Gun dealer who sold to V.Tech, NIU, health club killers: They could have shopped at Wal-MartMADISON, Wis. —An online weapons dealer who sold a gun or accessories to three mass killers, including a man who opened fire at a Pittsburgh-area health club this week, said Friday that any of the shooters could have just as easily found what they wanted at a Wal-Mart or another store. AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDTIntel officials: Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud killed by US strike, already buried Pa. gunman was devoted follower of pickup artist who wrote ‘How to Date Young Women’PITTSBURGH — The lonelyhearted man who killed three women in a shooting rampage at a health club knew the book “How to Date Young Women: For Men Over 35″ chapter and verse, and was a devoted follower of its author. Loved ones pay respects at suburban Pittsburgh funeral home to 2 shooting victimsPITTSBURGH — Friends, relatives and co-workers are paying their respects at a suburban Pittsburgh funeral home to two of the women slain at a health club this week. 4 women wounded in shooting at suburban Pittsburgh health club remain hospitalizedPITTSBURGH — Four of the women wounded in a shooting rampage at a suburban Pittsburgh health club remain hospitalized. Pittsburgh-area health club gunman used same online weapons store as Virginia Tech gunmanBRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — The gunman who killed three women and wounded nine others at a Pittsburgh-area health club bought accessories for a handgun from the same Wisconsin-based dealer that sold a gun to the Virginia Tech shooter. Pa. shooter saw mass killing as the way to make people understand his woes, expert saysPITTSBURGH — The man who went on a deadly shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh-area health club shares a chilling trait with other mass killers, an expert says: the desire to make their woes understood through multiple deaths. Though lonely, Pa. shooter had company among mass killers in feelings of isolationPITTSBURGH — Before opening fire on an aerobics class, George Sodini wrote about feeling lonely and rejected — yet those very characteristics put him in the company of other mass killers whose isolation helped create a murderous cocktail. George Sodini blog link: announced murder
Gunman who killed three at Pa. health club lamented his inability to find a girlfriendBRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Friends mourned for three women fatally shot during their exercise class at a Pittsburgh-area gym by a man whose online diary revealed he felt ignored by women and had an “exit plan” to avenge his rage. Writings from Web page linked to suburban Pittsburgh gunman: ‘Why do this? … read below’Excerpts from blog-style writings on a Web page linked to George Sodini, the man identified as the assailant in shootings at a suburban Pittsburgh health club on Tuesday: Gunman walks quietly into Pittsburgh-area health club, starts shooting, leaves 4 dead, 9 hurtBRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — A gunman who fired dozens of shots into a fitness center exercise class was a 48-year-old man from suburban Pittsburgh. |