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03-22-2005, 02:26 PM
Teen kills 9 at Minnesota School (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7259823/>1=6305)
BEMIDJI, Minn. - This small community was in shock Tuesday after a teenager killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend and then shot dead seven people at the local high school, reportedly grinning, waving and even asking one victim if he believed in God.
The teenager, identified as Jeff Weise, apparently killed himself after exchanging gunfire with police. At least 14 other students and teachers at Red Lake High School were wounded in the nation’s worst school shooting since the Columbine massacre in 1999 that killed 13 people.
No motive has been established but some students reportedly said Weise was fascinated by neo-Nazism and was angry that he was being turned in for earlier death threats.
One student told a local television station that he had spoken a year ago of wanting to “shoot up the school.â€
Accounts of Weise’s age varied from 15 to 17, as did whether he was a current student at the school.
The school has metal detectors but Weise reportedly shot an unarmed guard to get past the station. The guard, a teacher and five students were killed inside the school.
Relatives of Weise told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that he was a loner who usually wore black and was teased by other kids. His father committed suicide four years ago, and his mother lives in a Minneapolis nursing home because she suffered brain injuries in a car accident, the relatives said.
Students describe ordeal
Reggie Graves, a student at the school, said he was watching a movie about Shakespeare in class Monday when he heard Weise blast his way past the metal detector.
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BEMIDJI, Minn. - This small community was in shock Tuesday after a teenager killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend and then shot dead seven people at the local high school, reportedly grinning, waving and even asking one victim if he believed in God.
The teenager, identified as Jeff Weise, apparently killed himself after exchanging gunfire with police. At least 14 other students and teachers at Red Lake High School were wounded in the nation’s worst school shooting since the Columbine massacre in 1999 that killed 13 people.
No motive has been established but some students reportedly said Weise was fascinated by neo-Nazism and was angry that he was being turned in for earlier death threats.
One student told a local television station that he had spoken a year ago of wanting to “shoot up the school.â€
Accounts of Weise’s age varied from 15 to 17, as did whether he was a current student at the school.
The school has metal detectors but Weise reportedly shot an unarmed guard to get past the station. The guard, a teacher and five students were killed inside the school.
Relatives of Weise told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that he was a loner who usually wore black and was teased by other kids. His father committed suicide four years ago, and his mother lives in a Minneapolis nursing home because she suffered brain injuries in a car accident, the relatives said.
Students describe ordeal
Reggie Graves, a student at the school, said he was watching a movie about Shakespeare in class Monday when he heard Weise blast his way past the metal detector.
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