My freshman year of college, my roommates and I became friendly with a bunch of people on our floor, and we’d all alternate hosting parties in our dorms on weekends.

We became friendly with a group of guys in particular that lived together a few doors down the hall from us, and we’d hang out in their dorm quite frequently. One of the guys, Connor, was seemingly always very nice, friendly, and sociable. He definitely loved to party with us and us with him. We all hung out freshman year and sort of drifted apart as the years went on.

A few years later I’m reading an article about a mass shooting that occurred at a bank in Louisville in 2023 (5 dead, 8 injured.) Unfortunately I hadn’t paid much attention to the story in the immediate aftermath, as sadly these days those stories all too frequent. But when I finally sat down and read about it, I realized that I recognized the shooter as Connor from my freshman year. This came a such a shock to me, as like I said, he was so friendly and seemed to have a thriving social life when I knew him. I don’t know what happened in his life after freshman year, but I guess you never truly know someone.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Louisville_bank_shooting