Jeff Weise around 9 years of age

Jeffrey Weise (August 8, 1988 – March 21, 2005) was a high school student of Red Lake, Minnesota responsible for the Red Lake High School massacre, a school shooting in which he killed nine people and injured more than a dozen others before committing suicide. He left many postings across the Internet, such as nazi.org offering an unusual level of 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 shootings. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the United States. ... 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 intentionally ending ones own life. ... In ordinary conversation, nearly any mood with some element of sadness may be called depressed. However, for depression to be termed clinical depression it must reach criteria which are generally accepted by clinicians; it is more than just a temporary state of sadness. ...

Weise was a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Native American who lived on the Red Lake reservation in north-central Minnesota with his 58-year old grandfather, Red Lake Police Department officer Daryl "Dash" Lussier, Sr. 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. For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... One Called From A Distance (Midwewinind) of the White Earth Band, 1894 The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) are the third-largest group of Native Americans in the United States, surpassed only by Cherokee and Navajo. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... == 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. ... State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty Official languages None Area 225,365 km² (12th)  - Land 206,375 km²  - Water 18,990 km² (8. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...

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. This article needs cleanup. ... Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A car accident in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. ... A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant medical care, but at a lower level than a hospital. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Minneapolis-St. ...

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 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word depression can mean: A decrease of functional activity in behavior patterns. ... Self-harm (SH) is deliberate injury to ones own body. ...

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

On March 21, Weise killed at least nine people, including his grandfather, 32-year old Michelle Sigana, who was his grandfather's partner, a teacher and a security guard. Seven others were wounded. After briefly exchanging fire with police officers, Weise committed suicide. Chanhassen is a city located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. ... State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty Official languages None Area 225,365 km² (12th)  - Land 206,375 km²  - Water 18,990 km² (8. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... A security guard is a private person who is employed to protect property and people. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending ones own life. ...

The incident apparently began at home in the afternoon when Weise allegedly killed his grandfather and Sigana. Weise then drove a patrol vehicle, a truck or SUV believed to be his grandfather's, to the school, propelling it into the building at around 3:00 p.m. CST. Weise is said to have used two handguns and a shotgun that belonged to his grandfather to commit the shootings. He was also wearing a reservation police issued bulletproof vest, likely taken from the stolen reservation police patrol vehicle. The driver of a car transporter truck prepares to offload Skoda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For further uses of the word truck, see Truck (disambiguation). ... A sport utility vehicle (SUV) or off-roader is a vehicle that combines the load-hauling and passenger-carrying capacity of a large station wagon or minivan with features designed for off-road driving. ... 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... A handgun is a firearm small enough to be carried and used in one hand. ... Remington pump-action shotgun held by a Florida Highway Patrol cadet shotgun, see: Shotgun (disambiguation). ... A bullet resistant vest – also called body armour (U.S. body armor) – is an article of protective clothing that works as a form of armour to minimize injury from being hit by a fired bullet. ...

Weise and the Internet

Weise allegedly had a history of trouble at the school, including 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." [1] (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002215413_kid22.html). A bully is an individual who tends to torment others, either through verbal harassment or physical assaults, or through more subtle methods of coercion. ... For the Walt Disney Company film, see Trenchcoat (movie). ... Adobe Photoshop. ...

Weise posted frequently on Internet boards dealing with the subject of zombies, under the pseudonym "Blades11." In a short story he published (http://p081.ezboard.com/fwriterscovenfrm8.showMessage?topicID=49.topic) 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 subject of zombies. The story is bloody and crude in content and spelling, but the language style is articulate beyond his age at the time. A zombie is a kind of undead, or figuratively, a very apathetic person. ... A school massacre is an incident of attempted mass murder, involving at least one actual death, that occurs at a school. ...

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. [2]  (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0323051weise1.html) Macromedia Flash or Flash refers to both a multimedia authoring program and the Macromedia Flash Player, written and distributed by Macromedia, that utilizes vector and bitmap graphics, sound and program code and bidirectional streaming video and audio. ... Creator of Newgrounds: Tom Fulp Newgrounds is a website that hosts Macromedia Flash animations. ... A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...

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. ... An Internet forum, also known as a message board or discussion board, is a web application that provides for online discussions, and is the modern descendant of the bulletin board systems and existing Usenet news systems that were widespread in the 1980s and 1990s. ... The platform of the Libertarian National Socialist Green Party of the United States borrows elements from libertarianism, national socialism, and environmentalism. ... Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), a German politician who was the founder of the Third Reich (1933-1945), is widely regarded as one of the most significant and reviled leaders in world history. ... Communism is a term that can refer to one of several things: a social and economic system, an ideology which supports that system, or a political movement that wishes to implement that system. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), a German politician who was the founder of the Third Reich (1933-1945), is widely regarded as one of the most significant and reviled leaders in world history. ... The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County near Littleton, Colorado, United States. ...

In one post, dated July 13, 2004, he claimed: "As a result of cultural dominance and interracial mixing there is 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] (http://www.nazi.org/community/forum/YaBB.cgi?board=News;action=display;num=1088739253;start=8#8) July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reservation is something reserved. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...

One 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 dark feelings in his few writings. He described himself on his user info page as "nothin' but your average Native American stoner" and mentioned that he used marijuana. LiveJournal (often abbreviated LJ) is the name of a weblog site allowing Internet users to keep an online journal or diary. ... 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 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... This article is about the 1980s-1990s grunge band Nirvana. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana, which also included bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl. ... Rammstein is a German band formed in 1993. ... The first use of the term weblog. ... The jam band Phish is often seen as a staple of stoner culture. ... Cannabis is a plant which is consumed by humans as a psychoactive drug. ...

Aftermath

March 25, 2005: Armed security guards were posted at metal detector entrances of the school. The Red Lake tribe was outraged that President Bush had failed to send timely condolences. The tribe received official condolences three days after the shooting.

March 29, 2005: Louis Jourdain, 16 years of age, son of Floyd "Buck" Jourdain Jr., was accused of assisting in the planning of the Red Lake high school shooting, and was 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 was shut down. High school computers were seized. A makeshift memorial was set up in front of the school, made up of flowers, dolls, cards and candles.

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.

References

• JeffWeise.com (http://jw.orgfree.com/)
• Jeff Weise's 30 second mass murder cartoon from 2004 (in Flash format) (http://img.index.hu/new/kulfold/killerflash.swf)
• Seattle Times: 15-year-old shooter "seemed lost in life" (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002215413_kid22.html)
• Smoking Gun: School Killer's Animated Terror (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0323051weise1.html)
• Story written by Weise, about a school massacre (http://p081.ezboard.com/fwriterscovenfrm8.showMessage?topicID=49.topic)
• Chuck Haga, Howie Padilla, and Richard Meryhew (March 23, 2005). Jeff Weise: A mystery in a life full of hardship. (http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5308100.html) Minneapolis Star Tribune.
• David Hanners and Beth Silva (March 24, 2005). Troubling Internet postings clash with family's view of a happy Weise. (http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/special_packages/red_lake/11214984.htm) Saint Paul Pioneer Press.

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External links

• ABC News: 10 Die in Minn. Student's Shooting Rampage (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=602824)
• The Guardian: A neo-nazi "angel of death" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1443462,00.html)
• Weise's MSN Profile (http://members.msn.com/default.msnw?guids=5ecRCPr9LEHS0NhfHql8nGHzsuHCiKb4sgxmQ5X9nEfGJIJ2pFcpN9fzz!OCCKRljm) (as "Sølîtüdê")
• Weise's MSN Profile (http://members.msn.com/default.msnw?guids=5TBJ0WE4LEjtthkv!8avbGXRk0sBEtGOEZ8jHhmqHrhfVn5YAnM70FN2M2z8XQQNK9)
• Weise's Yahoo! Profile (http://profiles.yahoo.com/verlassen4_20) (removed by Yahoo! at 14:32 Mar 25, 2005 [UTC], now up again without profile photo (http://www.crapshack.com/cached/varlassen4_20_photo.jpg))
• Weise's Newgrounds Profile (http://www.newgrounds.com/gold/profile/template.php3?id=943058)
• Wiese's LiveJournal page (http://www.livejournal.com/users/weise/)
• Minnesota School Shooting: Notes Of Interest - Free Press International (http://fpiarticle.blogspot.com/2005/03/minnesota-school-shooting-notes-of.html)
• AboveTopSecret.com(Political website)Posts by Weise (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/weise.html)
• Post counting three PM's by Weise, No longer available at the source. (http://the13thcolony.blogspot.com/2005/03/jeff-weise.html)