July 2, 2024, Press Release from the FBI Cleveland Division: [Cleveland, OH] FBI Cleveland and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit urges people to take notice when their friends, family, classmates, and coworkers show disturbing signs that they may be on a “pathway to violence.” Drawing on years of research on targeted violence and mass shooters—to include the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022 in which 19 elementary school students and two teachers were killed—the FBI unit best known for its “profilers” is asking people to confide in someone they trust or respect when they see behaviors they think are concerning. Too often, the signs are ignored or dismissed because they are not recognized as potentially dangerous, or observers will directly confront the person they are concerned about, believing that alone will be enough to defuse concerning behaviors.