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Originally Posted by activeStick
How does it bring a racial or religious dimension into the shooter's motive?
Singh is a Sikh last name, which is an entirely different religion from Islam.
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Yes I know what a Sikh is.
I didn't think this would require explanation but the shooter obviously chose not to target this person, and there could be a number of reasons for that:
A) If Singh is not wearing a turban (or displaying outward signs of religious affiliation) then it's reasonable that the shooter would have spared him based on the significant probability of a South Asian man being Muslim.
B) If Singh is indeed wearing a turban, the racial justification becomes a possibility.
C) There's also the possibility - which I didn't think of at the time I posted the above comment - that he was only targeting women.
And of course there could have been some other bizarre reason only known to the shooter for picking and choosing victims, given his alleged mental health challenges.