The Eaton Township Weis Markets Shooting: Perpetrator, Shooting, Victims and Layout + Location of the market.
Perpetrator: Andrew Blaze ( September 17, 1992 - June 8, 2017 )
Andrew Blaze (birth name Randy Robert Stair) lived in Dallas, Pennsylvania with her parents and brother.
Blaze had a pretty big online presence (you can find her videos here), primarily on her youtube channel, PioneersProductions, which started in 2008. The channel originally featured sketches, but by 2014 the channel had shifted direction and Blaze launched an animated series called Embers Ghost Squad, inspired by the character Ember McLain from the series Danny Phantom.
Blaze had high functioning autism, high functioning doesn't mean an absence of symptoms it means a person can function normally, which she did until the psychosis took over.
Blaze had suicidal ideation due to Ember McLains death from arson, and claimed in one of her videos that McLain wanted her to commit murder because her "Ghost Squad needed more souls."
Blaze struggled with gender identity, since she was a woman, born as the male sex. Its a controversy wether she's transgender or not, and she herself did not identify with the term, but there's a good amount of journal entries proving she was (that you can see here). She wanted to undergo gender affirming surgery, but never did. She was wearing women's underwear when she carried out the shooting.
Throughout 2017, Blaze uploaded numerous videos documenting her plan and motivations. Blaze was a misanthropist and misandrist, despite being born male. She had a strong fascination with mass shootings, especially the Columbine High School massacre.
Early morning on June 8, 2017, at about 11.00pm Blaze arrived at the Weis supermarket she had worked at for seven years. Blaze started barricading multiple doors with wooden pallets, while working. Blaze went to the crew area and blocked the remaining exits, and locked the automatic doors at the main entrance. Blaze then pulled out two pistol gripped 12-gauge pump action shotguns. She fired a total of 59 shots, killing three of her coworkers, before taking her own life. The attack was four minutes long.
Victoria Brong, aged 25, assistent tag manager was shot 4 times. Terry Lee Sterling, aged 63, shop assistant was shot twice. Brian Hayes, aged 47, night manager and Navy veteran was shot 5 times.
Location: 41.5291°N 75.9474°W Eaton Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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