The U.K. gunman who killed a 3-year-old child and four adults before turning the weapon on himself Thursday has been identified as a licensed gun owner who reportedly talked about his sexual failings and compared himself to “incels,” or involuntary celibates, in his final YouTube video. The shooter, 22-year-old Jake Davison, appeared to use the name Professor Waffle in an account that has since been taken down for violating YouTube’s community guidelines. His final 11-minute video showed him whining about being “beaten down and defeated” by life, missing out on “teenage love” and getting “uglier” every year, according to multiple U.K. media reports. Davison also referred to “people who are incels” — a fringe and misogynistic community of predominantly men who harbor anger toward women — saying they are “people similar to me, they’ve had nothing but themselves, and then they’ve socially had it tough.” Authorities in England said they were looking into the man’s videos and social media history, but they would not discuss a possible motive at this stage of the investigation. They did say, however, that there were no immediate signs that the massacre was connected to terrorism or right-wing violence. Jake Davison, appeared to use the…
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UK mass shooter talked about 'incel,' being rejected in bizarre YouTube video: reports
