Jeff Weise

Jeffrey James "Jeff" Weise was the perpetrator of the Red Lake massacre.

History
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Weise was a descendant of the Native American people Ojibwe. An only child to an unmarried couple living in Red Lake, Minnesota, Weise was stated to be physically and emotionally abused by his alcoholic mother Joanne. His father, Daryl Lussier, Jr., would go on to commit suicide via shotgun wound to the head on July 21, 1997 after a two-day standoff with local police. On March 5, 1999, after Joanne and one of her cousins were involved in a car accident, Weise was placed into the care of his paternal grandmother. He eventually became depressed with life, becoming frustrated with living in Red Lake, and attempted suicide on May 2004. Enrolling at Red Lake Senior High School on September 2003, Weise was seen as withdrawn by teachers and a "Goth kid" by fellow students. He was bullied frequently by students due to his physical appearance and preference of all-black clothing.

Weise also seemed to admire Adolf Hitler and his political views, allegedly posting revelations for intents of persuading other Native Americans to join the Nazi cause. He even threatened to "shoot up" the school on April 20, Hitler's birthday and the five-year anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre. This threat got him expelled from public schooling, and Weise was forced to attend a home-schooling program. Weise was also a fan of Columbine-based films Elephant and Zero Day; he was alleged to have constantly skipped over to the parts of the massacre.

Finally snapping, Weise shot his paternal grandfather Daryl Lussier, Sr., numerous times with a pistol he somehow managed to obtain and keep an unknown amount of time. He then stole Lussier's two police-issue weapons and killed Lussier's girlfriend. Driving over to Red Lake Senior High in Lussier's squad car, Weise entered the school and killed an unarmed secutity guard before shooting into an English classroom, killing four (including the teacher), and wounding three. After exiting the classroom and shooting four more students at the school's main entrance, killing two, Weise engaged in a shootout with the police, during which he was wounded in the abdomen and right arm. Retreating to an empty classroom, Weise committed suicide.

The shooting at Red Lake Senior High would go on to become the fifth-deadliest school shooting in the U.S., behind the massacres at Columbine High, University of Texas, and Virginia Tech, and the bombings at Bath School.

Modus Operandi
Weise shot his victims with one of the two pistols (a .40-caliber Glock 23 and a Ruger .22-caliber) and also a Remington 12-gauge shotgun.

Fatalities

 * Daryl Lussier, Sr., 58
 * Michelle Sigana, 31
 * The Red Lake Senior High School shooting:
 * Derrick Brun, 28
 * Alicia White, 15
 * Neva Winnecoup-Rogers, 62
 * Thurlene Stillday, 15
 * Chanelle Rosebear, 15
 * Chase Lussier, 16
 * Dewayne Lewis, 15

Injuries

 * The Red Lake Senior High School shooting:
 * Jeffrey May, 16
 * Four other unnamed students

In Criminal Minds
Weise was mentioned in the novel Finishing School.