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Revenge, anger, jealousy, retribution, greed, control. These words are amongst the many reasons as to why people

will commit crimes. Every story I have told that has a clear-cut perpetrator will usually fall into

one of the categories that those words represent. But what about words like confusion, helplessness?

Most people wouldn't think of those to describe a situation wherein someone commits,

what seems to be, a senseless act of violence. But what we have learned over time is that

it is difficult to try and comprehend why people do the things that they do, and act the way

that they act. Yes, there can be a

motive, but very rarely there is none, and a person, more specifically, a person in their early

teens lashes out without thought, or sometimes they do things because they feel like they have no other

choice, that there is no other way to fix their problems.

We all know that there is, but if you're in a state where you don't know or believe that,

then anything can happen.

You're listening to The Apex and the Abyss, and this is the story of the Thurston High

School shooting.

It's happened again, this time at a high school in Springfield, Oregon.

The suspect is a 15-year-old freshman, and this is CNN today. I'm Natalie Adams.

I'm Lou Waters. CNN's coverage of the tragedy in Oregon continues.

Let's begin with a quick rundown of the latest developments.

At least one person was killed.

And more than two dozen others were injured in today's shooting spree

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