Possible Motives
In mid-January 2007, the Montreal police department revealed additional information mentioned that Gill planned on committing similar attacks at other institutions across the city of Montreal. Among those were Vanier College, the Université de Montréal, and a secondary school in Laval. Some plans and maps were found in Gill's car near the site of the Dawson College event.
In Kimveer's online journal there are several possible motives. Some point to the following entries as being particularly telling:
| “ | People kill each other Rape women |
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| “ | I’m so sick of hearing about jocks and preps making life hard for the goths and others who look different, or are different. The other day on T.V. they were talking about this 15 year old kid that was killed by the cops, cuz’ he took a fake gun to school. Then they said he was emotionally disturbed and suicidal. Aaaaa, Duh!! If people were making your life a living hell wouldn’t you be hurt emotionally. |
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| “ | Stop Bullying It’s not only the bully’s fault you know!! |
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A handwritten diary found by police at Gill's home revealed the extent of Gill's anger. A police source said, "It was very obvious his state of mind was deteriorating greatly over the last three weeks.". In a statement made on Friday, October 20, 2006, the head of the major crime squad for Montreal police Richard Dupuis states: "We know he was angry against the world, so it was a kind of vengeance… There is no explanation why Dawson. It could be Dawson, it could be another place".
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