The killer was twenty three years old and a former pupil. He walked into the school. He was wearing a suit. He said had come to give a lecture, then went into a classroom and started shooting. Some of the wounded children escaped. To get a sense of this horror, see the CCTV video of terrified children escaping. According to press reports, the children contacted the police. The man shot himself in the head when confronted by police officers.
From the BBC -- "The shooting was still going on when I arrived at the school," military police Sgt Marcio Alves told O Globo. "I found him on the second floor coming out of a classroom. He pointed his gun in my direction, he got shot and fell, and immediately committed suicide."
The man left a note saying that he wanted to kill himself. So he was on a suicide mission?
What can I say about this? These things happen? We have nuts among us? This could happen anywhere? Anytime? May Heaven forgive us all?
What I have to say about this is blunt. The killer wanted to commit suicide? In cases like this, and there have been many, why can't the shooter just shoot himself first?
Innocent kids lost their lives. Among the survivors, according to press reports, some kids were covered in blood. Those kids who weren't bloodied will have nightmares.
The murderer? Damn him.
Item from One TV1 Channel-- "School massacre in Brazil shooting caught on tape 2011, This is the security camera from the hall, moment of the school shooting footage." See the video.