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Gunman Who Opened Fire At Montreal College Was Heavy Metal Fanatic - Sep. 14, 2006
The gunman who opened fire at a Montreal college Wednesday (September 13), killing one student and wounding at least 19 others before being gunned down by police, has been identified as heavy-metal fan Kimveer Gill (Photo#1, Photo#2), of Laval, north of Montreal, according to the Montreal La Presse newspaper.

In an online blog β€” which the Toronto Star reveals as VampireFreaks.com β€” Kimveer Gill includes a photo of a tombstone with his name printed on it β€” below it the phrase: "Lived fast died young. Left a mangled corpse."

The blog paints a dark portrait of the 25-year-old man published reports have identified as the trenchcoat-wearing gunman who opened fire on students at Montreal's Dawson College Wednesday, killing one and injuring 19 others, according to the Canadian Press.

Gill's list of favourite music groups is a who's who of heavy metal: OZZY OSBOURNE, MARILYN MANSON, IRON MAIDEN, DANZIG and METALLICA, but only the "old stuff."

His favorite movies list includes mostly gory horror films. He enjoys violent video games including the controversial "Postal", a first-person shooter game, in which the protagonist goes on a killing spree while completing everyday errands.

A questionnaire on the blog reveals both banal and disturbing insights into Gill's life.

He likes drinking, owns 300 CDs, prefers Burger King over MacDonalds and says "heavy metal rules."

Read more at CNEWS.
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COMMENT | Alright
posted by : longdistancerunner
9/14/2006 6:06:25 AM

here we go once again.

COMMENT | Just goes to show you -
posted by : DenimAndLeather
9/14/2006 6:08:27 AM

Metal music is BAD, and NO ONE should listen to it. EVER. ALL metalheads are violent, drugged up, unpredictable, untrustworthy LOSERS.

COMMENT |
posted by : Purpendicular
9/14/2006 6:10:47 AM

There you have it folks! Burger King kills people. Hopefully everybody will now wake up and stop eating those god-forsaken Whoppers.

COMMENT |
posted by : ed2112
9/14/2006 6:19:08 AM

"and METALLICA, but only the "old stuff." "

This guy wasn't all bad.

COMMENT | Ugh.
posted by : Velvet Kevorkian
9/14/2006 6:20:00 AM

AGAIN?

COMMENT | Scapegoat
posted by : screamingtwat
9/14/2006 6:28:49 AM

Once more, i'm sure the media will focus on the guys interests as opposed to archaic gun laws.

COMMENT | Look at this..
posted by : Metaller
9/14/2006 6:28:58 AM

Many eyewitnesses have described the man as "six foot" "punk", blond, with a Mohawk hairstyle, wearing a black trenchcoat,[13] black pants with metal studs, and army boots. The suspect was carrying three weapons, including a semi-automatic rifle.

"punk"

COMMENT | Yup
posted by : suffersystem
9/14/2006 6:30:09 AM

Burger King fucks with your head man. You'd never see Ronald MacDonald doing this sort of thing. I mean really, most clowns don't do this sort of thing.


Seriously though, girlfriend's sister just moved there and lives right beside where it happened. Scary shit she said. Fuck this guy.

COMMENT | yeah right!
posted by : 1972g5
9/14/2006 6:33:15 AM

Heavy metal is the root of all evil, right?. What a sick fucker that guy was! Rot in hell!!!

COMMENT | It's true
posted by : Some_Person
9/14/2006 6:38:05 AM

If you listen to heavy metal, you're a murdering gunman.

Every metal head in my school came in everyday and shot the place up. No one was killed, but we all shook our heads and said "That damn heavy metal" each time. When will someone ban metal? Oh when?

Out of the context of this site I'd like to say what happened was senseless and stupid and tragic.

Poeple have a right to go to a fucking school (or any place) without worrying if some loser that can't get laid is gonna shoot the place up.

What a complete waste of skin. If only you could ban assholes at conception...

COMMENT | !?!
posted by : Thundergod777
9/14/2006 6:47:03 AM

I winder what special part of Hell he is going to?

COMMENT | huh
posted by : WillInTheAbyss
9/14/2006 6:59:42 AM

i know a guy called "gill" he likes black metal and opeth, i must stay clear of him and must warn his long term girlfriend of this because his music taste OBVIOUSLY has a massive impact on the way he wants to conduct his killing spree

COMMENT | Adolf Hitler
posted by : Vassilis7
9/14/2006 7:01:55 AM

was not a metal listener... He probably like folk German music, or opera, so folk German music or opera makes you a bloodlusting madman.

No, it's not the system's fault, it's not the laws' about obtaining guns fault, it's not that this guy is a retard. Heavy Metal is the problem.

Also, you may want to cure cancer with painkillers.

COMMENT | !!
posted by : invader_zim
9/14/2006 7:06:18 AM

Omg!!! I bet he also wears clothes!! We better stay away from those clotheswearing-killer-people!!!

COMMENT | Thanks Kimveer for...
posted by : Alfonso Polo
9/14/2006 7:06:20 AM

Promoting hate towards Heavy Metal AGAIN you stupid Moron bitch!!!
Good thing you got kill. We don't need idiots like you among us Metal heads giving Heavy metal a bad reputation AGAIN. It's because idiots like this that we have to deal with P.M.R.C., censorship, and now, the fucking bullshit with e-bay. Fuck You!!!

COMMENT | WAS IT
posted by : ENEMYWITHIN
9/14/2006 7:07:14 AM

spooky1 that did this?

COMMENT |
posted by : deletion
9/14/2006 7:07:57 AM

great so now just because some loony decides to try kill some people every metalhead will get blamed, nice going prick!

COMMENT |
posted by : rich_tyunnos666
9/14/2006 7:17:23 AM

I hear bin Laden is a fan of Whitney Houston.

COMMENT | i predicted this
posted by : BreakerMetal
9/14/2006 7:25:27 AM

its 1986 all over again. blame dee snider

COMMENT | MAN...
posted by : eatmeahX8
9/14/2006 7:30:09 AM

Fuck that guy, fuck blaming music, movies and games and Fuck Jim Lahey!

COMMENT | I can't believe he only managed to kill one person
posted by : Brain Dead
9/14/2006 7:37:51 AM

He either wasn't trying or must have been a rubbish shot.

I think Americans and Canadians should encourage all of their school children to 'bear arms' in order to defend themselves against the menace of Heavy Metal Maniacs.

COMMENT |
posted by : Meaney
9/14/2006 7:48:28 AM

once again heavy metal is to blame *rolls eyes*


maybe just maybe he actually did that because he's a total fucking psycho
just a thought

COMMENT | HUMAN GARBAGE........
posted by : J.Jay
9/14/2006 7:49:23 AM

AND EVEN THAT WOULD BE PAYING HIM A COMPLIMENT........

COMMENT | Fucking Postal is awesome!!
posted by : I'm a jerkoff
9/14/2006 7:53:52 AM

This guy might have been a dickhead, but the game Postal (and Postal 2) is the shit. Of course those games are meant to be viewed as dark humor, not as gospel.

COMMENT |
posted by : david10006
9/14/2006 7:59:56 AM

wow..if the fuckin media would have made it a point to tell everyone if he would have been a big hootie and the blowfish fan?!!!

COMMENT | 666
posted by : RM
9/14/2006 8:02:12 AM

Je pense-que cette individual ete crisse eh morbid dans une centaire du devil.

www.myspace.com/rzcm666

COMMENT |
posted by : azrael945
9/14/2006 8:03:12 AM

FUnny they make a big deal when a murderer listens to metal, plays violent video games, and looks a little out of the ordinary. The act of murder existed for many centuries before metal ever did and most serial killers look like everyday people or lawyers and probably have fairly "normal" tastes.

COMMENT |
posted by : Nederland
9/14/2006 8:26:42 AM

someone who has a vampirefreaks-profile is not a metal fan

COMMENT |
posted by : The Chad Dahlia Murder
9/14/2006 8:27:57 AM

Man if I had hair like that and looked like him Id probably be a little pissed as well. Even bigger douche.

COMMENT | what ever happen to the old days!!!
posted by : metalwarlord
9/14/2006 8:30:40 AM

whatever happen to the day's where you put your fist up and knocked a mother fuckers head back...now these fuckin douche bags gotta pull out a target practice rifle and shoot people...if his likfe was so fucked why didn't he just off himself...kids these days got very little self-esteem back in the days when i was in my youth if anybody gave me shit about being a metalhead.....i would tell them to talk there shit in my face....this dude looked like he needed to get layed big-time..when i heard about this and they mentioned a black trench-coat i was like oh shit !!! marilyn manson gonna get blasted again.....but keep metallica out of this shit....if anything metallica's music is self-esteem on disc...not music to commit mass murder.....parents nowadays think lovin your kids is shoving money and expensive items in there face....and alls most kids want is a peer to tell them life is not as bad as it seems...these fucks always blame music and video games...you watch they will crucify heavy metal but will potray the family as a victim....kids nowaday take the pussy way out ......life is full of ups and downs "only the strongest survive"..........

METAL UP YOUR ASS

METALWARLORD2006

COMMENT | Why
posted by : CORPSEWORM
9/14/2006 8:31:25 AM

Did he just waste his bullets on the wrong crowd of people. He should have taken a trip to Atlanta.

COMMENT | Fuckin' jerkoff!
posted by : dimebag55
9/14/2006 8:49:24 AM

Kids are giving trenchcoats a bad name! First Columbine, now this dickwad. I'm sure the media will blame heavy metal as they always do. I'm sure this asshole had a screw loose just like the Columbine kids and that cum stain Nathan Gale. The fact of the matter is that there will always be violence in society no matter what. You just can't stop these sick people from snapping and cutting innocent people down. It's truly a sad reality.

An ignorant and weak-minded individual with a gun is a scary thing indeed.

COMMENT | Ugh
posted by : FatFreddysCat
9/14/2006 9:30:58 AM

Just ONCE, wouldn't you like to find out that one of these killing spree guys has a shrine to Barry Manilow in his house??

COMMENT |
posted by : mad_santa
9/14/2006 9:34:53 AM

"Burger King over MacDonalds"

yes, very disturbing...

COMMENT | metal a release
posted by : RATMCORPSE
9/14/2006 9:35:32 AM

For most people metal is a release, it is for me when ever i get shit from work pissing me off i put on a cannibal album and have a smoke(tobacco) nothin illegal. obviously this dudes just using this image. any violent metal-head either doesnt understand how to effectively use the music or is just "putting it on" thinking they have something to prove by being violent. also this dude was a terrible shot and just so happened to ruin the image of beretta's newest gun the Cx4. what an ass.
p.s. goths and emos deserve to die

COMMENT | metal ain't the problem
posted by : headbangr
9/14/2006 10:01:37 AM

Metal? I think his tomato soup is the reason for all those sick and stupid actions he did.

Tomato soup is red and that's the color of blood. That's why I go for the soup...

COMMENT | He looks like a confused rapper
posted by : satanisforlosers
9/14/2006 10:25:33 AM

50 cent made me do it ( :

COMMENT | First and foremost
posted by : Required Fields
9/14/2006 10:26:52 AM

This was a truly horrible event. Many people did not deserve their deaths. I wish this event never happened.

However, they never, EVER mention murderers who are country music fans. But they always like to point out if they liked metal music. That's not fair.

COMMENT | Yep...
posted by : thrashley
9/14/2006 10:32:06 AM

Here we go again. Blame it on metal. Whatever.

COMMENT |
posted by : RiotAct666
9/14/2006 10:39:53 AM

wow

COMMENT | Why?
posted by : SPYRO1565
9/14/2006 10:51:01 AM

Why do we have to glorify a low life piece of shit like that by running a story in the first place? Who cares what kind of music he listened to? He was a fucked up individual from the start. Justice was served when he got a bullet of his own. Forget him.
Have a nice day =0)

COMMENT |
posted by : vallhaller
9/14/2006 11:30:00 AM

BLAME the computer game, or maybe mad cows disease in his whooper. No reason or any evidense whatsoever to blame music for any murders. Bloody press jumpin the gun again

COMMENT | Moronic, Lazy Media
posted by : Howler77
9/14/2006 11:39:37 AM

Again - Metal and subversive music in the crosshairs of the media. Bravo. Way to do your homework - No need to provide details as to where/what the parents are up, why and how assault rifles were in that fucking loser's house... just 'pertinent' details for the knee-jerk masses to yell: "There's that damned Heavy Metal connection again!"
Pathetic. How many violent gun deaths are attributed to perps who are into country or hip-hope every year? I guarantee the numbers are far more staggering, yet the easy target always gets the attention. Lets all just concentrate on what a total fucking moron this guy was - just a total loser (25 living at home and with a profile on a vampire website...need say no more)
Leave metal ALONE! Do your research and get the REAL facts out to the poeple so that mass hysteria based on misinformation stops, and prejudices stop and isolation and alienation stops.
WAKE UP, JOURNALISTS AND DO YOUR JOBS!!!

COMMENT | What a Joke!
posted by : REVEILLEROCK
9/14/2006 11:40:09 AM

Even if he listened to fuckin Britney Spears, he would be considered a metal fan because he killed someone! Horrible story Blabbermouth!

COMMENT | !
posted by : tobbeflobbe
9/14/2006 11:44:10 AM

................Was Heavy Metal Fanatic

where is the metalbands he liked :) cant hardly called those band metal huh?

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO typical..... here we go again. now the media is going to hype how BAD metal is again and we all are potentiell murders who listens too it........ godammit

COMMENT |
posted by : MaxShrek
9/14/2006 11:56:57 AM

well, he could be just a Lonhgorn's fan.. no?
and forgive me God, but...
"Other band's play, Manowar kills!"

COMMENT |
posted by : opeth027
9/14/2006 11:57:41 AM

Anyone who lists Linkin Park TWICE in their favorite bands list deserves to be shot

...
Godsmack
Linkin Park <---
Static X
Megadeth
Heaven Shall Burn
Children of Bodom
Black Sabbath
Anthrax
Papa Roach
Linkin Park <---
Seether
...

COMMENT | What a dweeb.
posted by : Mascot
9/14/2006 11:59:00 AM

Piss off, Ted Nugent.

COMMENT | Cheezetits
posted by : Howler77
9/14/2006 12:18:02 PM

yeh being "PC" has everything to do with it... retard.

COMMENT |
posted by : Sarah Christ
9/14/2006 12:19:01 PM

Oh please, as if the implication isn't there. If there hasn't been any hysterical scaremongering yet, there will be. It's not about special treatment by the media, it's about fair, accurate representation, which never happens. Pffffft, here we go again...the kid didn't do it, Marilyn Manson did it, blah blah blah. Fuck's sake. If he liked Britney no one would blame her for it. No one ever questions the parents or anything else, fucking turnips.

COMMENT | Because...
posted by : Sam Przyborowski
9/14/2006 12:38:03 PM

..the mainstream media are often incapable of telling the difference between 'Goth' and 'Metal' as I'm sure you know.

COMMENT |
posted by : bls_in_this_river
9/14/2006 12:52:06 PM

.. Yet we never hear over the thousands of killings everyday by people who love hip-hop/rap/r'n'b, stupid fuckers

COMMENT |
posted by : yea
9/14/2006 12:53:14 PM

I'm glad people here are more concerned about their favourite genre of music being attacked than the injured/a being student killed that day. Fans who ignore all parts of story because metal is being scapegoated is just as lame as the media's hate of metal.

COMMENT | yea
posted by : Cadillac-Rock-Box
9/14/2006 1:27:06 PM

well said

COMMENT | This is relevant because...
posted by : Feflicker
9/14/2006 1:33:07 PM

People who listen to rap/country/pop don't commit crimes right?

This is moronic.

COMMENT | BTW...
posted by : yea
9/14/2006 1:38:37 PM

I was at the exit of the area when the gunshots went off. As obnoxious as some of the people in this forum are, I wouldn't want you to experience the panic in that area seconds afterwards. Whether right or wrong (Concerning the media's agenda), I'd like some information about the fucker, metalhead or not. But then again to you guys, I guess everyone shouldn't be allowed stories like this because it makes the metal community "look bad". I'm guessing the "right" report should read "25-year-old goes on shooting spree. Was male. Was killed. PERIOD."

COMMENT | spooky1 ... oh i mean "proud infedel"
posted by : cracked-clavicle
9/14/2006 1:56:40 PM

where were you at the time??

guns suck

COMMENT |
posted by : Sarah Christ
9/14/2006 2:29:57 PM

@sheep, I already answered your question. The implication is there.

@yea, no one said it isn't a horrible, tragic thing. This is a metal board though, that's the light in which people will discuss it. That said, I'm sorry you went through such a shocking experience, I can't imagine what it must have been like.
It's not about changing the news reports to suit us, the fact is I, and presumably others, don't like to see ignorant morons piss all over something I love.

COMMENT | damn
posted by : DeDiReDi
9/14/2006 2:34:53 PM

it would have been damn funny though if he was an avid listener of happy hardcore techno

COMMENT | wtf
posted by : CaptainVic
9/14/2006 2:38:07 PM

who gives a flying fuck what the dude listened to. if anybody thinks that the music this guy listened to turned him into a complete psycho, they need to look at the millions of other people who enjoy the same bands. its been said a hundred times already, but it only takes one bad apple to spoil the whole bunch. thanks a lot asshole.

COMMENT |
posted by : +_hellraiser_+
9/14/2006 3:24:15 PM

Hey, he listens to heavy metal. So obviously hes a killer.

COMMENT | Influenced by?
posted by : Failsafe
9/14/2006 5:10:37 PM

Maybe it's a bit before you guys time, but when I heard "mohawk, trench coat, combat boots" the first thing I thought of was Taxi Driver and Travis Bickle.

I have no interest in researching this douchebag's history to find out if he liked the movie, but if anything...IMHO...I think it's fair to say it's just as fair to indict Scorcese as it is to blame Metallica, Manson, and the usual suspects.

Just for the record, I've listened to all the stuff he has. I have a job that is probably 10,000 X more pressure packed than his student gig (ooohhh...homework...how scary!) to boot and I haven't taken an Uzi to work.

Glad he's dead since Montreal doesn't have the balls to do what is called for: Electrify the fuck.

COMMENT | I have never met a metalhead that wasn't a nice guy....
posted by : Metalheads Union local 666
9/14/2006 5:41:04 PM

Just take my local scenes....

fall on your ass in a pit at a punk show, and get trampled
fall on your ass in a pit at a hardcore show, and get trampled and stomped
fall on your ass at a metal show...and 20 hands come down to throw you up, and get you back moshing again. Like WTF....why is there always a "metal connection" mentioned.

You look at metal bands like Cannibal Corpse. Now, they have some of the most violent lyrics out of any well known death metal group...yet the guys themselves are extremely devoted to their fans, extremely nice guys. Non-violent....like what does metal have to do with murder?

COMMENT |
posted by : electric doom
9/14/2006 5:55:20 PM

I wonder how many murders out there have been Elton John fans and why that didn't make the news when they committed the murders?

Anyway, I'm more surprised that the guy wasn't an American on a visit over there.

COMMENT |
posted by : molotov
9/14/2006 6:08:54 PM

yup. i think what most of you said pretty much covers it. only a couple things to add:


how can you say McDonalds over Burger King?!? what the fuck kind of stuff are they serving at McDonalds compared to BK around the rest of the country/world? here in Michigan, i have NEVER gone to a McDonalds ANYWHERE that isn't absolute garbage.


also...i like what i thought i saw above "50 Cent made me do it"......that's a damn good idea. if anyone on here ever gets in any serious trouble in their life ever or commits a crime, tell people "50 Cent/Luda/Eminem/Green Day/American Idol/MTV's The Real World/Toto/Frank Sinatra/Britney Spears etc., etc. made me do it" ....it'd be interesting to see if that invokes the same level of digging into the media like our genres always do unfairly.



FUCK THAT STUPID FUCKING GUY.



MESHUGGAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COMMENT | flawless logic
posted by : Blackenistheyend
9/14/2006 6:20:02 PM

This man was a goth clothing fanatic.

He shot a bunch of people.

Therefore, goth clothing causes you to shoot a bunch of people.

COMMENT |
posted by : twoslowjoe
9/14/2006 6:23:52 PM

He likes drinking, owns 300 CDs, prefers Burger King over MacDonalds and says "heavy metal rules."

That sounds just like me!!!

COMMENT | uh...
posted by : i
9/14/2006 8:33:38 PM

if i was a boy and my name was kimqueer gill i would be upset too... cheap but obvious joke/pun on his name...

COMMENT |
posted by : The Space Lord
9/14/2006 8:56:41 PM

ENEMYWITHIN: I thought spooky1 was a 48-year old no-lifer who lived in a farm in Wyoming rather than a 25-year old "misunderstood" Indo-Canadian goth from Laval. Then again it's the Internet and anyone can hide behind a name.....

R.I.P. Anastacia DeSouza

COMMENT |
posted by : The Space Lord
9/14/2006 9:01:40 PM

"tell people "50 Cent/Luda/Eminem/Green Day/American Idol/MTV's The Real World/Toto/Frank Sinatra/Britney Spears etc., etc. "

Christ....I thought that read Luba in that list. 80's Canadian new wave made me do it!

COMMENT | so
posted by : D Biddy
9/14/2006 9:07:04 PM

every 6 months or so a metalhead kills a bunch of people and is alll over the media, while "gangstas" are shooting and killing each other every day with no mention whatsoever. go figure.

COMMENT |
posted by : YourMother'sWeepingCunt
9/14/2006 11:03:13 PM

Well, he looked like a fun-lovin' guy in the pic...
Crap shot though...

n/p: Jessica Simpson (urge to kill rising... rising...)

COMMENT | Piss off, Ted Nugent.
posted by : Mascot
9/15/2006 11:22:22 AM

Fuck off, Nugent, you moron.

COMMENT | ha
posted by : broiledskin
9/15/2006 12:06:51 PM

"He likes drinking, owns 300 CDs, prefers Burger King over MacDonalds and says "heavy metal rules." "

Sounds like the typical metal head alright...


? whats with this stupid "vampirefreaks" website?
sounds gay...
No wonder he killed him self before the cops did, he realized how much of a fucking dumb shit waste of skin he really was....

apearntly he was a fan of video games to, thus proveing my point that he is a big fucking waste of skin...

stupid kids these days... back in my day we had a little thing called fresh air... you should try it... it really gets rid of the added fat "burger king" gives you...

retard...

COMMENT | Iron Maiden's IMOC
posted by : eddanman
9/15/2006 3:29:38 PM

I may be wrong. I posted a condolences message on the site and it was taken down. Why? I agree that Iron Maiden have nothing to do with the incident but I know that many victims were fans... Is that how the metal community stands for each other? With the same idea. Why should we care if Bruce flies in a secure zone with his air plane to take a few brits away??? Same idea, no? Solidarity!!!!

Anyways the IMOC is the only reason that I will not go see them in concert. Way to much corporate.. (maybe too bad for me… But I vote with my boots)



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