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 murderBlog of the killer named George Sodini, the man who is suspected of opening fire and killing three, injured nine others in a Pittsburg- area gym on Wednesday, clearly reveled that the pre-planed killing was scheduled in the summer but decided to postponed the plan to observe the interesting election outcome. 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. |