Aaron R. Ybarra, 27, of Mountlake Terrace, Washington, opened fire at Seattle Pacific University on June 5th, 2014 killing Paul Lee, 19, and injuring Sarah Williams, 19, and Thomas Fowler, 24.\u00a0 The psychotic Seattle campus killer confessed that shooting his first victim was \u2018so fun\u2019 and that he felt nothing but hatred towards the world after his parents changed his bedroom furniture.<\/p>\n
Ybarra\u00a0 had stopped seeing a psychotherapist and taking his medication for OCD and psychosis before the attack: ‘I wanted to feel my hate’. \u00a0He wanted to take hostages at Otto Miller Hall as part of a suicide mission, ‘but I got caught instead’.<\/p>\n
He was stopped by Jon Meis, building monitor, who pepper-sprayed him and grabbed the shotgun Ybarra was carrying, before helping another student hold him down until police arrived.<\/p>\n
In the newly released video of police questioning Ybarra, he talked openly about his enjoyment at firing the first round.<\/p>\n
\u2018You\u2019re like, I can\u2019t believe that I\u2019m doing this, but once you do it, you\u2019re like: \u201cOh my God, it\u2019s so fun.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n
Ybarra described struggling with OCD and other mental health issues since he was a child. \u00a0He developed routines, including one that involved his bedroom furniture. \u00a0After his parents changed the furniture in his bedroom he became overcome with feelings of hatred. \u00a0Ybarra said that his compulsions went from good to evil. \u00a0He had been seeing a psychotherapist for OCD and transient psychosis, but stopped attending sessions and also stopped taking his prescriptions of Prozac and Risperdal. \u00a0He began drinking on a daily basis as a way of self medicating.<\/p>\n
\u2018I stopped because I was stubborn and I wanted to feel my hate. Plus I didn\u2019t think it was working… I was thinking \u201cwhat\u2019s the point of being good when the world\u2019s against me.\u201d ‘<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t get respect from people, they don\u2019t take me seriously. When I was growing up people wouldn\u2019t take me seriously, they would laugh at me.\u2019<\/p>\n
Despite the statements made in the police interview, Ybarra has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder. \u00a0Join us here at\u00a0Ybarra Trial<\/a> to watch the live trial and join the chat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"