Jeff Weise as a sophomore in a 2005 class photo.

Jeffrey James Weise (August 8, 1988 – March 21, 2005) was a high school student of Red Lake, Minnesota responsible for the shooting deaths of his grandfather and his grandfather's wife and the Red Lake High School massacre, a school shooting in which he killed seven people and injured more than a dozen others before committing suicide. Image File history File links JeffWeisein2005. ... Image File history File links JeffWeisein2005. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. ... There is also a Red Lake County in Minnesota. ... Aerial photograph taken during the aftermath of the school massacre. ... A school massacre is an incident of attempted mass murder, involving at least one actual death, that occurs at a school. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ...

He left many postings across the Internet on websites such as nazi.org, offering public insight into his thoughts and the hardships in his life that led to his depression and fascination with dark imagery in the months and years prior to the shooting. A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... The Libertarian National Socialist Green Party (LNSGP) is the name of a think-tank published from the United States using the domain name . ... Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder, or sometimes unipolar when compared with bipolar disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ...

Background

Weise was an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Native American who lived on the Red Lake reservation in north-central Minnesota with Red Lake Police Department officer Daryl "Dash" Lussier, Sr., his 58-year old grandfather. Weise's father, Daryl "Baby Dash" Lussier, Jr., had committed suicide in July 1997 after a day-long police standoff. The senior Lussier had attempted to intervene in that event, but was unable to bring the standoff to a peaceful end. Chippewa redirects here. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... == Red Lake Rezervation == [1] Located in the North Central Part of Minnesota, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa reside on Red Lake which is one of Minnesotas largest bodies of water. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Joanne Weise, Jeff's mother, alleged to be a heavy drinker, suffered brain damage in a 1999 alcohol-related car accident. As a result, she was forced to live in a nursing home in Minneapolis as of 2005. Jeff had been living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area with his mother and two aunts, but was forced to move back to the reservation after the accident happened. King Alcohol and his Prime Minister circa 1820 Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholics normal personal, family, social, or work life. ... Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The result of excessive speed, this cement truck rolls over into the front garden of a house. ... // A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ...

Weise expressed frustration with being forced back to the Red Lake region and was considered an outsider by many there. Troublesome behaviour eventually led the school to put him in a home schooling program in 2004. He was apparently taking medication for depression and was seeing a therapist. He also apparently inflicted injuries upon himself and, according to a schoolmate, attempted suicide in early 2005. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder, or sometimes unipolar when compared with bipolar disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ... Self-harm (SH) is deliberate injury to ones own body. ...

March 21, 2005

Jeff Weise's 5th grade yearbook picture at a public school in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

On March 21, 2005 Weise killed a total of nine people. First he killed his grandfather and grandfather's girlfriend, 32-year old Michelle Sigana, who was his grandfather's police force partner. Later he shot and killed seven people at Red Lake High School, including a teacher and a security guard. As many as 15 others were wounded in the school shooting. After briefly exchanging fire with police officers following the murders, Weise committed suicide. Two handguns and a shotgun and body armor that belonged to his grandfather were recovered at the scene and believed to have been used in the shootings. Download high resolution version (990x337, 83 KB)A digital picture I took of a yearbook I own with Jeff Weise in 5th grade. ... Download high resolution version (990x337, 83 KB)A digital picture I took of a yearbook I own with Jeff Weise in 5th grade. ... Chanhassen is a city located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Security Guard or Security Officer is usually a privately-employed person who is paid (directly or through a security firm) to protect property and/or people. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... A handgun is a firearm small enough to be carried and used in one hand. ... It has been suggested that Break action be merged into this article or section. ...

The incident apparently began at home in the afternoon when Weise killed his grandfather and Sigana. Weise then drove a patrol vehicle (a truck or SUV believed to be his grandfather's) to the high school, propelling it into the building at around 3:00 p.m. CST. Wearing a reservation-police-issued bulletproof vest, likely taken from the stolen reservation police patrol vehicle, he shot a third victim, a security guard named Derrick Brun immediately upon arriving at the school. Background A London Metropolitan Police car A police car, police cruiser, squad car, or patrol car is a vehicle used by police forces around the world to patrol, temporarily detain and transport individual prisoners. ... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Å koda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle for transporting goods. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... The Central Standard Time Zone (CST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting six hours from Coordinated Universal Time UTC. In the United States, the time zone includes the entire area of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas except for El... Man in body armor A bullet-proof vest also known as body armour is an article of protective clothing that works as a form of armor to minimize injury from projectiles fired from handguns, shotguns and rifles. ...

When the police first arrived, Weise briefly opened fire on them before proceeding into the building. Once in there, he was said to be "waving and smiling" as he shot students at random. An attempt to break into an English classroom was thwarted by a teacher who had taken the precaution to lock the door.

After finally being cornered in a classroom, Weise was believed to have exchanged fire with police officers and injured several of them.^{[citation needed]} However, the police department stated that no officers had received any gunshot wounds. Weise then put the shotgun under his chin, and discharged a single round which killed him instantly. It was later leaked that Weise was shot twice, once in the leg and the other in his shoulder, when exchanging gun fire with police.[1]

Weise and the Internet

Weise allegedly had a history of trouble at the school, getting into fist-fights. Although no clear motive has been attributed to Weise's actions yet, he was described as a loner, who was bullied – possibly due to his appearance. He was known to wear a dark trench coat to school all year round; he was also known to have a notebook into which he drew what has been described as "evil and dark... stuff." [2]. Weise also had a fascination with the swastika, a symbol both Native Americans and Nazis have used. It has been suggested that Workplace bullying be merged into this article or section. ... World War I example For the film, see Trenchcoat (film). ... For other uses, see Evil (disambiguation). ... The swastika (from Sanskrit ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles in either left-facing () or right-facing () direction. ...

In online posts, he frequently dealt with the subject of zombies, under the pseudonym "Blades11". In a short story he published in late 2003/early 2004, titled "Surviving the Dead", he includes a detailed description of a school massacre from a victim's perspective, combining it with the theme of zombies. The story is bloody and crude in content and spelling. Grover's Mill, the town in Weise's story, was the site of the landing of aliens in Orson Welles's version of War of the Worlds. Weise also posted at http://www.abovetopsecret.com. A participant in a Zombie Walk event in Calgary This article is about the undead. ... George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American theatre and film producer and director, and a theatre, radio and film actor. ... Orson Welles famous radio adaptation of H. G. Wells classic novel The War of the Worlds was performed by Mercury Theatre on the Air as a Halloween special on October 30, 1938. ...

Another website he frequented was The Official Mars Website, the online headquarters for the San Francisco, Bay Area Horrorcore rapper Mars, where the users are encouraged to post about music, murder, and suicide on its forums. Weise was described by friends and family as an obsessed fan of Horrorcore music, and Mars, whose upcoming international release is entitled "Some Girls Deserve To Die".

Weise also created violent Flash animations and posted them on the Internet (including Newgrounds) using the alias "Regret". One animation entitled Target Practice depicts an individual who shoots three people with an assault rifle, blows up a police car with a grenade, then shoots a Ku Klux Klan member. It ends when the character uses a handgun to shoot himself in the head. The animation is accompanied by the sounds of gunfire. // == Macromedia Flash == ==]] Using Macromedia Flash 8 (bundled in Studio 8) in Windows XP. Maintainer: Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) Latest release: 8 / September 30th, 2005 OS: Windows (no native Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support), Mac OS X, Linux (i386 only, via wine [1]) Use: Multimedia Content Creator License: Proprietary Website... Newgrounds is a website headquartered in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA and created in 1995 that primarily hosts Adobe Flash animated films and games. ... A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...

An early reviewer of the animation on Newgrounds wrote,"Umm... ok. Was that like a warning message? Hmm dude you need help badly." to which Weise replied,"Lol, you obviously can't tell the difference between Fantasy and reality. This cartoon was made for nothing more than Random violence, and believe it or not theres an audience out there that this appeals to. So don't try judging my Mental health based upon a simple animation, capisce?". Another rather ironic review said," That was really well animated, you really have hope for the future! Keep it up :D". Weise's Newgrounds profile also noted that two of his favorite movies were Elephant and Zero Day, based on the events of the Columbine High School massacre. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Zero day or 0day refers to software, media, or information that is obtained either slightly prior to or on the day of the official release. ... Staff and students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting. ...

Weise is also believed to have posted messages on the Neo-Nazi Internet forum of the Libertarian National Socialist Green Party under the aliases NativeNazi and Todesengel (German for "angel of death"). The posts revealed an admiration for the ideas of Adolf Hitler, and interests in persuading other Native Americans as to the merits of those ideas. On one occasion, he fought with a pupil whom he referred to as a "Communist". He also alleged that the school was warned that someone was going to "shoot up" the school on April 20, the birthday of Adolf Hitler and the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, and that the school authorities "pinned" the threat on him. The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Libertarian National Socialist Green Party (LNSGP) is the name of a think-tank published from the United States using the domain name . ... Hitler redirects here. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Hitler redirects here. ... Staff and students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting. ...

In one post, dated July 13, 2004, he claimed: July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As a result of cultural dominance and interracial mixing there is [sic] barely any full blooded Natives left. Where I live less than 1% of all the people on the Reservation can speak their own language, and among the youth wanting to be black has run rampant...Under a National Socialist government, things for us would improve vastly… and that is why I am pro-Nazi. [3] Reservation may refer to: Reservation, a tract of land set apart for a special purpose: an area for indigenous peoples to live in: Indian reservation Indian reserve (in Canada) Reservation, an area where hunting animals is not permitted. ... National Socialism redirects here. ...

Another post read: "I try not to be aggressive in most situations, I'll use force if I have to, but I'm not about to go out and pick a fight. I'm mostly defensive, I'll defend myself if someone tries something but other than that I'm a peaceful person." The posts were dated 10 months prior to the shooting, and as such it is not yet known if they are entirely relevant in understanding Weise's state of mind.

A LiveJournal account apparently created by Weise contained just three entries from December 2004 through January 2005. He chose three icons for the account: one of the band Nirvana prominently featuring Kurt Cobain, one with the logo for the band Rammstein, and another of himself. The weblog was customized to be rendered in black and white, and Weise expressed feelings in his few writings including a desire for change and salvation. He described himself on his user info page as "nothin' but your average Native American stoner" and mentioned that he used marijuana. ← - 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao • 23 Doug Ault • 19 Renata Tebaldi • 16... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15... Nirvana was a popular American rock band originating from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... For the airshow accident, see Ramstein airshow disaster. ... A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cannabis culture. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ...

Aftermath

March 25, 2005: Armed security guards and metal detectors were stationed at all entrances of the school. The Red Lake Tribe was outraged that President Bush had failed to send timely condolences; the tribe did not receive official condolences until three days after the massacre. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Red Lake Indian Reservation is located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Beltrami and Clearwater. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

March 29, 2005: Sixteen-year-old Louis Jourdain, son of Floyd "Buck" Jourdain Jr., was accused of assisting in the planning of the shooting, and was subsequently arrested on the suspicion of conspiracy to murder. At least a dozen other students were believed to have heard of the attack prior to its occurrence. The school itself was temporarily shut down and computers therein were seized. During this time, a makeshift memorial was set up in front of the school, made up of flowers, dolls, cards and candles. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

April 9, 2005: Red Lake High School was searched after police received information that guns still remained in the school, ostensibly placed there by Jeff Weise. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Red Lake High School is a public state-funded high school in Red Lake, in Beltrami County, northern Minnesota, USA. The high school is located on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on which members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians live, and has over 300 students [1...

References

• JeffWeise.com
• Seattle Times: 15-year-old shooter "seemed lost in life"
• Smoking Gun: School Killer's Animated Terror
• Story written by Weise, about a school massacre
• Chuck Haga, Howie Padilla, and Richard Meryhew (March 23, 2005). Jeff Weise: A mystery in a life full of hardship. Star Tribune.
• David Hanners and Beth Silva (March 24, 2005). Troubling Internet postings clash with family's view of a happy Weise. Saint Paul Pioneer Press.

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External links

• ABC News: 10 Die in Minn. Student's Shooting Rampage
• Rise of the Dead - Zombie Forum Weise regularly posted in
• The Guardian: A neo-nazi "angel of death"
• Weise's Yahoo! Profile (removed by Yahoo! at 14:32 Mar 25, 2005 [UTC], now up again without profile photo)
• Weise's Newgrounds Profile
• Weise's LiveJournal page
• Minnesota School Shooting: Notes Of Interest - Free Press International
• AboveTopSecret.com(Political website)Posts by Weise
• Post counting three PM's by Weise, No longer available at the source.