Salt Lake City-Teen kills 5 in Trolley Square Mall...

I struggle to understand why someone would do something like this. We will, undoubtedly, learn more in the days and weeks to come about this young man and what may have been troubling him. The scariest part for me is that my daughter lives in SLC. Upon seeing the news, I immediately called her cell phone and got no answer. Thankfully, she called me this morning to tell me that she was fine. She also told me that she and a friend of hers were supposed to be at that mall at the time of the shooting. Fortunately for her and her friend, they were in another shopping center at the time of the shooting and thus missed the whole thing. It's scary to think that people can just snap and go out and kill innocent people. I think many will be thanking that off-duty officer for being in the right place and the right time. I remember back to 9/11 and the weirdness of going to school (I was in college at the time) and the silence being overwhelming. The university that I attended was in the landing path of the major airport in Ft. Lauderdale. I had become accustomed to the jets flying overhead, but with no flights in the days that followed 9/11, the silence was scary. I didn't really have my PTSD breakdown until weeks later. I called a friend who talked me through the panic and she told me that while the terrorists had wanted to kill as many people as they did, their secondary goal was to frighten everyone else into staying home, hunkering down and being lulled into a false sense of security. The reality is this: no matter where you go, no matter what you do, there will always be someone out there who will be killing others, terrorizing others, and making everyone afraid. This is the way of our global society. I know it's hard, but being afraid of the world isn't a very fun way to live. We have to acknowledge the dangers in our society, take whatever precautiions we can take, and try to find our happiness and safety in the moment. Does this make sense?

It scares the crap outta me , I often wonder why these kids ( even grown-ups) do these things . Is it because of the way they were brought up , or something in their genes . I mean what actually makes them this way . It could be hatred towards all man kind I don`t know . I mean people like that don`t just wake up one day and decide that today I want to kill people at school , or at the mall , or co-workers , something has got to trigger it , an event gone bad or a bad relationship , maybe childhood memories they couldn`t deal with . It`s gotta be something .

You can blame parents; schools; neighbors; its this fast paced society and its getting woorse before if there is hope of getting better or putting things back the way it was back in the 1950s.

Oh, this saddens me so much :( I didn't realize that this sort of thing was now happening even at other public places, like malls. It really is sad when a person has to be afraid to even leave their homes for fear of people going on a kiling spree just because they want to. I can't understand how anyone could ever kill another person except in defense. I can barely even squash a bug, and will not do it unless I can't see any other way of getting it away from me, because I just think that every life is precious :( This kind of crime is just horrific :(

That is sad, and it seems becoming more and more popular. When I turn on the TV, all I hear about is more and more people being killed or killing others. There is something wrong with the way this world is living and I fear that it will only increase, world peace cannot be attained, if we do not begin to have peace within our own small communities. We are all in fear of something now, more than ever before, and this feeling has got to change, society has to change.

This Sulejmen Talovic is a Bosnian Muslim,no wonder you cannot understand his purpose.The Liberal Drive-By Media wont tell you he was a Muslim

Mall security check allow a motorist to leave Trolley Square parking in Salt Lake City after gunman killed five people

Oh my God.This stories saadens me to a great extent.I just wonder why people have to behave like this.My heart tells there is no answer at all.I caanot believe what is going on this world.

It's a real shame. I can't begin to understand it. I hate to always point the finger to the parents but if your child is that troubled would you not notice it?? I'm close to my kids and I talk to them all the time. My 18 year old son is a very moral person if you know what I mean. There are so many things he feels strongly about and is against. We talk all the time so I would like to think I am in touch with his feelings. I just don't understand what happens with these kids. It really is sad. The pain all those people are in because they've lost someone, needlessly. I remember all those sniper shootings. I am in Canada but I watched it all on CNN and followed the stories. It must have been so terrifying. I seriously wouldn't have let anyone leave the house. I'd be too paranoid. It was so random and with no rhyme or reason so you just never knew. It's crazy what this world is coming to.

I heard about this story on the news and I like you find people to be very crazy! I don't know why people are killing other people. I think, if they are so unhappy with their life, they should kill them not other people.

its really hard to go to public nowadays. from terrorist bombings to kidnappings and now, outright killings. its really hard to find a safe place to live in. i do not know why this is happening, or why we should have the burden fear, but one thing is clear, we should be alert at all times.

I don't know what one can do, except where were his parents? how did he have access to a weapon of this sort? Obviously if it was from home, it was not locked in a safe like it should be. That is the first problem. The other is that parents must recognize when their kids are having serious mental problems, and get them the help they need. My son is bipolar, and is in a facility now. I am trying to prevent things like this from happening.