Kimveer Gill

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Kimveer Singh Gill
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Born	Kimveer Singh Gill July 9, 1981(1981-07-09) Montreal, Canada
Died	September 13, 2006 (aged 25) Montreal, Canada
Status	Deceased (suicide)

Kimveer Singh Gill also known as Kimveer Gill of Sikh origin, on (July 9, 1981 – September 13, 2006) was the shooter involved in a school shooting referred to as the Dawson College shooting at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 13, 2006.^[1] He injured nineteen people, killed one, then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, after being shot in the arm by police.^[2]

Contents 1 Personal background 2 Dawson College shooting 3 Possible attacks on other schools 4 Possible motives 5 VampireFreaks online profile 5.1 Video games 5.2 Favourite music 5.3 Other likes and dislikes 6 Coroner's Report 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Personal background

Kimveer Gill graduated from Rosemere High School, and lived in the borough of Fabreville in Laval, Quebec at the time of the attack and his suicide.

Gill briefly received military training from the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean, Quebec, from January 17 to February 16, 1999. He did not complete his basic training for unknown reasons.^[3] He was deemed unsuitable for military service and agreed to leave before receiving extensive weapons training.

Gill was a member of a shooting club and visited the Ville Saint-Pierre facility occasionally before the day of the shooting.^[4][5].

Gill's funeral was held on September 19, 2006 in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec. There was strict security outside, and only invited guests were allowed to attend the ceremony. The ceremony was held the same day as the funeral for the only other casualty of the incident, Anastasia De Sousa.

Kimveer Gill described himself in his profile on VampireFreaks.com, which is no longer accessible:

"His name is Trench. You will come to know him as the Angel of Death. […] He is male. He is 25 years of age. He lives in Quebec. He finds that it is an O.K place to live. He is not a people person. He has met a handful of people in his life who are decent. But he finds the vast majority to be worthless, no good, kniving, betraying, lying, deceptive, motherfuckers. Work sucks… School sucks… Life sucks… What else can I say. Metal and Goth kick ass. Life is like a video game, you gotta die sometime."^[6]

He also wrote,

"I hate this world, I hate the people in it, I hate the way people live, I hate God, I hate the deceivers, I hate betrayers, I hate religious zealots, I hate everything… I hate so much… (I could write 1,000 more lines like these, but does it really matter, does anyone even care)."^[7]

In extensive interviews with friends, teachers, and former colleagues, Kimveer Gill was described as a quiet, nice, sensitive, and generous person. He was described as "the nicest, gentlest person" with "a heart of gold". Despite early media reports, most people from his high school years remember him having friends and certainly never being bullied. His friends say that near the end, Kimveer Gill had a fascination with 9/11 conspiracy theories, the war in Iraq, and the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. He liked Jack Daniel's whiskey and the odd hit of ecstasy. In the last few months of his life, he cut off contact with friends, and seemed sadder than ever.^[8]

[edit] Dawson College shooting

Main article: Dawson College shooting

On September 13, 2006, Gill arrived at Dawson College in Montreal and opened fire on students within the main building, killing Anastasia De Sousa, 18, and wounding nineteen other people before officer Denis Côté and other police officers shot him in the arm. Gill then turned his gun on himself and committed suicide, according to witnesses, authorities, and the autopsy report. Authorities concluded the attack was premeditated, after a short suicide note was found on Gill's body.^[9]

[edit] Possible attacks on other schools

In mid-January 2007, the Montreal police department revealed additional information mentioned that Gill planned on committing similar attacks at other institutions across the city of Montreal. Among those were Vanier College, the Université de Montréal, and a secondary school in Laval. Some plans and maps were found in Gill's car near the site of the Dawson College event.^[10]

[edit] Possible motives

In Kimveer's online journal there are several possible motives. Some point to the following entries as being particularly telling:

“	People kill each other Rape women Molest children Deceive and betray Destroy lives Bullying and torturing each other at school What kind of world is this? What the fuck is wrong with people. This world….this life, is worst than hell. You see You see what kind of world we live in No No, I don’t think you see You still don’t	„

“	I’m so sick of hearing about jocks and preps making life hard for the goths and others who look different, or are different. The other day on T.V. they were talking about this 15 year old kid that was killed by the cops, cuz’ he took a fake gun to school. Then they said he was emotionally disturbed and suicidal. Aaaaa, Duh!! If people were making your life a living hell wouldn’t you be hurt emotionally. How come no one ever talkes about those MOTHER FUCKING JOCKS AND PREPS who’s fault it is. Oh no. Heaven forbid. We couldn’t posibly say that. Why does society applaude jocks? I don’t understand. They are the worse kind of people on earth. And the preps are no better, they think they’re better than others… but they’re not. And all of society applaudes the jocks and preps. As if we are all supposed to be like them. Newsflash motherfuckers: We will never be like them. NEVER.	„

“	Stop Bullying It’s not only the bully’s fault you know!! It’s the teachers and principals fault for turning a blind eye, just cuz it’s not their job. You fuckers are pathetic. It’s the police’s fault for not doing anything when people complain (oops, my mistake, the cops are corrupt sons of whores, so it’s not like they can do anything about it.) FUCK THE POLICE It’s society’s fault for acting like it’s normal for people to be assholes to each other. Society disgusts me. It’s everyone’s fault for being so apathetic towards fucking everything that doesn’t affect them personally. FUCK YOU SOCIETY.[11]	„

A handwritten diary found by police at Gill's home revealed the extent of Gill's anger. A police source said, "It was very obvious his state of mind was deteriorating greatly over the last three weeks."^[5]. In a statement made on Friday, October 20, 2006, the head of the major crime squad for Montreal police Richard Dupuis states: "We know he was angry against the world, so it was a kind of vengeance… There is no explanation why Dawson. It could be Dawson, it could be another place".^[12]

[edit] VampireFreaks online profile

An online image gallery on Gill's vampirefreaks.com blog (Mirror1 Mirror2), under his handle "fatality666" contained more than 50 photos^[13] depicting the young man in various poses. In several images, Gill either points a Beretta Cx4 Storm semi-automatic carbine at the camera, or wears a long black trench coat or what he identifies as combat boots. Some of the photos showing Gill with weapons were taken by a friend, according to his mother.^[14]

Among his many posted grievances (Link To Blog Entries), he stated that he hated school and work.^[15] Gill also referenced more than 50 movies, and 3 TV shows.

[edit] Video games

Although widely reported in the media ^{[16][2][17][18][19]}, Super Columbine Massacre was not listed as one of Gill's favourite video games or mentioned anywhere in his blog or profile. ^[20][21]

These are the all the video games Kimveer reported in the section of the profile titled "Favorite Games:" (in actual order):

Postal, Blood, F.E.A.R., Manhunt, 25 to Life, Doom 3, Quake 4, Farcry, Half-Life 2, Call of Duty 2, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, Postal², The Punisher (Punish Them), Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Need For Speed Underground, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Command & Conquer: Generals, Command & Conquer: Zero Hour, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne ^[22]

[edit] Favourite music

Kimveer's self-reported love of "Goth" was the topic of media interest, and it was widely reported that the word "Goth", in Kimveer's writings, was a reference to the alternative industrial and goth subculture rather than a reference to the unrelated and lesser known gothic rock music.^[23] The actual list of favourite bands and music on Gill profile has been described in the media as a "who's who of heavy metal".^{[24][25][26][27]} stated, of Kimveer Gill, that he was "not a Goth. Never a Goth. The bands he listed as his chosen form of ear-bashing were relentlessly metal and standard grunge, rock and goth metal, with some industrial presence.", "Kimveer Gill listened to metal", "He had nothing whatsoever to do with Goth" and further commented "I realise that like many Neos [, Kimveer Gill] may even have believed he somehow was a Goth, because they're only really noted for spectacularly missing the point." Mercer emphasized that he was not blaming Heavy Metal music for Gill's actions and "It doesn’t matter actually what music he liked.".^[28].

No specific involvement with any actual music scene has been established or documented.

Kimveer Gill's online profile lists his favourite bands as follow (in actual order):

Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne, Lacuna Coil, Alice in Chains, Crossfade, Nightwish, Mudvayne, Distillers, Kittie, Drowning Pool, Cold, Helloween, Killswitch Engage, Evanescence, Tiamat, Tool, Union Underground, Amon Amarth, Therion, Tristania, Metallica "only the old stuff", The Sisters of Mercy, Danzig, Manowar, Lacrimosa, Black Label Society, Nightwish [mentioned twice], Iced Earth, Judas Priest, KMFDM, Iron Maiden, Hammerfall, Disturbed, Godsmack, Linkin Park, Static X, Megadeth, Rammstein, Cradle of Filth, Heaven Shall Burn, Dimmu Borgir, Children of Bodom, Black Sabbath, Anthrax, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Seether, Satyricon, Soilwork, Type O Negative, Slayer, Nirvana, My Dying Bride, Zandria, God Dethroned, HIM, In Flames, Rage Against the Machine, Rob Zombie, Trivium, Atreyu, Coal Chamber, Staind, Stone Sour, Stratovarius, "and many, many, many, many, many more" ^[22]

In a separate section of Gill's profile, titled "Other Favorite Stuff:", the following is found:

"Fav. Musicians: Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, Ozzy Osborne, Cradle of Filth, Disturbed, Godsmack, Tristiana, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil."

"Fav. Song: Marilyn Manson - Coma Black"

"Fav. Clothes: My Ozzy Osborne Kangaroo" ^[22]

The Megadeth song "A Tout Le Monde" was blamed by the media for the shootings. He had mentioned in his online blog that he had listened to it the day of the shootings. However, Megadeth's singer Dave Mustaine said Gill had "turned a beautiful song into something ugly and nasty" and that Gill was "not worthy of being a Megadeth fan." Mustaine called the song "a gift to those who are in the process of healing" after the shootings, distancing his music from Gill's interpretation of it.^[29]

Coincidentally, the date of the shooting, 9/13, is also Dave Mustaine's birthday.

[edit] Other likes and dislikes

Kimveer Gill also writes his likes and dislikes in his profile. His likes, as stated in his vampirefreaks.com profile, are:

Goth girls, Reb and V (Modern Day Saints), Goth Everything, Postal Dude, Heavy Metal, Germany, www.VampireFreaks.com, German Metal, The Trogs, Whiskey,Vodka, Beer, Marilyn Manson, First Person Shooters, Super Psycho Maniacs roaming the streets freely, Black Clothes, Black Everything, Night, Darkness, Cold Places, Individuality, My Knife, Blood, Ice Storms, The Crow, Frost, Kittens (Tiny White ones), Black Metal, All Metal, Rain, Blizzards, Ravens, Crows, Grey Skies, Fire, Destroying My Enemies, Crushing My Enemies Skulls, Semi-Automatic Handguns, Combat Shotguns, Sawn-Off Shotguns, Assault Rifles, Hunting Knives, Swords, Sythe, Bow And Arrow, Battle Axes, Battles, Darkness, Anarchy, The Grim Reaper, Horror Movies, Icicles, Horror Everything, Hells Angels, Arrows, Massacres, Long Hair, Solitude, Trenchcoats, Hatch, B.D.U. Swat Cargo, Demons, Gothic Artwork, And Other Dark Artwork, Quentin Tarantino, Last Kiss Before Death (Not for me), Anarchy, Rambo, Riots, Destruction, Winter, Snow, Ice, Cold Weather, The Lone Wolf, Hoodies, My Computer, VF, Thunder Showers, Harley Davidsons. ^[22]

Kimveer Gills dislikes, as stated in his vampirefreaks.com profile, are:

THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING IN IT. But to be more specific: Jocks, Preps, Country Music, Hip Hop, Posers, Wiggers Chavs, Normal people, Anything And Everything Hip Hop, All Those Who Oppose My Rule, People who pretend to be your friend, but they're not, Traffic, American Government, Animal Cruelty, Anyone Who Supports The American Government, Politics, Comedy Movies, The Police, Law Enforcement, Religion, All The Governments On Earth, God, Stress, Really Hot and Humid Summer Days, Lies, Betrayers, Deceivers, Manipulators, Lawyers, Anyone Who Has Anything Against Metal Or Goth, Capatalists, People Who Think They're Real Smart Asses But Who Are Really Just Motherfuckers, People Without Manners, Downraters, Rude People, People In General, Anyone Who Has Ever Said Or Done Anything Bad To A Goth Girl, Sunlight, Goody Two Shoes, Fucking Religious People Who Think They Know Everything.....And Then They Stick It In Your Face Cuz' They Think They Know Everything (They Don't Understand That They're Just A Bunch Of Little Sheep), Catholics, Society, Traffic, When My PC Crashes Or Freezes, Cheerleader bitches, Teachers Who Try To Be Like The Students So They Can Be ^popular^....Instead Of Doing Their Job The Way They Should...And TEACH, Fuck, Just Fucking Writting This Stuff Is Pissing Me Off, People Who Talk With Their Mouths Full, Bullys, Smartasses, When my contact lenses don't go in my eyes on the first try, Normal human behaviour, People who drive too slow in the fast lane, People who judge others, When My Rifle Misfires And I Gotta Stand There For 60 Seconds Waiting For It To Fire, Or Not, The Universe, Anyone who doesn't like VF, Church Going Assholes, The World, Bible Thumpping, Know-It-Alls, Damn I Gotta Lot Of Dislikes, Child Molesting Priests, All Priests, Republicans, Racists, Homophobes, Did I Mention That I Hate The World, Pitbulls (They're Too Dangerous), Waking Up, Life, The City It's Just So Damn Crowded, Warm Beer, The Human Race, When A DVD I'm Watching Skips Or Freezes, Dogs, GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKING JOCKS. ^[22]

The blog was removed sometime prior to September 14, 2006.^[23] However, it was accessed heavily in the interval after the killings and its contents were widely reported. (Link To Blog Entries)

[edit] Coroner's Report

As of March 2008, nearly a year and a half after his death, the coroner's report on Kimveer Gill has still not been released, nor have his confiscated belongings been returned to his family.^[30]

[edit] See also

• Dawson College shooting
• School shootings

[edit] References

[edit] External links

News articles

• Macleans Magazine : Gunman Opens Fire at Dawson College
• Side-Line : Shooting by Canadian trench coat killer affects industrial / goth scene Thu, 14 Sep 2006
• CBC News: Montreal gunman called himself 'angel of death' Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:54:32 EDT
• CNN News: College shooter showed rage, no motive
• CTV News: Blog paints chilling portrait of 'Angel of Death' Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:18 AM EDT
• USA Today: Gunman slays 1, wounds 19 at Montreal college 9/14/2006 7:26 AM ET
• Canada.com: A killer's dark mind Fri, 15 Sep 2006
• CBC News: College shooter Gill obsessed with guns Friday, September 15, 2006 | 7:10 PM ET
• CBC News: Shootings in a Montreal college Friday, September 15, 2006
• CBC News: Montreal college shootings reignite fierce battle over gun control in Canada Saturday, December 23, 2006 | 12:50 PM ET

General

• Super Columbine Massacre, statement of the game's creator.
• Lohmann on 'futsie', a more general analysis of this kind of tragedy
• Dawson College Shooting Support Page
• Kimveer Gill Was Here
• Kimveer Gill's Journal
• Blog On Kimveer Gill
• Death Knight: The Story Of Kimveer Gill
• Kimveer Gill's Victims Try To Cope With Tragedy
• Dawson Shooting Timeline
• Dawson Shooting Dossier (French)
• Cell Phone Video Of Dawson College Shooting