NO. In fact, I’m opposed to naming the shooters or even publicly advertising things like their motive and means and situation. All of that info should be available to those who are doing academic research, but it should not be widely advertised.
There have been studies that these mass shooter events are at least partly MOTIVATED by the publicity and infamy they bring. These are disturbed individuals who feel downtrodden and anonymous. They see the fame accorded to other shooters and it’s at least PART of the motivation for why they do this.
The study I saw hypothesized that alot of these kids are the ones that would have been suicide risks 50 years ago, but now they are mass shooters because the media attention is seen as desirable to them. It’s the attention and vindication that the suicide used to represent.
The media should report the incident happened of course. But it should not dwell on it, and the shooter’s info in particular should not be broadcast. It will take time to roll back the preception that this is how you can get famous…but we really need to stop feeding the fire.
Unfortunately, as the saying goes – “if it bleeds, it leads”. The media can’t help itself. That’s why it continues to give constant free campaign donations to Trump in the form of coverage and attention despite the media universally hating him.