I personally believe all the people are made up and the few who speak to the media are actors. In every fake attack it seems there are only a couple parents/siblings who speak for all the others. It’s easier that way, you don’t have to deal with any lawsuits or criminal investigations that come from killing innocent people and which might go on for a decade or more, causing more attention and money to deal with.

Plus, pretending to kill people on the news and claim it happens is not even really a crime anymore. No crime is actually committed. Yet it achieves the exact same results as actually killing people, maybe even in their minds ‘better results’ since you have actual actors trained to emotionally convince people to give up guns, give money, etc

Although I think most people can sniff out the phoniness. That’s why these events fade away so quickly. Even 9/11 fades away, with not a single person grieving or caring for the dead. Compare this to WWII or similar real events, where the dead are still remembered and had real names and family and interests and lives.