By David Lohr

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September 18, 2006

Montreal, Canada (Crime Library) — A gunman dressed in a black trenchcoat opened fire in a Montreal college killing an 18 -year-old woman and injuring 19 others, before turning the gun on himself.  In the aftermath of the shooting one question remains:why?

          "It rained for three days.  The sky is gray...so gray.  A deep cut slowly makes its way through the pallid clouds, and a figure emerges.  Drapped [sic] in black cloth.  Head to toe, all black.  Boots as black as tar.  Cloak lashing to and fro with the wind...His two-handed sword on his back, axe on his left side, sword on the right.  A modified shotgun on a leather sling hangs downwards...The disgusting human creatures scream in panic and run in all directons [sic], taking with them their lies and deceptions.  The Death Knight gazes at the humans with an empty stare, as they knock each other down in a mad dash to safety.  He wishes to slaughter them as they flee..."  ~Kimveer Gill, July 13, 2006, excerpt from his online journal at VampireFreaks.com.

Kimveer Gill

           Twenty-five-year-old Kimveer Gill was the gunman who wreaked terror for some 15 minutes on September 13, 2006 at Montreal's Dawson College, before taking his own life.

Dawson College Map

          According to eyewitness reports, Gill was spotted on Dawson College's doorsteps at 12:40 p.m.  The first of more than 400 calls to 911 was received one minute later.

          "We noticed him right away," Cyrielle Vincent, 21, a social sciences student said in a September 14, 2006 interview with The London Free Press.  "He stood out with his black coat and mohawk.  Then he suddenly started firing away."

Students Run from Building

          As the gunfire erupted, students fled in fear, some falling to the ground, blood pouring from their wounds, as the stone-faced shooter carried on his rampage.  After what seemed like an eternity to those present, Gill turned his attentions away from the students outside and walked into the building, shooting randomly at anything that moved.

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