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Jeff Wiese (1990 - March 21, 2005) was a high school student of Red Lake, Minnesota.
On March 21, 2005, he carried out a school massacre at Red Lake High School that killed at least nine people, including his grandparents, a teacher and a security guard. Fourteen others were wounded. Wiese committed suicide. The incident began when Wiese drove a pickup truck to school, propelling the truck into the building, beginning around 3:00 PM Central Standard Time.
Wiese lived with his grandfather. His father committed suicide in 2001, and his mother was living in a nursing home as of 2005 having suffered brain damage following a car accident. Wiese's grandfather, Red Lake Police Department officer Daryl "Dash" Lussier, was 58 when Wiese killed him and a woman at Lussier's residence in the afternoon. Wiese is said to have used two handguns and a shotgun to commit the shootings. One of these weapons is believed to have belonged to Lussier.
Although no motive has been attributed to Wiese's actions yet, he was described as a Goth who enjoyed video games, the music of Marilyn Manson and was teased for 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". Wiese is also believed to have been posted on messages to a Neo-Nazi internet forum, under the alias' Todesengel and NativeNazi. The posts revealed an admiration for the ideas of Hitler, an interest in persuading fellow Native Americans as to the merits of those ideas, and the desire to join a Nationalist group. 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's not yet known if they are entirely relevant in understanding Wiese's state of mind.