George Sodini

George Sodini was identified as the gunman who opened fire and killed three people in an LA Fitness gym in Pennsylvania on August 4, 2009. Sodini shut the lights off and fired 50 rounds into an aerobics class before turning the gun on himself.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/05/pennsylvania.gym.shooting/

Sodini was a devoted follow of relationship guru R. Don Steele. He was allegedly influenced by Steele's book How to Date Young Women: For Men Over 35 and was seen in an audience in video footage of a seminar held by Steele. The video also depicted footage of Sodini participating in a confidence-building exercise that involves shaking the hand of one of Steele's female assistants.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCr-8hvMxT_o93eW1whvXEAyJfqAD99UACK81

Sodini kept a detailed online journal dating back to November 2008 with the last entry on the night before the shooting. Throughout Sodini's blog, he wrote about women, religion and a failed "project." He stated he "chickened out" and would try again.http://www.myfoxwausau.com/dpp/news/George_Sodini_Left_Dark_Online_Diary_dpgo_20090805_jst_2837218