Fbi Seeks Motive, Says Shooting Was Likely Planned ; Details of Terror in School Emerge

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › March 23, 2005

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RED LAKE, Minn. - Authorities were trying to determine Tuesday what caused a teenager to gun down his grandfather, put on the man's police-issue belt and bulletproof vest, and drive his marked squad car to a high school, where he began shooting his classmates at will.

Jeff Weise, who authorities said was 17, killed nine people and wounded seven Monday before trading gunfire with a police officer and apparently shooting himself. His motive still wasn't clear Tuesday, but the FBI said the shootings appeared to have been planned in advance.

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Fbi Seeks Motive, Says Shooting Was Likely Planned ; Details of Terror in School Emerge

It was the nation's worst school shooting since the Columbine massacre in April 1999 that ended with the deaths of 12 students, a teacher a...

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