Malvo didn't commit mass murderer. He was a serial killer( serial sniper I guess) and multiple murderer.
A "mass murderer" is someone who does a bunch of killing (at least 5) in a short amount of time without a cooling off period. Like Boston bomber, dark knight theater shooter, this Dylan fakkit.
The DC snipers went days without popping folks.
Black people aren't really known as "mass murderers".
Colin Furgeson is probably the most famous.
On December 7, 1993, Ferguson purchased a ticket for the 5:33 p.m. east-bound train at the
Atlantic Terminal in
Brooklyn. This train stopped at the
Jamaica Station in
Queens. Ferguson boarded the third car of the east-bound
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuter train from
Penn Station to
Mineola, along with more than 80 other passengers. Ferguson, who sat on the southwestern end of the car,
[13] was carrying his handgun and a canvas bag filled with 160 rounds of ammunition.
[6][14] As the train approached the
Merillon Avenue Station, Ferguson drew the gun, dropped several cartridges on the ground, stood up, and opened fire at random. During the next three minutes, Ferguson killed six people and injured another 19. Some passengers mistook the gunshots for caps or fireworks until a woman shouted, "He's got a gun! He's shooting people!"
[13] Ferguson walked east on the train, pulling the trigger steadily about every half second. Several passengers tried to hide beneath their seats, while others fled to the eastern end of the train and tried to go into the next car. Ferguson walked down the aisle of the train and shot people to his right and left as he passed each seat, briefly facing each victim before firing.
The New York Times later wrote the motions were "as methodical as if he were taking tickets".
[13] Ferguson said, "I'm going to get you", over and over as he walked down the aisle.
[14]
The LIRR unit in which the shootings happened were cars #9891 and #9892, a pair of standard
M3 electric cars. After this incident and trial, the cars were renumbered to #9945-46, to keep in sequence with the numbers of the M3 rosters. This unit still sees regular service today, using those numbers.
[15] According to sources[
who?], the cars were ordered held out of service as evidence for the trials, appeals, and inevitable lawsuits.
Other passengers farther away in the train did not realize a shooting had occurred until after the train stopped. As a crowd of panicked passengers fled from the third car into neighboring cars, one man appeared annoyed by their unruliness and said, "Be calm", before they forced a train door open and fled into the station.
[13] Two people were injured in the stampede of passengers. After the train's conductor was informed of the shooting, he decided against opening the train doors right away because two of the cars were not yet at the platform. An announcement ordering conductors not to open the doors was made; however, Engineer Thomas Silhan climbed out the window of his cab and opened each door from the outside so panicked passengers could escape.
[11]
Ferguson had emptied two 15-round magazines during the shooting. While he was reloading his third magazine, somebody yelled, "Grab him!"
[13] Passengers Michael O'Connor, Kevin Blum and Mark McEntee tackled Ferguson and pinned him to one of the train's seats.
[14] Several other passengers ran forward to grab his arms and legs and help hold him pinned across a three-seat row with his head towards the window and legs towards the aisle. While he was pinned, Ferguson said, "O, God, what did I do? What did I do? I deserve whatever I get."
[13] He also repeatedly pleaded with those holding him, "Don't shoot me. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Five to six people continued to hold him pinned for some time while they awaited relief. While those who had not tackled him, but were holding him down, inquired as to the location of the gun, they were assured that it had been kicked away and that there had only been one gunman. Most if not all passengers still in the car were concerned that no further violence take place and that the shooter be held rather than attacked. He was held down for several minutes. Soon, Andrew Roderick, an off-duty Long Island Rail Road police officer who was picking up his wife from the train, boarded the train car and handcuffed Ferguson.
Aftermath[edit]
Police detectives later said it appeared Ferguson had been planning the shooting for more than a week. Chief Joseph Flynn of the Long Island Rail Road police said, "This was the work of a deranged, maniacal person who for a variety of reasons decided to explode."
[13] None of Ferguson's victims were black, although it was unclear whether any other black passengers were aboard the train. Ferguson
showed no emotion as he sat in the back of a police car, which some passengers said was as shocking and disturbing as the violence of the shooting itself. Upon seeing Ferguson, one of the victims became hysterical and shouted, "How can he be sitting there so calm after everything he did?"
[13]
Police found pieces of notebook paper in Ferguson's pockets with scribbled notes with the heading "reasons for this".
[10] One of the notes referred to "racism by Caucasians and
Uncle Tom Negroes".
[2]They included a reference to "the false allegations against me by the filthy Caucasian racist female on the #1 line", a reference to his February 1992 arrest. Ferguson's notes expressed anger toward the New York State
Workers' Compensation Board, Asians,
Governor Mario Cuomo,
[11] and "so-called civil right leaders such as the Rev. Herbert Daughtry,
C. Vernon Mason, and
Calvin Butts".
[2] They also included the names and telephone numbers of the Lt. Governor, the Attorney General, and the Manhattan law firm that Ferguson had previously threatened,
[2] whom he referred to as "those corrupt 'black' attorneys who not only refuse to help me but tried to steal my car".
[11] The notes indicated Ferguson planned to wait to start the killings until he was beyond the New York City limit out of respect for outgoing
Mayor David Dinkins and
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly.
[11]
Ferguson showed no remorse during hours of questioning from the
Nassau County District Attorney's Office. Officials there said, "He was lucid and clear and aware of what was going on."
[11] Ferguson was arraigned on December 8, 1993. He never spoke during the arraignment and did not enter a plea. He was ordered held without bail.
[2] As he was escorted from the courthouse, a reporter asked him if he hated whites, to which Ferguson replied, "It's a lie".