| Collier Township shooting | |
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 The scene in Collier Township at an LA Fitness center where the shooting took place on August 4, 2009 | |
| Location | Collier Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Date | August 4, 2009 c. 8:15 p.m. (EDT) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder-suicide, Femicide |
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| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 9[1] |
| Perpetrator | George Sodini |
| Motive | Misogyny, revenge for alleged sexual and social rejection, involuntary celibacy |
The Collier Township shooting, also referred to as the Bridgeville LA Fitness shooting, was a mass shooting and murder-suicide that took place on August 4, 2009, in an LA Fitness health club in Collier Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The attack resulted in four deaths, including the perpetrator, George Sodini, who killed himself. Nine other people were injured.[1] The fitness center is approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Pittsburgh,[2] in the Great Southern Shopping Center, a strip mall located in the Kirwan Heights section of Collier Township, just outside of the borough of Bridgeville.
- ^ a b c "4 Dead In Collier Township Gym Shooting; Gunman Kills Self, Officials Say". Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. August 4, 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
- ^ Barnes, Jonathan (August 5, 2009). "Four shot dead at Pennsylvania gym". Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on August 21, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009.