Random Act of Violence Claims Four Lives

By A. Hubbard

On Sept. 6 2011, gunman Eduardo Sencion walked into an iHop in Carson City, Nevada, and open fired with an AK-47 killing four and wounding six. According to the authorities on Carson City, Sencion drove up in a red minivan, shot a women standing by in the parking lot of the iHop before entering the restaurant where he strode to the back and open fired at five National Guardsmen/women. After, he went on a shooting rampage, spraying local businesses with bullets. Afterward he shot himself in the head. Eduardo Sencion died three hours later in a local hospital.

The family of Eduardo Sencion said that he had been battling with mental health issues. No one is sure what specific mental issues Sencion had been struggling with.

To understand why someone would carry out an attack like this, an interview was conducted between myself and a guidance counselor at Hopkinton High School, Kim Haley. She explained that when a life or death situation breaks out, such as a shooting, people will make a decision that takes literally half a second to make. She said it is best described as “Fight or Flight.” In the iHop shooting, many witnesses were interviewed, and a lot of these witnesses said that they were paralyzed with fear. They stood there and watched as the event happened.

Family member of those lost mourn their passing in a random act of violence