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they can come from a world where they re cared for, knew church. reporter: he spent more than 20 years studying and writing about murderers. he s written several box, including, lost boys, why our sons turn violent. he believes one of the reasons the vast majority of rampage killers in the u.s. are young, white men, because their state is mixed with age. reporter: all of that predisposes them to take on vendettas against their enemies. the same conditions in a kid who s living in a poor neighborhood who s living with gangs, is living with pover thety and devry vags, they ll doing crazy things.
in socially and they were merely a way this is a story that we ve heard before, young men, middle class and upper class in need of help. and they get help. and then engage in acts of mass murder. why? ted rollins is outfront. i will destroy you. reporter: 22-year-old santa barbara shooter elliot rodger joins a disturbing group of rampage killers that have a lot in common. the columbia killers and jared loughner from the tucson massacre were all in their late 20s at the time of the shootings. all of them grew up in relatively stable environments, except the columbine shooters all attended at least some college and all of them had
a broad framework was announced today. he said it would boost exports and create jobs. now back to rampage killers. due to mature and graphic subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. at the center of any criminal investigation is a dark heart and the iron hand of justice. here s a frightening fact. more than 30 times each year, someone goes on a rampage killing. and in some cases, the victims have no connection to the killer. it can be as random as opening up a phone book, closing your eyes and picking a name. that s pretty much what happened on a wednesday afternoon in 1991 during the lunchtime rush at a popular restaurant. 12:40 p.m., a luby s cafeteria in killeen, texas. suddenly, a man in a blue pickup
and it certainly wasn t him. he went after all of humanity. and evidence found in his home after the massacre indicated that hennard s murderous rampage may have been inspired by another rampage killer. james huberty, the man who killed 21 in a mcdonald s seven years before. hennard had video on huberty. hennard had visited the sight of the san ysidro massacre much as a tourist would visit a destination. some experts think that popular culture is partly to blame for this copycat phenomenon. after all, nowadays images of mass killers can be found on everything from trading cards to magazine covers to calendars and t-shirts. but criminologist james fox cautions against blaming too much on the copycat phenomenon. if james huberty didn t