RE: ALL SHOOTERS HAD THERAPISTS

Before the Columbine School shooting, there was an event at Thurston High School in Springfield, Or. which Kip Kinkland, a 15 yo shot & killed both of his parents before going to school and shooting students, injuring 26 & killing 2.

Prior to above shooting, he had been seeing a therapist by the name of Jeffrey L. Hicks PhD from Jan 20 through July 30, 1997, who recommended he be prescribed an antidepressant by his primary physician who put him on prozac, (which he stopped taking according to him prior to shooting & he also reported voices in his head that he couldn't stop).

I've skimmed through the notes provided & only depression is assessed, with one mention of explosives & firearms obsession that the Mother was concerned about in initial exam. Afterwards, one mention of needing to find alternative to explosives as a way of managing his anger is expressed but no firearms & another afterwards that he was no longer using explosives to vent his anger. However documented claims say he discussed firearms at length with his therapist who shared his enthusiasm for guns. The therapist purportedly was the one responsible for getting his father to not be as concerned about his passion for guns & allow him to own them. He had become obsessed with buying a particular type of gun after the therapist showed him theirs & they discussed it. He later was arrested for stealing this type of gun & was on suspension from school for possessing it when the shootings occurred! The only legal matter referenced was a "rock throwing" incident.

One other oddity that I noted was that the therapist put (See in 2 weeks) or however many wks for Plan of Action in each session with the exception of one in which it read, (See on 4-4-97 at 4:00 p.m.)

Therapist files & information can be found here along with findings from the other three doctors who were involved in the trial, court transcripts & more info about Kip Kinkel:

https://schoolshooters.info/kip-kinkel

He's still incarcerated today, 20 years later as he was given 112 years & he's exhausted all appeals as the sentencing judge found that he had an incurable illness, either paranoid schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.