On Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 25-year-old Kimveer Gill, of Fabreville, Quebec, decided that today would be the day he would introduce himself to the world he hated. Armed with what is believed to have been a handgun, an assault rifle, and a machine gun, Gill drove to Dawson College in downtown Montreal and opened fire. Fatality666, Gill's online alter ego, stole the life of 18-year-old Anastasia Desousa and shot and wounded twenty innocent strangers before turning his gun on himself.
He was probably from a good, "quiet" family. He probably never quite fit in at school, had few — if any — friends, and was probably persecuted for being a square peg in a round society. The description sounds all too familiar doesn't it? And yet, no one recognized him. Who was Fatality666?
Kimveer Gill was an enthusiastic supporter and member of the online Goth community Vampirefreaks.com. It would seem that when he joined the community on November 14, 2005, he had finally found a world he fit into. A world in which he belonged, and felt validated. Gill often touted the site's growing membership in his journal as though the site's popularity reflected his own. Perhaps it was the acceptance and comeraderie he found there that led him to the ultimate affirmation that he, and the online persona he'd created, were one and the same. Kimveer Gill became Fatality666.
Below are excerpts and photos taked from Kimveer Gill's Vampirefreaks journal and profile page.
Fatality666
Sex: male
Age: 25
Location: , Quebec, Canada
Rating: 9.90
Rating points: 25388
Member since: November 14, 2005
Last logged in: September 10, 2006, 04:54am
Account Status: Premium Member
Rated by: 2564 people
Latest Journal Entry: Postal dude rulz September 10, 2006, 05:37amProfile:
His name is Kimveer. You will come to know him as Trench. He is male. He is 25 years of age. He lives in Quebec. He finds that it is an O.K place to live. He is not a people person. He has met a handfull of people in his life who are decent. But he finds the vast majority to be worthless, no good, kniving, betraying, lieing, deceptive, motherfuckers.
Work sucks..........School sucks..........Life sucks..........What else can I say
Metal and Goth kick ass
Life is like a video game, you gotta die sometime.
Fatality666's profile page on Vampirefreaks.com is strewn with personality quizzes taken by Gill. One has to wonder whether he was affirming his identity, justifying it, or searching for it. Perhaps all three. Whatever the motive, Kimveer painted a self-portrait for the world to see. Sadly, no one did until it was too late.
Take the quiz:
How truly depressed are you?
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Aaman
Wow, what a freak, thanks for the report, Annie
2 - Joan Hunt
I'd say "The Crow" is one to watch, almost as though that post is a hint of things to come.
3 - Ian Woolstencroft
Sorry but there’s no way society should take the rap for this.
There are plenty of sad, lonely and depressed people out there but they don’t all pick up a gun and start killing people. How do you pick the ones who will? If it was that simple to pick out prospective killers the world would be a much safer place to live. It’s always easy in hindsight to say ‘someone should have noticed’ but thousands of kids write this sort of thing and less than one percent do anything. And do you think a big hug would have changed his outlook?
One can only wonder how many times ‘Fatality666’ filled out these online quizzes until he got the results he wanted, that fitted the image he created for himself. He had a warped mind and sometimes they go off. Put simply he was a sick fuck and the world is a better place without him, what’s sad is that he took someone else with him.
What pisses me off is the use of that quote from The Crow. A work written from the author, James O’Barr’s sense of loss over the death of his fiancé gets tarnished by its association with this incident. Bad enough he used it but did it really need to be reprinted here? It really doesn’t have any relevance.
4 - Iloz Zoc
Well done, but unsettling article. How could he become so disconnected from life and skew his perception with it? I am surprised he was 25. Where the hell did he get these weapons?
5 - Whatever
For every psycho fucking asswad like this guy, there are 20 goth-metal heads who are just finding their way through life, and will someday look back at themselves and feeling horribly embarassed. They all think they are some "dark lord" how can society possibly distinguish one from the other. They all seem like anti-social, unhugged, unloved misfits looking for negative attention. Totally cliched. This is why goth culture/satanism is so pointless. If you choose to think negatively and hate the world around you, well guess what? The world, the man, other humans will look at you with contempt and disgust.
Being a unique individual and making your own way in the world doesn't require that you be some homicidal cocksucker, it means doing the right thing, the decent thing - making the most of what God gave you and doing it with gusto.
Fuck this asshole and all those who think they are some "dark" mysterious figure because they choose to do what any halfwit with a gun robbing a liquor store could do - take a person's life.
Even hell isn't interested in an unimaginative poseur like this turd. Rot in the earth bud, rot long, rot hard.
6 - Duke De Mondo
Excellent, if deeply distressing, article here, Annie. i agree with most every bit of commentary you've offered.
7 - greenpeace
good riddance!
so he can fertilize the soil and contribute to mother earth.... hehe
i encourage those who think like him to slit your throat and contribute as fertilizer to the society you have condemn... oh thanks for reading
8 - Andrew Ogier
I'm placing my bets that the Videogames he played will take the blame, not the fact that he was one totally fucked up, manically depressed, suicidal, delusional, mentally dysfunctional person.
It's so much easier to have a scapegoat that's already in a negative light rather than to acknowledge the facts that his parents raised him wrong and the way our society is in general crossed him over the point of no return.
I *almost* feel an ounce of pity for him, until I think about the people he hurt and killed while carrying out his own suicide.
There was no reason to do what he did. Why didn't he just take the gun and blow his own brains out instead of hurting innocents in the process if he was that insistent of taking his life into his own hands?
9 - KansasSunflower
I don't think society is to blame for what happened. Many kids are picked on or not accepted as they grow up, many do not have friends. They get older, and most grow out of it, or they remain introverted.
When I look into his eyes in his pictures, I see something scary - a coldness about him. It takes a true psychopath to do what he did. Then again, it seems like he really DID know the difference between right and wrong, and loved the "darkness" of doing and being evil.
Those around him should not be held responsible for not "stopping" him or seeing the signs. He was 25 - he is responsible for his own actions. How do we know that a friend or a loved one didn't suggest he see a psychiatrist? He clearly needed medication.
10 - Roger van Verka
What Kimveer did was intentional and unwanted. I will never ever endorse what he did. I fail to understand the commercialization of the whole tragedy on the web. Look at the advertizers on this site. We are living in a very bizarre world.
11 - Deborah
As you can see, i'm a member of VF too, but don't be scared, i won't kill you.
That Kimveer was a member on Vampirefreaks, doesn't mean that all the members on it are evil,satanic and dark.
Ok, it's totally wrong what he did, i agree.
But now the people are being negative about gothics because he was one too. A huge amout of people signed up at vampirefreaks.com, just to say that we're all freaks and we have to go away and stuff. Why blame all the goths? I'm not saying what kimveer did is right, it absolutely isn't. But we (I don't consider myself as a goth, I'm just not standard, but the people start blaming everyone who even LOOKS like a goth or have friends who are goths) we aren;t already in a good daylight, an i just wanted to say that it's easy to blame us all. It's kimveer who did it. Not us. And like i said, that he was a member of VF was coinsidence.
I'm sorry if i insulted anyone, but i'm sick of all the people who are angry at US for what kimveer has done..
12 - Gore
I'm a V.F member, and i don't support him, he was pathetic, he had all that fire power and only killed 1 person? as i say pathetic, a failure in every way.
he doesnt represent us , he was a looser in V.F
too, and plenty of us have violent images in out profs, hell i have some of my guns in mine, but
don't worry, i wont shoot up a school, i graduated a long time ago, yea i was different but i was respected for it and i blame no one for
any of my problem, im a honorable man, honor before life is how i live.
13 - Snarkattack
#3 - I'm with Ian - and your point about the quizzes is an excellent one. Perhaps he wanted to be perceived as fitting those descriptions/quiz results more than they actually described him.
It isn't just sad that innocent people around him were injured (and fatally at that) but also that society will now be looking to group certain individuals that have any association with his lifestyle, predominantly the goth subculture, as being evil, or having violent tendencies, when generally speaking from my observations, goths are fairly quiet people. Sure, they dress in black and look a little morbid but it doesn't mean they want to hack people to pieces.
This particular individual, as mentioned in #9 was clearly just a sociopath. I wonder - how is it that we (meaning society as a whole) can only see this after some atrocity has been committed? Let's face it, there aren't exactly preventative measures in place for such people (though maybe a borderline personality disorder diagnosis would indicate sociopathic tendencies? That's a question looking for confirmation...). They seem to be normal enough to skip the "loony" radar at first glance but odd or threatening enough to make you want to keep away from them, which is fine by them as they are often not socially inclined anyway.
Generally speaking, mental instability is easier to diagnose when everyday things in life become exceedingly difficult - because then it's not something the individual or society can ignore? Also speaking as someone who has experienced mental breakdown.
Just some (probably ill-formed) thoughts. What a tragic occurrence.
14 - Derryn
Super Columbine Massacre RPG
Just so you know it does actually exist. People like Kimveer piss me off so much as it stereotypes all other metal heads and goths.
15 - Mamacita
How do you live in a house with your parents, create an arsenal and have hateful views? Where were the parents? Shouldn't they have reached out to him?
16 - Annie
Gill joined a gun club in order to get permits for the guns. According to his mother, she thought nothing of it, as it was his hobby, a sport, and the guns were legal. As far as she believed, he was a good and obedient son.
The photos he posted on Vampirefreaks of himself posing with his knives and a Beretta CX4 Storm semi-automatic carbine and wearing a long black trench coat and combat boots, were taken by a friend of his, in his mother's living room. They were obviously taken with her permission, as she knew all about them, and didn't seem to have an issue with it. That might explain why he posed wearing just socks, rather than in his black polished army boots, which he'd also photographed and posted on Vampirefreaks, and which he wore on the day of the shooting...No shoes allowed in the living room.
His mother stated in an interview that her son had sought help for depression in the past, and that he'd been more somber and reclusive than usual since Christmas time.
Gill's mother is under going breast cancer treatment, and his father is recovering from heart surgery. The family was in crisis, which might explain why many of the signs weren't recognized for what they were. Who knows...
17 - a vampirefreaks user
this guy was one of many other potential people on the site...if he had not found this site he probably wld hav done alot more alot sooner...i think this site may have saved many ppl...maybe not from Fatality666 but from other users which hav at one point felt alone in this world and had nothing to live for but they then found this site which currently has 634279 members and riseing...full of kids, adults, people just like them if not even stranger. some people on this site consider it to be almost like another home, a place wer they can go and truelly be themselves. Fatality666 may not hav been a very good representative of that but its the ones that have been helped that most people fail to notice. i dont think in anyway this incident should make people think that vampirefreaks.com was in anyway responsible for the actions of Fatality666 and hopefully all this media attention will show kids out there that there is a place on the internet were they can express the darkest and sickest feelings they may have and not be soccially outcasted because of them...that the weirder they are the more likely they are to fit in. thats all i have to say
18 - patrick
I am a vf user. I'm not obsessed with the site. I'm not a goth. I'm not an emo. I don't think of myself as some 'dark lord'. I do sometimes think slightly dark thoughts. I do sometimes wear black. I do listen to metal. But I also think happy thoughts. I also wear colors. I also listen to jazz. kimveer was one sick fuck. Are his parents to blame? Maybe. I doubt it, though. Parents can fuck kids up sometimes, but only to a point. This guy probably had some mental illness or emotional problems. We shouldn't evne bury this fuck. Most goths would never kill never hurt never do any of this crap. if this guy wanted to 'die in a hail of gunfire' why didnt he do it in the privacy of his own house. He definately deserves to have died after what he did but anestasia (i think that was her name) did not. she probably never did anything to that ass hole just cause he didnt like her is no reason to kill her. and vf should not be blamed just for this one stupid fuck. oh and by the way not all 'goths' think they're 'dark lords' so anyone who says that your an ignorant fuck. idiots.
19 - Be Sensible
If you really think and understand Kimveer, he seems to be a pretty smart guy. It would appear that he just about had enough of the world. Fate was never changing for the better, so he must have thought why waste life having taking sufferance, but having not had the opportunity to give the same treatment back to society.
From what I hear, he was a quiet guy at school who never bothered to really mess with people. Yet, he was "zoned out" by everyone else. If people are alone, why does western society see it cool to make them feel even more alone, instead of giving the guy a chance? This is the consequence of such a shameful society. Theres no point in trying to act cool when you're not.
All the haters or narrow-minded people out there are just waiting for their life to break into pieces. Some people have nothing better to do than to go around condemning others, criticising for the fun of it or to get support from others. I think its fair to say live your life, let others live theirs. Hmm...so for Kimveer, it might have been 'others dont let u live, u dont let them live'. Makes more sense than live your life, dont let others live..thats never gonna work.
Todays society: every small thing is turned into a big issue equivalent of murder. Take Kaavya Viswanaathan for instance...she denies she plagiarised anything, and the media and lifeless morons on the otherhand, die to prove she did plagiarise. Thats plain pathetic. So what..its just plagiarism. Everyone copies others..otherwise how the f*** did yall learn to speak? How the f*** did ppl learn words like f***. Whats worse today, such minute issues are exploited by the media to make their money (its bad news that hits the headlines). Also, theres like a fckin surveillance camera or recording device around every corner tracking your every action. Everything from your past like what you wrote in a journal and shit is digged up and with a click of the mouse can be sent anywhere around the world. Ppl have gotta stop this bullshit, learn to forgive others, and forget the past...ppl change over time. Give everyone a fair go. Life is about chance.
Otherwise...there are gonna be more Kimveers out there. You decide as the society..is that what you want?
P.S Looking back at life..i reckon childhood was the best. When your little kids, no one gives a fuck about what others do. Every days a new day. Everyones healthy wealthy and wise. Not even lies are a big deal. Time sux eh.
20 - Ian Woolstencroft
It never ceases to amaze me how people want to get all touchy feely about spree killers like Kimveer yet no one says the same about serial killers. No one says Ted Bundy was misunderstood at school or Jeffrey Dahmer was a nice guy who just had some odd eating habits.
The only difference between Kimveer and the likes of Dahmer is he tried to take a lot of lives in one go while they did it over time. He had no excuse for taking another human life. He wasn’t defending himself, his property or his country, he did it because he wanted to. He knew the difference between right and wrong and just didn’t care.
21 - Angeliss
I actually started using the VF site recently what I have discovered is most there are perfectly reasonable and nice folk.
as for Gils blogs there is nothing on them that is really plain you can certainly find a lot more violent imagary and violent and underage sex blogs on my space also on the mainstream record industry .
for all those type of blogs you have posted here of Gils there were others saying bullying is wrong how he loved the VF girls and how people should buy Kittens and be nice to them.
I don't get why people insist on blaming VF or Goth, Goth is not actually about commiting violence its not a violent sub culture unlike say hip hop which the mainstream media seems more than happy to promote.
In fact its ironic that many of Gils blogs talk of hating Hip Hop due to its violence and disrespect.
The most violent of all the sub cultures is the one Gil most hated.
Gil wasn't even a real Goth its likely he went to VF thinking to find acceptence which he didn't in fact it was only while the small percentage of those who did accept him were around that he seemed happy and guess what those on VF who liked him liked him because he seemed sweet.
The reality is that the impression he gave most of those he had any real contact with on VF he potrayed himself as sweet.
those blogs that keep getting highlighted were a few of a great many the vast majority of which were either mundane chatter very common rants about the unfairness of the world and nice guy blogs siding with the underdogs of the world.
Those tests he took its very easy to get a score similar to his.
I took them and did so and didn't even try but I don't trust people automatically , I have fantasized about shooting people who have done me wrong though never random people and even with those who have done me wrong I would never want to make that a reality since I don't want to take lives but who hasn't said oh I would love to kick the ass or even kill some person that had done them wrong ?
more than half the population the world if its honest but hardly any really want or will turn those feelings into a reality they are just an angry expression of angry fantasies just as violent games are fantasy and videos only an already twisted mind will take those fantasies and make them reality.
Also I feel there is more to this gil story than is known why Dawson why not a nearer school or more sensibly a school he attended.?
Is there some piece of this tale missing somewhere?
Anyway back to those tests anyone who is not quick to trust and has ever thought oh I will kick that persons butt when someone has done them wrong will score similar to Gil they don't in truth portray that someone is likely to go out and kill for real.
Gils blogs sound little different to what any other person who has felt rejected and picked on by society has said at some point in their life, 99% will never try to do anything real with those feelings.
And heres another question, why is no one questioning the laws in mainstream society in north America rather than Goth culture and VF website?
Goth is a worldwide culture that even exists in nations like Japan and England VF is a worldwide website as are diseffected pissed off people.
Yet these school shootings are almost entirely a North American phenonem so doesn't it make more sense to question wether there is something about North American culture and the ease with which Gil got a hold of the guns in the first place thats responsible for the amount of these schoolyard shootings and gun crime in general rather than trying to shift the blame onto Goths and Vampire freaks?
22 - John
Hmm...The world seems f*cked up to Kimveer now. To me, i think its just part of gloablisation and modernisation. So if ur in north america..bad luck
I agree with on a lot of what "Be Sensible" said. Oh and that Kaavya plagiarism case is a load of crap..so what if she plagiarised? Theyre equating it to murder. Such negative publicity for a small thing only promotes one to commit a deeper offence for the same publicity like murder.
In response to "Angeliss"...i think laws in america are tooooo strict. U should go to asia and check out how everything is pirated, Nike is replaced by immitator Nike, police r corrupt etc. Yet everything is forgiven.
And whats the story in North America? It's prison + a hefty fine for a petty careless mistake. There is no room for understanding ones emotions here. Its all about evidence...if the evidence exists..ur f*cked. For life. You get a fancy little thing called a criminal record, which prevents ur chances of having any life in the future..no job..blackmail etc. All this clearly promotes suicide and crime, as a reaction to 'the unfair world and life'. Change for f*cks sake.
23 - Gore
hell it was only montreal, no great loss there.
heheh.
24 - Nightshade
All Hail Lord Veer! and His Corpse Bride Anastasia, bonded together in the ceremony Death.
25 - zkid
Quote: "Super Columbine Massacre RPG (although I detest its existence)"
Why do you detest this game's existence? Have you even played it? How about gone to the game's website to at least research the reasoning behind its creation?
I wonder if you realise that games like this give people like Kimveer (and people who want to be like him) a way out. It provides us with another way to express the hatred and the desire to kill that we feel, and it stops so many of us from actually acting on those feelings. Sure there are those of us who are so determined that nothing will stop us, but for those of us who are not like that, this game is almost all we have.
Don't detest the game's existence. It may have saved the lives of people close to you.