Man kills 3 women because of rejection

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. – A man who sprayed bullets into a fitness class filled with women, killing three and then himself, apparently kept a Web page in which he wrote about years of rejection by women and an earlier plan for violence at the gym in which he said he "chickened out."

Neighbors described 48-year-old George Sodini as anti-social, and the Web page in his name showcased a resume setting forth his credentials as an unhappy loner. It listed his date of death — Aug. 4, 2009 — and his status of "Never married."

He complained of not having a girlfriend since 1984, not having a date since May 2008 and not having sex for 19 years.

"Women just don't like me. There are 30 million desirable women in the US (my estimate) and I cannot find one," he wrote. The page ended with the words "Death Lives!

On Tuesday night, the gunman walked into the fitness center, entered a "Latin impact" dance aerobics class and placed a duffel bag on the ground. He rooted around in the bag for a moment, turned off the lights, took out at least two guns and started shooting.

Three women were killed and nine people were injured. Police say he may have fired as many as 52 shots before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide.

"He walked right into the room where the shootings occurred as if he knew exactly where he was going," Allegheny County police Superintendent Charles Moffatt said. "I think he went in with the idea of doing what he did."

Authorities on Wednesday identified the gunman as Sodini, of nearby Scott Township. The three women who died were Heidi Overmier, 46, of Carnegie; Elizabeth Gannon, 49, of Pittsburgh; and Jody Billingsley, 38, of Mount Lebanon.

The 4,610-word Web page, on a domain registered in Sodini's name, appeared to be a nine-month chronology of his plans to commit the shooting, his decision to delay it and the process that led to the eventual carnage at the health club Tuesday. Authorities did not immediately confirm that the site belonged to Sodini, but the elaborate nature of the comments suggested authenticity.

"The biggest problem of all is not having relationships or friends, but not being able to achieve and acquire what I desire in those or many other areas," said an entry dated Sunday. "Everthing stays the same regardless of the effert I put in. If I had control over my life then I would be happier. But for about the past 30 years, I have not."

The Web site's author wrote of planning the attack since at least November, and had tried to do it when the same Tuesday-night dance aerobics class he targeted met on Jan. 6.

"It is 8:45PM: I chickened out!" he wrote. "I brought the loaded guns, everything. Hell!"

A neighbor of Sodini's, Connie Fontanesi, said she was interviewed by county detectives Tuesday evening.

"He was so anti-social we really didn't learn anything personal about him," she said.

The violence rocked the suburban Pittsburgh town of about 5,300 residents some eight miles southwest of downtown.

 

wow...just wow...not specific women...just any women...he obviously didn't have any friends/family either or it seems someone would have been reading his blog...how could you not go on a date or not meet anyone for 30 years...it just seems to me that there is someone for everyone out there...the biggest problem is we have become a society of introverts...we do no interact with people in the real world...at least not how we were intended to in the beginning
:smt061lipstick

 

YOu are so right so many people become introverts that are so anti social and then they get mad when they can't get a woman or a man and dont' have any friends.

 

By the way you are a very pretty lady.

 

thank-you eric...don't believe anything they tell you around here...lippy is really an :smt051

 

I disagree Eric. He wasnt an introvert, but rather anti social. There is a big difference.

I am personally an introvert. Doesnt mean I am antisocial at all. And it also doesnt mean I am unhappy while all the extroverts are happy people.

 

i disagree flygirl if you look up the definition of an introvert is states that they avoid social situations which equals being anti-social

maybe what you mean is that you are introspective?

 

No. They are different.

Antisocial is a mental disorder. Introverted is not, and in fact is as healthy a mental state as being an extrovert.

 

Yes, the need to connect in a meaningful way with other human beings is one of the deepest needs that the majority of human beings have. When that need is left unfulfilled, it is a great motivator to such horrific actions as this tragic story.

 

You welcome and I will remember that.

 

Sorry I thougth that intrvort ment antisocial, that is the term that is always used with it. this guy was a pure nut job.

 

that is sad

 

19 years... damn. That's one hell of a dry patch.

I'll never understand these spree killers. Horrible. I remember there was one in Scotland years ago in Dunblane where some guy opened fire on a gym class full of 5 and 6 year old kids.

 

Shit was cold blooded. Shit man.

 

That clears shit up. I guess I'm an introvert.

 

It is hard to believe this introverted man wanted to kill women because he didn't take a chance in dating a female. However,some are just too lazy to make a effort of getting a girlfriend. Such spree killers are socialpaths who don't give a rat's butt but themselves.

 

so sad

that guy's lame!!!

i hope satan is shoving pineapples up his ass in hell!!!

 

no, its not the same:
There are many introverts out there... majority of them are not antisocial..
but this guy.... wow, off the scale....

 

What a miserable, murderous loser. Thoughts and prayers go out to the victims' families

 

This nut was antsocial and mean. Sad that there are people like that in this world.