As a result of his actions the people in his hometown have been terrorized. Police and ambulances rush to the scene. News helicopters fill the sky. Reporters swarm at the edge of the police line. The news headlines flash across the nation.
Special reports interrupt regular television programming.
The event is treated as a national catastrophe. For weeks afterwards TV news pundits ponder his actions. Given the horrible nature of this act it is hard to answer honestly. If we are able to leave good and evil aside we are forced to admit that this act of violence was most affecting. People are numb to art.