I've also seen news coverage of it. I'm in the same camp as indigoiis. My first thought was great again.
The Colorado shooting got a lot more after the fact coverage because the shooter is still alive and had an apt full of bombs, which had to be carefully gotten into and diffused. In this case the gunman is dead.
Also this one appears to be more of a hate crime is is much scarier because many times if the person doesn't have access to a gun they will use other ways such as home made bombs which can have even worse outcomes.

Trek420, totally agree about the mental health coverage. It really isn't there. Even if you can get it it's not great. My sister is bi-polar and until she got on medicare really could not get help for her mental disorder.