Aaron Stark

Aaron Stark (born 1979) who is best known for planning but not following through with a mass shooting in 1996. According to Stark, he had grown up in a dysfunctional family: his biological father, a Vietnam War veteran, According to Stark, he had seen his mother being beaten and raped during his childhood. Due to his family being constantly on the run from law enforcement, According to himself, he was obese, awkward, dirty (because his home lacked running water), and bullied at school. He began cutting himself at the age of 14 or 15. Social services allegedly brought his abusive mother to the meeting, who accused him of fabricating his mental health issues.

Months after the incident, Stark was on the verge of suicide again, but was dissuaded after his friend Amber Schneider

Advocacy

Stark went public about his former plans to commit a mass shooting via an open letter to 9News in Denver in 2018, one day after the Parkland shooting. A TEDx conference speech Stark made has gone viral,

Personal life

Stark lives in Denver, Colorado, is married, has four children, and maintains friendships with both Schneider and Stacey.