Kimveer Gill

It was the third fatal school shooting in Montreal, after the École Polytechnique massacre in 1989 and the shooting spree at Concordia University in 1992.

At 12:30 p.m. EDT, Gill parked his car on de Maisonneuve Boulevard near the college campus and was seen removing weapons from his trunk by bystanders.

Gill briefly took a passerby hostage and forced him to carry a bag containing a fourth gun and additional ammunition.

Gill opened fire at students outside on the steps of Dawson College at its rear entrance with a semi-automatic carbine, and the passerby fled the melee, leaving Gill's bag.

Gill then entered the school and made his way to the cafeteria, almost directly ahead of the school entrance.

He positioned himself in the corner of the building, near the microwave oven, and set his bag on the floor.

He loaded a pistol, fired a shot into the floor and then shot students who were standing in front of him.

He then raised his weapon and ordered the remaining students to lie down on the floor.

He continued shooting at students until confronted by two police officers who had been visiting the school at the time regarding an unrelated incident.

The police officers entered after hearing the gunfire, and rushed to the cafeteria.

Additional police officers surrounded the campus.

Confronted by police officers in the school cafeteria, Gill briefly took two more people hostage.

He was shot in the arm by police officer Denis Côté and then committed suicide via a gunshot wound to the head at 12:48 EDT.

The police officers attempted to resuscitate him, but failed.

At 1:30 p.m., police officers dragged his body outside the building, covered it with a yellow bag, then continued the evacuation and the search for possible accomplices.

Authorities concluded the attack was premeditated, after a short suicide note was found on Gill's body during the autopsy.

The television network TVA reported that security camera footage from Place Alexis Nihon showed Gill staking out the area as far back as August 10, more than a month before the shootings.

The police confirmed the death of one victim, an 18-year-old woman who was shot in the abdomen and died on the scene.

Canadian newspapers later identified the woman as Anastasia Rebecca De Sousa.

The Montreal Police Service later reported that 19 other people had been wounded.

One victim, who was reportedly at Dawson College to visit friends, suffered two shots to the head.

He underwent intensive surgery; the doctors removed one bullet, and he remained in a coma for one week after the shooting as doctors determined whether they should try to remove the second bullet.

After two weeks on a ventilator, he emerged from the coma and was recovering.

Police initially looked for as many as three suspects, but Montreal Police Chief Yvan Delorme later confirmed that there was only one shooter, who shot himself fatally on the scene.

Many eyewitnesses described a man with a Mohawk hairstyle, wearing a black trench coat, black trousers with metal studs, and combat boots.

The suspect carried three weapons, including a semi-automatic carbine.

That evening, a Sûreté du Québec spokesperson confirmed to LCN TV reporters that the shooter was a 25-year-old male, born in Québec.

Police found his car, a black Pontiac Sunfire, parked close to the school, and later searched the house where he lived with his mother, seizing a computer and other belongings.

Around midnight on Wednesday, police confirmed to the media that the suspect was Kimveer Gill, a 25-year-old Laval resident, a graduate from Rosemere High School.

An autopsy later revealed that Gill committed suicide after being hit in the arm by police officer Denis Côté's gunfire.

It was revealed that Gill's actions were premeditated; a short suicide note was found on Gill's body.

During a police search at Gill's home, an apology note to his family was found.

In addition, police seized firearm accessories including holsters and manuals, including those of the firearm he used during attack; they also found a letter praising the actions of Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

Police cordoned off the campus area and swept the school for students left inside.

Local radio reports placed the number of police vehicles at approximately 80 and up to 24 ambulances surrounded the building.

Students and faculty were evacuated from the campus or left the vicinity of the shooting.

The Dawson College shooting occurred on September 13, 2006, at Dawson College, a CEGEP located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The perpetrator, Kimveer Singh Gill, began shooting outside the de Maisonneuve Boulevard entrance to the school, and moved towards the atrium by the cafeteria on the main floor.

One victim died at the scene, while another 19 were injured, eight of whom were listed in critical condition, with six requiring surgery.

The shooter later committed suicide, after being shot in the arm by a police officer.