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Eye on the World: shootings in the United States
Last Friday, a gunman entered Los Angeles International Airport and shot three Transportation Security Administration officers, killing one. The suspect was shot by law enforcement officials and is being treated at an area hospital. Media reports indicated that the shooter, a young man, wanted to target TSA agents specifically, and that he may have been motivated by an antigovernment agenda.
On Monday night, a young man dressed in black entered a New Jersey mall and fired shots at the ceiling and escalators, etc. No one was hurt and authorities think that the man wanted his own life to end, perhaps at the hands of the police. He killed himself in a back room of the mall, after the area was put into lockdown by authorities.
What’s to be done in the wake of tragedies like these? Certainly, law enforcement officials can review procedures to see if any additional safety measures need to be put into place. But there’s something else that anyone can do, regardless of who we are or where we live. Prayer is the most powerful response to an act of hate or cowardice, because it brings into focus the laws of God, divine Love.
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