Victims: Three
Wounded: One
Barry Dale Loukaitis, 14-years-old, dressed as a gunslinger with .357 revolver and .25 semiautomatic pistol, walked into his fifth-period algebra class and opened fire, killing two students and the teacher. Afterwards, he said, "This sure beats the hell out of Algebra, doesn't it?" a quote from the Stephen King novel Rage. Loukaitis took the rest of his class hostage, until he was eventually subdued by the gym teacher.
Motive: Loukaitis claimed to suffer from "mood swings" and a court-appointed psychiatrist said he experienced delusional and messianic thoughts. As well, Loukaitis's mother had separated his father and had often spoken of committing suicide.
The man also had a copy of the book in his locker.
ReplyDeleteThis is why Stephen King stopped Rage from circulating.