It is unknown whether seasonal affective disorder may have played a role in these cases, coming as they did in, or shortly after, the winter season.
NBC News, March 27, 2023:
“There’s some belief that there was some resentment for having to go to that school,” Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake told Lester Holt of NBC News. ... “She targeted random students in the school ... whoever she came in contact with, she fired rounds,” Drake said, referring to the shooter. ... He said Hale was transgender.
CNN, February 12, 2024:
The woman, identified in a search warrant as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36, entered the church shortly before 2 p.m. wearing a trench coat and backpack and opened fire, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said in a Sunday afternoon news conference. ... Attorney William Capasso said he represented Moreno in 2021-2022 and told CNN that Genesse Ivone Moreno went by the name Jeffrey Moreno Carranza at the time.