An Oakland man is accused of randomly killing a 21-year-old woman with an assault rifle as she was driving by his house. Here's why he was shooting.
"They probably don't have support of family, friends, community, to be able to express when they get angry, to be able to process when they get upset," Dr. Andrea Zorbas said. "So instead what happens is it builds and builds and then people, for lack of a better word, they snap."
Experts call it the frustration-aggression hypothesis - a theory that says aggression is the result of something blocking a person's ability to reach their goal. "We really do have a mental health tsunami going on out there with anxiety, depression, suicidality, homicidality, substance abuse. The data is striking," Dr. Thomas Plante said.Investigators detail what led up to fatal I-880 shooting of 5-year-old girl, arrest of 3 suspects"When you have frustration, stress, aggression, and you've got a firearm right there, you've got a big problem," Plante said.
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