Virginia Tech shooting that occurred in April 16, 2007 has long been a haunting memory for professors, alums, and students at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Yet, for one particular person this incident inspired him to create his own version of the shooting but in Seattle Pacific University.
Aaron Ybarra, the gunman identified at the SPU shooting, claims he was inspired by the Virginia Tech shooting and the Columbine shooting. According to his tell-all story to King5, the shooters of Columbine and Virginia Tech spoke to him in his mind.
"Columbine, Eric Harris just came into my head," shares Ybarra. "The mastermind of the shooting. And I kept identifying with him ever since the, the past three years. And cause he made everything so exciting. He made hate so exciting."
Long before the Virginia Tech shooting inspired Ybarra, adding to the gunman's psychotic tendencies was the fact that he had the case of OCD at the age of 13. In addition, Ybarra admitted to growing up lonely and feeling psychotic as he had noticed to be living more in a fantasy world than in reality.
While the Virginia Tech shooting took the life of 32 people and seriously wounding 17 people, Ybarra's shooting at the SPU took the life of one student while injuring two students. He originally planned to end his own life with the use of a knife but was stopped halfway by one student, John Meis.
The Virginia Tech shooting may have taken place eight years ago, but the SPU shooting took place in June 5 of 2014. Ybarra had pleaded not guilty, but his statements in the police video released certainly prove he had admitted the crime committed. KOMO-TV reports that Ybarra's attorney has cited mental illness during the SPU shooting.
If Ybarra had a case of OCD that led to the shooting, the gunman involved in the Virginia Tech shooting, Seung-Hui Cho, had been diagnosed to having the case of severe anxiety disorder.
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