Nineteen Minutes excerpt

While reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, There was a part in the book that caught my attention. Page 55 where it says, "It wasn't until Patrick had stepped out of the cell and turned the key in the lock that he heard peter speak again. "They started it," he whispered.'"

That sentence stuck out in my mind because until then, Peter didn't want to speak to Patrick. He claimed that "they started it", leading me to think that he felt provoked. I don't believe Peter actually wanted to kill anyone, but he was at a breaking point, and snapped. He knew what would happen to him if he was caught by the cops, and I think that's why he didn't speak until he was already locked in the cell.