Here Today... Gone To Hell!

MONTREAL (AFP) - Panicked students at a Montreal college were trampled underfoot in a mad rush to escape a gunman who killed a young woman and wounded 19 other people, witnesses have said, the day after the shooting.
SEP 13, 2006 
 
"There were moments of panic," said police spokesman Ian Lafreniere on Thursday.

As police investigators combed the crime scene at Dawson college, survivors of the killing spree recalled the confusion and terror within school walls as the gunman opened fire.

One witness, Michel Boyer, "saw the gunman who was dressed in black and at that time he was shooting at people. It was probably one of the most frightening moments of my life," he told CTV television.

"We were in class waiting for police because we didn't want to venture outside. Then we were evacuated," student Elizabeth told Radio-Canada television, shaking with nervousness and speaking in a mixture of French and English.

"The police gave us the signal, they told us to get out and run quickly. "We heard (gunfire) for 45 minutes. It lasted a very long time," she said.

Hours after the shooting, groups of students still shocked by the incident sat near the police perimeter surrounding the campus, hugging each other for comfort.

Canadian authorities Thursday were still wondering what drove a yet unidentified 25-year-old man to his shooting rampage through the English-language university preparatory school before he was surrounded and shot to death by police.

Montreal police director Yvan Delorme said there were no indications the shooting was an act of terrorism or motivated by racism. He said the gunman acted alone.

"We were in class. We heard gunshots, a couple of gunshots. We heard a bunch of girls yelling," student Daniel Harrosh, 17, told AFP.

"I opened the door, I saw a bunch of people running, I closed it, then the teacher came. He locked the door and then said something major was going on in the other room. At a certain point, the lights went off. We heard several gunshots, a dozen maybe," Harrosh said.

Student Roxanne Michaud, 19, told AFP that she locked herself into a classroom with four other students and two professors for two and a half hours when the shooting began.

"We listened to the radio and checked the Internet to find out what was happening," she said. "We couldn't call anyone because the portable telephones did not work."

Police later set up emergency telephone lines to keep families informed.

Some 400 people were evacuated to nearby Concordia University, where they given food and sheltered inside the students' union.

Scores of police shut down the entire area around Dawson college, disrupting traffic in central Montreal.

Three hours after the shooting, police were still searching room-to-room in the college for any other suspect that might have gotten away.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper described the incident as "a cowardly and senseless act of violence."

He added: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and their loved ones, and to the students and staff of the college who are all victims of this terrible tragedy."

Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay described the incident as a "very unhappy event," but also one that was "isolated."

Quebec Premier Jean Charest said that the whole province was "distressed" by news, and expressed "deep sorrow for the victims, the families, (and) for the parents who have children studying at Dawson."

Internet "goth" geek goes on rampage killing spree...

It's really sad. What's disturbing is how many similar profiles I've seen on Internet message boards. Unfortunately with something like this the media makes it seem like anyone similar to this guy would go out and do this type of thing. Example: one article says "His favorite movie was Natural Born Killers." Okay. But it doesn't mention the guy was too stupid to realize NBK was a satirical statement against violence and the media's fascination with it.

Tell me about it!  I had to write an essay on that in year 10, Natural Born Killers was used as an example cause the characters got away at the end.  Some kid killed his parents and blamed the film.

I hadn't heard anything about this story.

news like this make me want to get a gun of my own.

Sounds like a cool idea! As everyone knows, the more guns there are, the less violence there is.

yeah well, you would think twice shooting at me if I can return fire, now wouldn't you?

news like this make me want to get a gun of my own.

Tho with my luck when I'd fire back I'd prolly be charged of murder.

this school is right down the street from mine, about a 15min walk...
i sadly knew the girl who was shot and killed, she was shot once and the shooter then asked the guy standing next to her to go check for police, the guy asked if he could take the wounded girl with him to get her help and the gunman proceeded to shoot her 8more times and then told him he no longer needed to worry about her cause now she was dead. What kind of fucked up person does that! She was a sweet intelligent pretty young girl who had a lot going for her. RIP stacey!

I also know many people who saw the gunman and ran... it is a devestating time in montreal

And i cannot believe they are sending the students back to classes on monday! thats just sick.

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Heavy metal is going to get another beating by the media.  >:(

hey, speakin of this, Sin..

is it illeagal where you live to kill someone if they are on your property illeagally? if they are tressassing..
or does your life have to be in danger, whats the law on that?


i dont think more or less guns wil solve much, it all just depends on whos hands they are in
if you didnt use it unless in self defence, its not a problem, if you use it just to be an ass, THEN it becomes a problem..? ?even if people didnt have GUNS there is always a way to kill people

Sounds like a cool idea! As everyone knows, the more guns there are, the less violence there is.

Although you say this in jest, it's true. Read the book More Guns, Less Crime by Jon R. Lott Jr.