And Super Mario
And I can have my own problem with Mental Breakdowns, and crying fits
But I don’t go mad or do anything really bad when seeing/playing media things
Even though this wasn’t about me at all
Just thought I tell what I do so people don’t think I’m brain dead
I agree. And, also, they didn't say if they diagnosed him, but they did assess him for autism. Autistic people have obsessive tendencies as well. It's super normal for autistic people to have special interests. So, for me, that part of the video just paints autistic traits and autiwtic people as malevolent or "red flags". Didnt leave a good taste... (also, jic, I am autistic with a bunch of special interests lol)
When I started this video and EWU spoke of "a strange obsession with a kid's cartoon as a teenager" as well as "weird rocking back and forth", I knew immediately he was autistic. And I hate that these kinds of special interests are regarded as obvious signs somebody is a murderer.
I think it is reasonable to raise an eyebrow over a young boy with a MLP obsession. It may NOT be anything serious but it is definitely unusual
@@drumdaynight17 Allistic people "raise eyebrows" over people with special interests all the time, many of those being autistic people. As long as it doesn't harm anyone, it'd be better for everyone to not make it into a big deal.
its crazy how the my little pony is even brought up though it has literally nothing to do w him shooting
did you watch the video
@@rainbowdashlover123 yeah and his motive literally has nothing to do with my little pony hes a troubled teen and the system failed him LMAO
Because it's weird and he litterly mentions the show about dating a character in the afterlife.
Bro, ain't no way somebody claims to be a mlp fan but then kills someone else, that's not friendship 😢
Mom knew, the therapist and social workers knew the police knew. Not like the ones who didn’t display any issues. He told people, acted out his aggression and made no efforts to hide how he felt. Yet…. Nothing was done to prevent this tragedy. There is such a stigma with mental health issues and literally everyone being afraid of being sued allows this type of stuff to take place. Everyone passes the buck.
@@awkwardautistic could have done so many things. There were clear signals very early on.
@@awkwardautistic execute Brandon... or place him in extreme mental health care.. simple as that
@@awkwardautistic yes, too many people with mental murder innocents and get away... they are just as guilty!!!
@@awkwardautistic I’m not sure about the laws pertaining to mental illness where he lives. However, I would think when he was taken to the mental health hospital, they should of took the time to keep him there for observation and then properly diagnose him. They also should of prescribed some medication. Let’s start there. But when he said he is a danger to society and himself, game changer for sure. Brandon should of been admitted to a facility asap. And tbh before he turned 18 when he was threatening, bullying and slapping his mom, chasing her with knives and sh*t. He should of been properly evaluated and placed in a facility then. And put on probation for what he did. I know he did a lot and was dangerous as hell. But believe me it was because of a reason. I believe it started with dad’s s*icide, I believe additional things either in the home or school. Most likely home. Combined with mental illness. Brandon could have possibly been helped. Eight loved ones would not have been m*rdered and possibly still here today. Smh 🤦🏾 RIP to the victims.😔😢
@@awkwardautistic people like that get admitted to mental health facilities in Europe, they are treated for their illness and they are observed and every single purchase they make needs to approved, in this case a beyond return suicidal and incredibly unstable person was allowed to walk around, do as they please and even buy guns, this once again proves that mental health is the cause of most social issues and mental healthcare is a joke
God. Those phonecalls between the FedEx employees and the police dispatchers are heartbreaking. "Please don't leave me." They were so terrified.
Why didn't we hear shooting during those calls?
i thought they were annoying lol
@@clementine2001 I believe he'd already run out and killed himself. But THEY didn't know that. These are terrified individuals doing their best to hide and stay alive.
@@callmealgernon1130 annoying? they thought they were going to die, obviously they are panicked. there’s nothing annoying about fearing for your life, not everyone is able to remain calm thinking they’re about to die.
That was me
Poor brandon, his childhood was stolen from him by seeing the horror of his father's action. And that hanging doll in the wardrobe is freaking cursed. God save us.
17:20 When she said please don't leave me it made me break, can't imagine what it was like for those people to go through that.
Brandon was allowed to become who he became. All the red flags weren’t taken seriously until it was too late. RIP to the victims 🙏🏾
All the Red Flags, and still nothing would have prevented him from buying America.
Why are your hands so dirty
@@ansumanc i feel dirty for laughing at that
Liking mlp is the reddest of flags
@@ansumanc Nigga you just cant be making me laugh at my own skin color like that lmao
“Rocks back and forth when watching tv” “wears clothing in an abnormal manner” “has obsessive special interests not in alignment with his peers” “cannot handle changes to routine” “has tantrums when dealing with sensory overload” …And nobody thought to ask if he was autistic huh
First thing I thought of
I was surprised when the sentence didn't end with that
Like rocking clearly and changes in routine for me (then again I rock but I mean if you put _his_ together. Someone said ASD + ADHD (instead of depression)
Wait
_oh_ that's what happened during the water balloon fight then?
(Does that also explain hitting the wall with the bat/stick)
Like he would know
@@SonicMovieFanatic9eee-rl6gts an autistic person, no. He absolutely sounds like he had autistic traits. Bad people can have autism too wether you like it or not. And it won't give us a bad name, that is just dumb.
@@TinytinytintinyYeah, it’s not bad to wonder if he was on the spectrum. The vast majority of people with ASD don’t do anything like this. It’s sad because had he been correctly diagnosed (if he was) maybe focused treatment and therapy would have been able to help him and prevented this tragedy.
That last sentence was actually so sad. Holy cow that sent shivers down my spine.
19:28 applejack already was dead. I mean look at her. I don’t want to imagine what he did with this little plush.
It’s looks rough. That is concerning as well.
dude was too busy being in love with Applejack that he ignored all the friendship lessons that MLP FiM offers smhhhhh
he should have been barred from accessing guns what the fuck??? like i don’t care what your stance on guns is this kid shouldn’t have been able to obtain one
The mother’s parting words for the video tell you what you need to know about why he ended up like that. As someone who also came from a home with really bad parents I know how easy it is to fall into the wrong crowds simply because they give you attention and meaning. I blame the mother fully for this
I know right? I don’t care who you are, if you can’t bring a child into this world with UNCONDITIONAL love, then do not do it at all. And yes, I mean fully, totally unconditional. That is your one job as a parent. To love and care for your child above all else, no matter what.
The hung mannequin in his closet broke my heart. That kid was broken early on. My mother was murdered when I was 4 years old. I remember holding it all in, no tears, no pain, just nothin. When I turned 17 I received all her last belongings. Her diary, drawings, ideas and dreams, pictures, highschool yearbook, a watch with a scrape on it from a bullet that went through her hand, many letters about how much she loved me and wanted to live to watch me grow. I cried my eyes out for the first time, it felt like all the crying I should've done throughout those years I let out like a floodgate that day.. stuff like this can really break growing minds.. when I found out she was dead I remember my first reaction being to hide under my bed, I didn't want to see anyone.
I’m so sorry to read this and imagine your heartbreak, I hope you are able to remember your mum with peace and love ❤
Sorry for your loss and what you experienced, I hope you have found your peace now. Much love to you and stay safe ♥
My condolences. What a terrible thing to experience. I hope you're doing well today xo
Im sorry for you, I cant imagine what it feels like to lose something in an early age 💔❤❣❤🩹
Hope you heal brother 🙏🏾
The mother drove her son who attacked her with a knife to a gun store to buy a gun? Mother of the year...how dumb can people be?
Riiight like wtf! I was expecting her to be one of the victims
He's an adult, he would have done it anyways
@katie5920 just because he would have done it anyway does not excuse his mom assisting him.
@@katie5920She did it regardless and that's what ultimately matters. I find it pretty fúčkėd up you're so adamant on trying to portray her as a victim
@@PeruvianPotatoshe is, literally, a victim lol
The fact that people like that are allowed to buy guns is just... alien .. for most of the world. How can you not expect this to happen.
I live in Indianapolis and live actually right near the FedEx and know a few people that worked there this night. This was very much so a tragedy.
I just wanted to applaud the worker Judy since no one is mentioning her. She helped direct her coworkers to get them out while he was firing into it through the turnstile and she also stayed herself and offered to direct the police inside to make it faster for them to look. She had no way of knowing he had ended himself, for all she knew he was there and she hadn't seen an officer yet. The relief of her realizing the approaching figure was an officer and not the shooter was a really emotional moment for me.
Judy was amazing. She did a great job and my heart breaks for her having to experience that. I hope she's well.
You can hear the relief in her voice when she sees it's an officer and not him. heartbreaking.
Yes, me too...I got teary at that part. Bless that lady and all the victims and their families.
666 g 4th ghave small babies @@J_Lynn x
Typical modern WMN
This kid has shown so many signs. He's even verbalized his own fights with his mental state and how it affected is personal life as well. He clung on to a figure that gave him comfort during his own battle and after it was ripped away he still gave warning. Maybe as a cry for help in his own way. I don't sympathize with him, I pity him. And I don't like how his specialists, detectives, and parents just ignored it... No one was innocent in this aside from the victims.
True, he was litteraly crying for help, but they kept ignoring it. He probably felt alone and hopeless, it make me mad how most of this could have been prevented with therapy and not isolating him.
He really needed lots of help and therapy! And would have needed only one person who would been interested to know him and direct his life.
He clearly had lots of mental health problems which could been genetic. It would been a struggle for rest of his life to stay ok.
The mother has sought help many times though.
My sister adopted a child who would later show signs of mental illness. You could tell from the start (she was a newborn when they got her), but you could tell pretty quickly something was off with her...I mean like within the first 2 years. Despite her reaching out to everybody and anybody...they gave her no help...including the police, social services, the hospital and the psyche ward. She tried to kill my sister and her husband on multiple occasions. There is no help for those in need when facing a child who is mentally out of control or at least not in PA. She was finally diagnosed with Bipolar (age 20) and lives with her biological mother, who also has bipolar. The funny thing is we found out they knew she had bipolar, but didn't want to label her at such a young age...so no medicine and no help! Unreal!
I never realized MLP killed off characters, I always thought it was a kid's show but older people watched it as their comfort show *because* almost nothing bad happens
So apparently part of the what prompted Brandon to snap was because Applejack dies in the show and it was like the childhood he never had and then it was destroyed?
I'm not excusing Brandon at all or blaming the showwriters, but just trying to understand what Brandon's mentality was through these events
Imagine getting shot by a dude in a my little pony shirt
Finally, a funny comment
The mother is to blame. Callously told the kid’s father to kill himself. Didn’t get the kid help when his father hung himself. Ignored the hanging mannequin. Took him to buy a gun after he attacked her. And that quote at the end. What a piece of work
are you seriously blaming her for the dad's suicide? he tried to guilt her into staying with him, he chose to kill himself in front of his son. and she did try getting her son help, but nobody did anything.
"she took him to buy a gun after he attacked her" read that again, but slower. doing something wrong under the threat of violence doesn't make anyone a bad person. if she hadn't done what he wanted, she could be dead and he would've mass murdered people anyway.
blame the authorities for ignoring people like him until it's too late, not the women in abusive situations
@@joseanurkkalainen2832no ammount of comments can change the fact she made the father kill himself
she was his mother, not his partner. wake up@@joseanurkkalainen2832
@@joseanurkkalainen2832 People like you are why women are so hated right now. You want to believe that we can do no wrong because of what we have in between our legs. Goading someone into suicide and then abusing their child for decades afterwards is fine because she had a vagina? If the roles were reversed, you would be crying for the child instead.
1. no, she didn't validate literally the WORST guilt-tripping manipulation tactic you can use on someone ("if you leave i'll kill myself"). nobody has control over that and nobody should ever feel threatened like that
2. she obviously was worried about him and tried to get him into MULTIPLE health clinics???
3. that hanging mannequin... is a s3x doll
4. she took him to buy a gun...after he tried to STAB HER are you hearing yourself you f*cking piece of sh!t? obviously she's f*cking scared, not to mention he's a legal f*cking adult at that point so actually the best option she could've done was to take him and supervise, she immediately took action after and called the police
5. oh boohoo a mother doesn't want to feel pity for a deranged kid that murdered 8 f*cking people and almost f*cking hurt or killed her, go cry your big baby man tears over a white nationalist mass f*cking murderer somewhere else
these comments are absolutely disgusting and people like you should be f*cking checked, the only person to blame for a mass shoot-out is the sick person behind the gun. the first step of prevention however is to not be sh!thole america and treat guns like shopping for candy
Samaria Blackwell was one of the victims who didn’t make it. She was my little sister’s friend and I’d known her for years 💔 I remember calling friends who worked at FedEx that night and desperately hoping that no one I knew was a part of it, unfortunately that wasn’t the case. RIP Samaria, she was only 19.
My deepest condolences to you, your sister, and her family and friends 😢 What a terrible tragedy!
@@w90213kjfdjn terminally online
@@w90213kjfdjn bro log off
@@w90213kjfdjn you are a terrible human being
I am so sorry for you and your sisters loss, as well as so many families and friends that are still mourning over this tragedy… may God place his hand on your heart and may you know that Samaria is always with you in spirit and in your heart. 🙏🏻❤️🩹
19:11 the cut to the applejack pillow as he says "i dont have any mental health issues" took me out
This is actually very disturbing.
This makes me so mad. So many red flags, they were recognized, mom tried to do the right things, some of the social workers recognized the issues, and yet he still slipped through the cracks and was able to do this. Bloody hell.
Alright, I am feeling a little called out with all the photo's of this kids room since my teenage room was basically identical. MLP, stuffed animals and anime, sprinklings of other wierd items. To anyone else reading this, it's okay to be wierd, your teenage years are a time for self exploration, and it doesn't make you less of a person to have some odd hobbys. Just do your best to not fall into extremism, and try to enjoy life.
literally. like, feels like this video was trying to say my little pony was what made him go crazy and not the several disorders
MLP definitely wasn't the cause of the problem. His obsession with school shootings most likely wasn't either. People feel bad, so they get new hobbies, not the other way round. If he didn't have those hobbies, he would have killed himself even earlier.
He needed to be bullied more.
Ah yes Blank. Because That worked so well to prevent all the school shootings /s
@@_blank-_ so it would have turned out into a school shooting bro
How tf does someone tell the evaluators “idc about no one and I’m a danger to society” and no one has even a single thought to get this kid somewhere to prevent him from doing harm to others. How can you ignore something that he’s telling you so blatantly, those evaluators should not have jobs anymore if they’re letting things like this go
It's really a failure of all the mental health checks and balances we have in America. This kid was essentially crying out for help and there were plenty of red flags up until that point. So what's the point of all the processes they went through if it still didn't stop the mass shooting? The powers that be either don't invest the necessary resources into taking mental health crises seriously or they just don't care.This country is fundamentally broken.
They would have just blamed it on his already complex list of problems. That and trauma. All they do is refer you on to counsellors, or whatever other therapists you need. Hospitals don't ever do anything.
he’s white.
@@edithandlez Nah you weird asf for that, and you white too. Come on bro.. Ain't no thug doing all this weird ah mass shootings. Thugs ain't fw OCDs nd allat.
@@edithandlez What a completely trash take. Gross.