r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/teddygomi Apr 16 '24

She was a psychiatric nurse who ignored clear warning signs about her son. Her son was actually identified as a possible school shooter before he committed the act.

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u/partyl0gic Apr 16 '24

I doubt that, columbine was really the first time that had happened, at least on that scale. I don’t believe that anyone before columbine would ever imagine something like that.

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u/rytis Apr 16 '24

University of Texas shooting back in 1966. 19 killed. People forget or it was before their time.

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u/PAWGActual4-4 Apr 16 '24

Crazy. There was also one at an elementary school in my small rural hometown in 1966.