Dawson Gunman Killed Himself, Autopsy Finds No connection between shooter and school, police say Jeremy Delman, CUP Québec Bureau Chief MONTREAL (CUP) — Kimveer Gill, the 25-year-old gun- man who killed one woman and shot 11 others in Dawson College on Sept. 13, died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, according to an autopsy report released by Sureté du Québec. Protocol requires the provincial police to investigate the death because Montreal Police were involved in a shootout with the gunman shortly after he entered the junior college and began firing at random. The preliminary autopsy also showed that Gill was shot in the arm by an officer’s gun. Four of Gill’s victims are still in critical condition. Nineteen people in total were wounded. Since the shooting rampage, details have emerged about the killer’s private life, and in particular a weblog he held on a goth community web site, VampireFreaks.com. His profile reveals an affinity for guns and violence and a dislike for “the world.” Gill, who lived with his parents in Laval, a city north of Montreal, appears to be a fan of professional wrestling, metal music, and video games, including several first-person shooting games. Among those he lists is Super Columbine Massacre RPG, a role-playing game that has players mimic the infamous 1999 high school killings in Columbine, Colorado, through the eyes of the teenage killers. Other sections of his blog contain photos of him posing with a large knife, a rifle, and what he says is a Beretta CX4 storm semi-automatic carbine. “Ready for action,” reads the photo caption accompanying one of the pictures. However, other members of VampireFreaks have accused the media of scapegoating them for the actions of Dawson Students one of their 600,000 members. “Just because someone goes around shooting people and happens to be a member of vampirefreaks, doesn’t mean that this website has influenced him to do such a hor- rible thing,” writes the site’s webmaster, Jethro Berelson, on the opening page. “The goth scene is a very friendly, nurtur- ing, non-violent community.” Over 1,000 replies follow Berelson’s comment, offering condolences to the families of victims and lamenting the media hype that has targeted their community. “Tt’s a shame what happened in Montreal, I find it dis- gusting that someone can go in and just start randomly shooting other people. But to point fingers randomly at people and their culture is just as bad as the person pulling the trigger!” writes a member who goes by Darkest_Wolf_Soul. The site deleted Gill’s profile shortly after several media outlets discovered it and reprinted what have now become infamous photos of Gill posing with his weapons. Police are in the process of interviewing over 200 eye- witnesses and people who might have known Gill in order to discover more clues about the man behind the shooting. According to Jayson Gaughier of Sureté du Québec, Gill had no connection to Dawson College. “As it stands right now, no connection can be established between him and the school,” he said. Police have not established a motive for the killings either. A hate crime has been ruled out since Gill shot at random, wounding men and women of no particular ethnicity. Complain About Lack of Counsell College’s director general says criticisms ‘uncalled for’ By Jeremy Delman, CUP Québec Bureau Chief MONTREAL (CUP) — Dawson College students say that days after a shooting that left one of their classmates dead and four others in critical condition, they still don’t know where to go for help. Though Montreal Police have been widely praised for their quick response to the Sept. 13 incident, students say that after being evacuated from the school, they were not told about a safe space at nearby Concordia University where counselling services were available. Michelle Ayoub was locked in Dawson’s radio station for three hours on Wednesday afternoon, unsure of whether the shots and screams outside the door were just a prank. When the police finally found her, she and her friends were led out the school after being searched and questioned. Then they just dissolved into the crowd of onlookers. “Nobody seemed to know what to do,” she said. “We only heard about Concordia accepting students from a journalist.” In the days since the shooting she has been interviewed on television, radio, and for dozens of newspapers. But she has not been contacted by school officials and does not know who to call for counselling. “Sure, the school wasn’t prepared for something like this, but you have to think that two days later they would have stepped up to the plate,’ she said, noting that she does not even know when classes will resume. Melanie Hotchkiss, president of the Dawson students union, said that students have been through an upsetting experience and the school has not provided much in the way of post-trauma support. Dawson’s director general, Richard Filion, said the criti- cisms were uncalled for given the rarity of the event. 4 THE OTHER PRESS SEPTEMBER 21 2006 “We did our best to evacuate the building. We were in a state of shock,” he told the Montreal Gazette, adding that the school will be reviewing its emergency plans. Since the 1999 school shootings in Columbine, Colo., American schools have instituted drills to prepari and staff for the scenario of a gunman inside thc Filion, however, said that he does not plan to tig] unless recommended to do so by Montreal Polic: