So when ever a NONE white person goes on a shooting spree the press NEVER shows the picture of the shooter, they never talk about his home life and they never mention his politics. If a white person shoots up a place the FIRST thing the press does is show a picture and claim he was a white supremacist. They go into great detail about his past unless they find out he was a lefty then they drop that conversation like a hot potato. A white person is shown all over the press when they shoot someone, a none white, no picture and no discussion of their politics.
It is up to the police and the availability of pictures for them to be publish when someone kills. There are different laws that cover each municipality and how they handle such occurrences. Now the media and cops want to not even release the name of the killer to downplay any free advertising and notarority the shooter was looking to obtain form their actions. Things are changing how the shooter is swept into obscurity for a reason. Too bad you can realize the reasons why they want every instance silenced for the shooter...
The one picture I've seen is old, grainy and has obviously been enlarged from an old photo somewhere--like an employee ID or a MVD license, maybe. He wasn't a big Facebooker, didn't wear his heart on his sleeve and take selfies to post on line. The first reporter who called the family for comment discovered that the family didn't know yet. Oops.
But I agree with Moon that the shooter in these rampages is getting less and less coverage--name and face less in the spotlight the past few shootings. I don't know that it is really about being "famous." It would probably work better if we started to slut shame them as all being closet queers or men attached to their mother's apron strings. Then after awhile they wouldn't think it was the coolest option everytime they had a crisis.