The Brett Cooper Show You Can’t Feed Into Mental Illness And Expect Stability | Episode 137
Feb 18, 2026
A tragic family murder is examined through the lens of severe, untreated mental illness and social media behavior. The host interrogates media silence and online narratives after identity details surfaced. Debates over affirmation versus treatment and calls to reform compassionate institutional care are highlighted. The conversation frames chronic online radicalization and system failures as a public health crisis.
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Family Targeted Mass Shooting
- Brett Cooper recounts the Rhode Island hockey-game shooting where a man killed his ex-wife and son and wounded others.
- She frames the attack as targeted and rooted in long-standing family and domestic disputes, not a political assassination.
Most Mass Shootings Are Domestic
- Domestic disputes and family violence are the most common context for mass shootings, not abstract political motives.
- Court records and statistics show many mass shooters have histories of domestic violence and targeted family members.
Daughter's Account Of His Mental Illness
- Brett Cooper shares the shooter's daughter's on-camera reaction confirming his long-term mental illness.
- The daughter described gender identity struggles as possibly symptomatic of deeper mental-health issues.