the man is george sodini. he left an online diary detailed his fury at attractive women for rejecting him, and his family. he listed his date of death as august 4th. police say he shut out the lights in the class last night, started shooting. a bystander helped a wounded woman escape. >> she made it to the door and couldn't make it any further. i picked her up and took her about 50 yards away from the fitness center. >> brian moore is in bridgeville, pennsylvania right now. what are investigators saying right now about that online diary? >> reporter: it is clear this was a very troubled man. he left behind a 4600-word manifesto talking about how he was a loaner in life and hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984. basically, a lot of excuses and a lot of explanation about his planning. apparently, nine months of planning went into this and he success he chickened out in january, that he came to a health club, armed, ready to go, all his equipment, but at the last minute, did not carry it off. very different last nig

police say sodini fired more than 30 shots before killing himself. in a note left at the scene, sodini complains he never spent a weekend with a girl, never lived with a woman, and only had sex a few times. in an online diary, he began last year, sodini planned his rampage for january but changed his mind writing "i chickened out, i brought the loaded guns, everything." then on monday, a final entry. "tomorrow is the big day, last time i tried this in january i chickened out. let's see how this new approach works." >> he just had a lot of hatred in him and he was hell bent on commiting this act. >> reporter: i will say sodini, who was a member here, came to the club twice on tuesday before returning a third and final time to go on that rampage, katie? >> couric: susan koeppen in bridgeville, pennsylvania. thanks very much. meanwhile in washington the post office delivered some bad news today. it's continuing to lose money. nearly $2.5 billion in the second quarter. now, to stop the bleeding the postal service is considering drastic cuts in service. n

george sodini said he had no relationship with any women at all. it was a lonely, lonely man behind this bloody, brutal act. >> i just couldn't believe it. like i couldn't believe it. i just ran. >> i thought i was going to die last night along with the other people. >> he came in, shut the lights off like a coward and started shooting. >> it was an act, perhaps months or years in the making. >> he had a hatred for women. >> we know that because he tried to tell us in a soul-spilling blog, a road map to murder. why do this to young girls he asks? just read below. in december of 2008, no girlfriend since 1984. who knows why. i'm not ugly or too weird. no sex since july 1990 either. >> first thing that comes to mind really is the pain that he was in. the fact that he was so isolated and angry and upset, and ultimately how much pain he was experiencing from not having relationships. >> the l.a. fitness club member fretted over appearance. december 29, 2008, just got back from tanning. been doing this for a while. i actually look good. i dress good and

george sodini was in pittsburgh.o this is something he clearly wanted to spend time and money youtube videos that he made himself, that he made as kind of homework for the seminar. he uploaded them to youtube. one of them is like a self-guided tour around his house. he's saying things like, look at my house, i think it's nice. i think women would like this. that was made as a homework exercise for that seminar. so the woman who looked at it could go online and comment on what they saw. give him some pointers on how to make his house nicer for women. at some point he was really trying to do this. but this was all, you know, a little while ago, a year, year and a half ago, something happened after that. >> okay. so since you mentioned it, abbi, i believe we have that clip. this is, again, george sodini, kind of, as abbi said, giving us a tour of his house. as he's talking, he's hoping it's going to impress a woman someday. let's listen. >> two-inch. my computer. let me pan out a little bit. computer is connected to the

. >> reporter: george sodini all alone before a camera. >> one more day turns into one more year. >> reporter: you hear the pain in his sigh, and on his youtube video posted one year ago, you hear more of his obsession with younger women. >> when i'm 10 to 20 years older than she is, she has to feel good about this thing. >> reporter: and in a second video, during a house tour. this book, "how to date young women for men over 35." one young woman he mentions coveting in his blog neighbor patrica cohen's daughter. >> you know, he is probably looking out his window and saw her getting into her car. i mean, that's my daughter he is talking about! >> reporter: in a separate older website, crazygeorge.com, you see pictures of sodini in happier times. and an interview with himself asking, "have you ever been in love." >> reporter: the answer? >> hell yeah, lots of times, i am still single so obviously nothing ever worked out. >> i think he was conflicted, i think he wanted a relationship with women, but he was also rejected by women. >> reporter: sodini was a computer expert, he had severa

months before tuesday night's shooting, george sodini was planning it and writing about it.y to go in january but says he chickened out after bringing loaded guns to the gym. by may 5th he was ready to try again, saying he had started to drink after 20 years to take the edge off his exit plan. august 3rd, monday, he took the day off to practice his routine and make sure it's polished. he said he needs to work out every detail because there's only one shot. he wrote maybe soon i will see god and jesus. as for his blog he said i will not be embarrassed because, well, i will be dead. he also wrote bitterly about his family. thanks mom and brother and dad old man for totally ignoring me. his parents divorced in 1981. team 4 caught up with his father at his home in butler county. what can you tell me about your son? >> i got nothing to say. >> reporter: how do you feel about what happened? it mus be awful. >> i have nothing to say. >> reporter: in his blog sodini says his pastor told him he could commit mass murder and still go to heaven. after the shooting pastor rick knapp told

. >> the target of george sodini's rage, women. john berman has the latest from bridgeville, pennsylvania. >> reporter: police say george sodini had no relationship with any of the women he shot here. george sodini said he had no relationship with any women at all. we know that because the 48-year-old law firm systems analyst tried to tell us. in a soul-spilling blog. a road map to murder. why do this to young girls? he asks. just read below. in december of 2008, he writes, no girlfriend since 1984. who knows why. i'm not ugly or too weird. no sex since july 1990, either. the l.a. fitness club member fretted over appearance. december 29th, 2008. just got back from tanning. been doing this for a while. i actually look good. i dress good. am clean-shaven, bathe, touch of colon. yet, 30 million women rejected me over an 18 or 25-year period. he said he first considered his deadly plan in the summer of 2008. but in january 2009, he actually game close. i brought the loaded guns. everything. hell. but by july, he was back at it. girls a

this is sodini giving a tour of his own house. as you'll see, there's some remarkable things we find on this video. if you look closely, that book, is called "how to date young women for men over 35. "and something else new we found this morning. by analyzing, literally, computer code involved in s blog, a hidden message, that he had written about men. >> embedded in the computer. >> embedded in the code of his computer. >> and, of course, we do not forget the women who were in that room. we're going to tell you some of their stories. including the pregnant instructor, who said she played dead to save the life of her unborn child. and she did. chris? >> let's begin by trying to put together more of the pieces of the puzzle. literally helping us understand why this ever happened. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day. take a long drive in the car. listen to some music. daydream. or just do some mundane task around the house, that really doesn't need to be done, that's not too important. and there you go. on

one of them apparently narrated by z by sodini.e says "women will really be impressed" when he scans the room. the title "date young women" can be seen on the table. at one point he turns the camera on his self-talking how he's just able to emotionally disconnect. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day. take a long drive in the car, listen to some music, daydream, or just do some mundane task around the house that really doesn't need to be done, that's not too important. there you go. one more day. one more day turns into one more year. >> the women sodini killed are identified as 46-year-old heidi overmier, 49-year-old elizabeth gannon and 38-year-old jody billingsley. nine people were hurt in that shooting, including a pregnant aerobics instructor. doctors say her baby was not hurt. she spoke from her hospital bed. >> i remember thinking i wanted to hold my breath because i was afraid if he saw that i was breathing he would shoot again. >> police say sodini made a phone call around the time of the shooting

in his online diary, george sodini talked about his frustration and anger with women. this morning two videos on youtube apparently posted by sodini himself. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day. >> reporter: this video shows george sodini talking about the need to work on his emotions in order to attract women np in another video, sodini gives viewers a tour of his home. >> the couch and chair, they match. women will really be impressed. >> reporter: despite his best efforts to impress, sodini couldn't understand why women ignored him. former brother-in-law joe perello says sodini could never click socially. >> i never met a girlfriend. i mefr met a friend. >> reporter: in an online diary he began last year frustrated with women, sodini began planning the murders at the gym. >> he just had a lot of hatred in him, and he was hellbent on committing this act, and there was nobody going to stop him. >> reporter: police say sodini with four handguns walked into the aerobics classroom tuesday night and firing more than 30 shots. killing 36 haerld h

but he was also rejected by women. >> reporter: sodini was a computer expert. he has several computers here at his home. and his digital trial is everywhere. hidden in the code of his blog, abc news found this message, hinting at second thoughts on his murder plot. at the gym, i saw a woman i like. occasionally, she makes good eye contact and smiles. to get a friend like her, and for nighttime action, i would cancel this plan. he didn't cancel his plan. his pain never gochb. and this vigil is a reminder of the pain he left behind. john berman, abc news, bridgeville, pennsylvania. >>> government forecasters now say the atlantic hurricane season won't be as severe as first thought. in a revised outlook issued yesterday, they say the rest of the hurricane season will include between 7 and 11 named storms, down from 9 to 14. among those will be three to six hurricanes, down from four to seven. and one or two of those will be major hurricanes. hurricane season, of course, runs through november. >> good news for those living along the gulf and the atlantic. >>> now,

but george sodini was a tortured soul with deep psychological problems. they were apparent in the provies that he produced at his home in pittsburgh and then posted on the internet. a profile develops of a gunman who was badly in need of help, but never received it. as john berman now reports. >> in pittsburgh tonight, a vigil for the three women killed. for the families torn apart. and an outward display of emotion over the destruction caused by a man whose twisted inner life is coming into greater and greater focus. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day. take a long drive in the car. listen to some music. daydream. or just do some mundane task around the house that really doesn't need to be done, that's not too important. and there you go, one more day and one more day turns into one more year. >> that lonely sigh in a youtube video posted by george sodini a year ago. and then in a second video, a house tour. he shows off his home, bragging how it might look to the women who would never come inside. >> pan to the other side. spe

attack hinking of the attack since la since last summer. 48-year-old george sodini wanted de till womenere. an someone was shooting a gun t.side the gym! surreal. >> reporter: and there is nothing anyone could have done latin ent it. >> reporter: around 8:00 p.m., ten minutes into the latin impact danss ctila, sodini walks in the bacofheoo rm wearing gym clothes. he unpacks his bag, turns out elf.lights, and opens fire. chaos. he fires 3 handguns, 36 shots, leaving 3 women dead, 9 injured, before shooting himself. killed were heidi overmier 46, elizabeth gannon 49 and jody billingsly 37. lisa lisa myl and stacey falk survived. >> >> i just saw him shooting around the room. think 's the image -- i think that w that will stay with us forever. >> i think that is the image oo watl waystay wh us forer. >> repr:orte it's an image sodini, a systems analyst at a re cteha, mohang t for more than a year, described in an extraordinary, murderous online blog. "who do this? second look anywhere.c just read below. girls and womedoevn t n'en give me a second look anywhere. there is something blatantly

she was distressed to learn from george sodini's chilling web diary he had his eye on her daughter. he writes, wow, i just looked out my front window and saw a beautiful college-age girl leave bob fox's house across the street. police say he opened fire on an all-female aerobics class. the instructor is ten week's pregnant and she was shot in each shoulder. >> i put my head down and tried to hold my breath because i was afraid if he saw me breathing he would shoot again. >> reporter: a individual jim is planned tonight for the six women hospitalized and the three who lost their lives. cbs news, pittsburgh. >> still to come when 9 news now continues, they gave auto company bosses a hard time over private jets, but now lawmakers on captiol hill have three new jets, and guess who's picking up that tab? we'll be right back. tough times call for tough measures and while congress is being tough on some they are not being tough on themselves some think. they were blasted for flying too washington aboard private jets only to walk off the tarmac and beg lawmakers for bailout money. now congr

it's not sodini's first attempt. entries in the diary he kept showed he planned a rampage like this in january but couldn't go through with it. here's an entry dated january 6th. it is 6:40 p.m. about an hour and a half to go. god have mercy. i wish life could be better for all and the crazy world could somehow run better. i wish i had answers. bye. later that night. it's 8:45 p.m. i chickened out. i brought the loaded guns, everything. hell. then i took off today, monday, and tomorrow to practice my routine and make sure it's well polished. i need to work out every detail. >>> singer chris brown may be picking up trash along the side of a road. he'll be sentenced for brutally beating ex-girlfriend pop star rihanna. he's expected to get six months community service and five months probation. the judge may let him serve his probation in virginia, where he's from. in june he pleaded guilty to felon assault. the couple never faced each other. as brown left the courtroom through one door. rihanna entered from ra differen

and details about sodini. let's get the latest from him. >> reporter: in addition to the funerals, four women remain hospitalized, including the aerobics instructor here. at the same time, we're getting new insight, into george sodini. and we look to this semi for a dating guru. the tears still flowing. nerves still raw. at a vigil last night for the three women murdered. their lives remembered, as we learn more about the life of their killer, george sodini. >> over here, there's some reading material that we're all familiar with. >> reporter: in the video tour of his house, we see this book, "how to date young women, for men over 35." the author is r. don steele, who gives blunt advice to men on how to pick up women. >> it's normal to be scared when you have been hurt by women in the past. the first woman that hurt you was your mother. and that lasts a lifetime. >> reporter: at this semi found by gmaonline, you see steele telling men to be tough. >> nice men must die. i would say that's the problem of most of

he's identified as george sodini. wrote of his anger and frustration toward women saying he hadn't had a girlfriend in 25 years. this is how he dealt with that rage. horror at a health club in pittsburgh. a gunman opens fire killing four and wounding at least nine others. >> the man walks in with a duffel bag, apparently a member of the club. goes into an aerobics room where he opens fire with several handguns apparently that were found beneath his body. >> abc news has learned the shooting suspect is 48-year-old george sodini of scott township, pennsylvania. according to disturbing writings, sodini apparently posted on the web, this horrific crime is something he'd been planning. >> i want to take you back eight months ago. he writes, "many of the young girls here look so beautiful as to not be human." december 24th, "no girlfriend since 1984." he's talking about himself, how he doesn't have a girlfriend. it is a constant theme with this guy. who knows why? i'm not ugly or too weird. no sex since july 1990. december

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a bus passenger reported seeing a man with a grenade and sodini matched the scrip budescription sodiniwitness couldn't identify him. >>> claire mccaskill held a town hall meeting in missouri today opponents disrupted similar meetings across the country with loud protests. the meeting in st. louis last week ended in a brawl with six arrests. mccaskill's first meeting today, she address sold rumors surrounding the legislation. >> there is nothing in the bill that funds planned parenthood, not one dime for any abortions, there is nothing in the bill that mandates any kind of abortion coverage. that is just simply not true. and finally, how are we going to pay for it? that is one of the hard things. i won't vote for a bill that is not deficit neutral. i won't vote for a bill that's not deficit newt tral. >> mccaskill criticized republicans for opposing a bill she says she helped orchestrate. >> after all those republican amendments were added to the bill, none of the republicans voted for the bill but there were literally over 100, i want to say 142, i don't want to give you a number if it

. >> george sodini was a member of the l.a. fitness club. last night he unleashed his anger and frustration. it was detailed in a disturbing web log. he said he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984 and no women ever seem to like him. it listed his date of death as august 4th. he turned the gun on himself, one of four that he brought to the gym with him. investigators say when he went inthe gym last night it wasn't the first time that he entered that day. >> he went in three times. he went in at 11 something in the morning then we are assuming that he had to leave. they don't have to check out but they check in. then went back in approximately 7:40 then he checked back in at 7:56. we are thinking in between 7:40, 7:56 he makes a call on his cell phone. we know it was made at 7:45. we are assuming he went outside to make the call and went back in at 7:56. >> tonight investigators are trying to contact that person sodini called. they believe he was planning the attack for nine months but did he not know any of the women he shot. >> laura evans to

sodini had this intent to do this harm to these individuals.had no relationship with anybody in that club that we know of. he went in the club and just opened up firing and ultimately shot 12 people. >> well, pliolice say sodini committed suicide after killing three people in the l.a. fitness club in pittsburgh. nine others were injured. the instructor's baby was not hamp harmed. she spoke from her hospital bed. >> i remember thinking i wanted to hold my breath, because i was afraid if he saw me breathing, he would shoot me again. >> two were killed. the third victim is heidi overmeyer, but we don't have her picture to show you. sodini made a phone call around the time of the shootings, so they're looking for anyone who talked to him or knew anything about his blog. >>> laura ling and euna lee had a family reunion yesterday. they said they were often separated while they were held for months in north korea. >> they worked together for a while, not directly, and they were actually kept apart most of the time. in fact, i think that they saw each

on a website registered to his name, sodini wrote that he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984. and in another entry said "women just don't like me" there are 30 million desirable women in the u.s., and i cannot find one. sodini, a member of the health club, also talked about plans future a shooting, writing on august third "last time i tried this in january, i chickened out. let's see how this new approach works ." neighbors described him as antisocial. >> i was watching this last night on tv, and they talked about the car. that's when i thought it might have been him. >> reporter: a member of the all-female class sodini targeted says a man walked in wearing workout clothing. he set down a duffel bag, turned out the lights, and opened fire. >> had a black headband on. he had a black duffel bag, and his clothing was black. >> reporter: stewart campbell had just left the gym when a friend phoned him to come back and help. >> my buddy richard was covered in blood, and a couple of other guys had blood all over him. there were people laying on the ground. >> reporter: police say sod

just had a lot of hatred gym members say sodini walked into an aerobics class at the l.a fitness center some time around 8:15 tuesday night. one woman who was there told the "today" show sodini never said a word before pulling three of his four handguns out of his duffel bag. >> he was in there for a minute. and then a minute later, the lights go out. and then seconds later, you just hear shooting. and he is going, shooting all over the room. >> reporter: in all, at least 36 shots were fired by a man who according to his own blog was determined to do this as long ago as last september. that's when he described himself as never married. and listed his date of death, august 4, 2009. and first wrote about his exit plan. in december, he wrote he had no girlfriend since 1984. complaining, 30 million women rejected me. january 5, 2009, every evening i am alone. the next day he was supposedly ready to act. at first writing i can do this. then, 8:45 p.m., i chickened out. i brought the loaded guns. everything. hell. earlier this week, his neighbors noticed some disturbing behavior. one watched

we now know what george sodini says pushed him over the edge. but was there any way for anyone else to know? >>> plus this -- >> get off me! >> everybody back up! >> people at a health care town hall get disruptive and sometimes violent. some in the country are even ending up going to jail. we want to hear from you. twitter, facebook, myspace or ireport.com. >>> new york state police are retracing a mother's road trip up to the moment when she veered into traffic, killing herself and seven others. they are narrowing the time line for when diane schuler made have begun binge drinking. she was reportedly sober when she began her drive on july 26th and officers say schuler was fine an hour later when she stopped at mcdonald's. but the autopsy said she may have had about ten vodkas and was high on marijuana when she crashed just north of new york city killing herself, her 2-year-old daughter, her three young nieces and three men in an suv. boy, what a terrible story. schuler's 5-year-old son survived that crash. >>> evil can't function any other way

in this case, the gunman, george sodini provided answers.was 48 years old and appears to have been a troubled soul long before his shooting rampage. at the scene, in his gym bag, authorities found a note. >> he complains about how he has never spent a weekend with a girl. he has never vacationed with a girl. he never lived with a woman. he has maybe had sex a few times in his life and he goes on like this. >> reporter: the same rage and frustration runs throughout a flog sodini kept cataloging his thoughts and actions. women just don't like me. there are 30 million desirable women in the u.s., my estimate and i cannot find one, not one of them finds me attractive e calls himself totally alone, isolated. he writes, thanks for nada, pitches, bye. >> there is this myth that mass killers just snap and go ba zert and shoot indim crippdiscripple. >> reporter: there is a certain logic where he would target an aerobics room at a health club where women would be plenty full. >> he had a lot of hatred and he was hell-bent on committing this. >> report

see sodini in a pretend exercise on meeting women. >> sodini's own blog revealing he planned his killing spree for months. >>> we go from the tragic to the inspiring. soldier dana bowman last both legs in a skif diving accident 15 years ago. today, bowman jumped into the sky once again. a message of hope to his fellow vets. watch this. >> what an amazing sight this is. it's beautiful. waiting to get -- yeah, let's just watch. >> wow. >> there he is. dana bowman just landed here. how did it feel coming down here? >> awesome. coming into walter reed for organizational day for the army, they took great care of me like they're doing for our soldiers today. >> bowman, himself, did his rehab at walter reed. >>> jen genxers remembering the man -- >> 59-year-old john hughes, director of films like "16 candles." >> he set such a standard for what high school was going to be like. when i was watching those movies at 10 years old. when i got to high school i was like, this is it? >> you remember "the breakfast club." ♪ don't you forget about me >> what was your favorite movie? >> bueller. >> buelle

george sodini is his name.ft behind a rather chilling blog and on that blog he complained he had not had a girlfriend in 25 years and not a single woman in the country found him attractive. the 48-year-old computer programmer killed three women, wounded nine others in the health club last night before he shot and killed himself. >> and five people were injuried in a serious car extent on pennsylvania avenue in southeast washington this afternoon. two people were trapped. two were taken to the hospital by helicopter. this happened at the intersection of pennsylvania avenue and a alabama close to where mayor fenty was prepared to hold a press conference. >>> comingp on "news 4 at 6:00," several were injured. >>> a man had to go to the spital after being bitten by a poisonous snake. >>> and we're going to hear what the military had to say about the two russian attack subs cruising off the coast in the u.s. >>> mayor fenty has reimbursed the city $36,000 for a party on monday night. he said the city payment was a m

all were at an aerobics class in a pittsburgh area la fitness when gunned down by george sodini. he ended the rampage committing suicide. >>> new dna tests show a texas man convicted for life in prison for a sexual assault may not have committed the crime. earnest sonjays is free after serving 23 years behind bars. a judge ordered him released in part because tests showed blood stains on the alleged vibts's plants could not have come from him. >> i always told, you know, people that knew me in prison, you know, that i was innocent. when you're in prison, you know, when you tell the same story, the first thing they say, you know, everybody, everybody say that. i used to be mad. but like, you know, to have -- the past is the past. >> he is the sixth convicted man released after results from the

>> reporter: police say sodini had been to the health club earlier on the same day twice and when he went ba the third time in the evening, that is when he opened fire according to police. back to you. >> laura evans in the satellite center. >>> it is a test no kid wants to take, no parent wants them to fail. the troubling trend that's causing a health alert. >>> plus, you could call this a bad day. we're going to show you how this one ended coming up next. >>> a weekend at camp. we may have a situation. why weekly sports magazine is itusing some issues with te ssstla i latest issue. we'll explain that. >>> an explosion rocks a local apartment building. the simple device you could la have in your home right now that sparked all t trouble. >>> we're watching radar. there are some showers and a few thunderstorms starting to show up to our west. i think they could be heading in our direction overnight. we'll let you know what to expect with that for the morning commute as well as your temperature prediction for tomorrow. you're watching fox 5 news at 10:0 o 90-minute power block is just

it happened when george sodini opened fire at the l.a. fitness. nine other women were hurt. he turned the gun on himsel on youtube he talks about his rage toward women who ignored him. >>> a 14-year-old and 18-year-old arrested in connection with the robbery and murder of a man in maryland. authorities say the victim was walking home when he was viciously attacked by these teenagers. >>> coming up, world health officials talking about when they expect to have a swine flu vaccine, an attack on twitter and the upcoming sales tax holiday in virginia. >>> the chief of police in prince william county says a taser was lawfully used when a hispanic man and women were arrested in a private home during a christening party. gene charlie dean called reporters together to clear up what he called inaccuracies in the media account of the arrest. chris gordon has our story. >> reporter: the police tasers were used at this home in manassas, virginia, the evening july 26th. police received a complaint from a neighbor saying there was loud music and that people were drinking out back and deto

sodini wrote, tomorrow is the big day. maybe soon i will see god. what dozens of women saw tuesday night was a man dressed in black gym clothes who walked silently into their aerobics class, reached into a duffel bag for three of the four handguns he'd packed, and started shooting. >> he just had a lot of hatred in him, and he was hell-bent on committing this act. and there was nobody going to stop him. >> reporter: his victims, radiologist elizabeth betsy gannon, 49. 37-year-old physical therapist, jody billingsley, and 46-year-old single mom, heidi overmier. of the nine women injured by gunfire, three are still listed in serious condition. all are expected to survive. ann? >> all right, mike taibbi this morning. mike, thanks so much for your reporting. our best wishes to all of those who are still recovering from this. >>> there is some encouraging news this morning and it's about the economy. job layoffs are easing. new claims for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week to 550,000, and that is a drop of 38,000. the senate is ex

on tuesday, 48-year-old george sodini entered the la fitness in bridgeville with four guns. he killed three women before taking his own life. he did not have a relationship with any of the victims. nine others were wounded in the attack. >> imagine this. you're browsing on craigslist and you find an ad saying your house is for rent. the problem is you didn't put it there. well, that's exactly what happened to a woman in prince william county, virginia. she's not alone. police say cases like this are popping up everywhere. jackie bensen has more. >> reporter: beware of criminals on craigslist. that's the message from prince william county police, after two incidents involving online classified ads, one of which has resulted in an arrest. 19-yr-old ivan gilliam of dale city has been charged with armed robbery in a scheme to rip off people responding to a craigslist ad for a $400 flat screen tv. >> the vicms arrived. they would rob them, threaten them with a rifle or a shotgun, and relieve them of their money. >> reporter: police also point to the case of ashley pollard. she wa

then sodini shot himself. >>> time for our hero of the week.new orleans has the nation's highest murder rate and one of the highest crime rates. two murders this year involved kids who were only 14. this week's hero is fighting to give kids of new orleans a safe place to to give kids of new orleans a safe place to go and he's doing it with music. >> music just always been with me. i love to play with two drum sticks in my hand. new orleans is really dying fast. life after katrina is really hard for a kid. the violence, the drug life. i'm just tired of it. my aim is to get kids off the street. my name is dearic and i started a free music education for the kids of new orleans. we do more than teach music. we have transportation, instruments, i feed you so you're not hungry. you have no excuse why you're not here. we meet five days a week year round. we are constantly learning something new and that's what keeps the kids coming back every day. >> i was getting in trouble. now, when i'm here i practice, when i'm home, i practice. >> i love seeing k

four women injured by sodini remain in the hospital.ects to be discharged later today. she told our affiliate wpxi she was terrified when something hit her front tooth. >> i felt that the shooter was in the same room as us with the gun, and he was shooting around the room. i just touched and i felt half my tooelt were gone and then before i knew it next step like i was in midrun and that's where the bullet came in through the right side of my thigh, exited and grazed the left part of me. i just knew either i run or i lay here and die. i just feel sick. i just can't believe what would possess somebody to want to do that, to shoot at people he doesn't even know. >> the other injured woman include a pregnant aerobics instructor. >>> investigators did not find blood in the trunk of casey anthony's car. the discovery is part of newly released evidence from the state's attorney's office just this morning. it was released as part of a public records request. detectives say that evidence proves her daughter, kalie anthony's body, was in the tru

sodini wrote, tomorrow is the big day. maybe soon i will see god. what dozens of women saw tuesday night was a man dressed in black gym clothes who walked silently into their aerobics class, reached into a duffel bag for three of the four handguns he'd packed, and started shooting. >> he just had a lot of hatred in him, and he was hell-bent on committing this act. and there was nobody going to stop him. >> reporter: his victims, radiologist elizabeth betsy gannon, 49. 37-year-old physical therapist, jody billingsley, and 46-year-old single mom, heidi overmier. nine other women were injured by gunfire. three of them still listed in serious condition. all are expected to survive. lester? >> mike taibbi this morning. thank you. connie monick's sister heidi overmier is one of the women killed in that shooting. she is with us now exclusively. connie, good morning. thank you so much for coming on with us. we appreciate it. >> good morning. >> heidi's co-workers had noted that the minute they heard the shooting at la fitness they worried that she might be

report shooting a dozen women and killing himself in a suburban pittsburgh fitness center, george sodini attended his frustration on the internet. >> it is easy to hide my emotions for one more day. >> his rambling entries track is mounting anger and disappointment with life, all of it focused on his inability to connect with women. he detailed his deadly plan for all the world to see. like everything else in life, the world paid him a little attention. >> one more day turns into one more year. >> some focus on the angry loner, and nine women recover from the injuries. this woman lost her sister, heidi overmier. >> we are focusing on her. we cannot go back and try to figure out why this man did this. >> that is exactly what authorities will have to do, on raffle the life of the george sodini and his last act -- on ravel the life of george city and his last act. >> back in baltimore, the newest indictment against baltimore mayor sheila dixon will be pushed back -- will push back for corruption trial a few months. a judge has rescheduled the case to november 9 to give attorneys more time t

george sodini was hell bent on launching the attack. the on-line diary reveals the frustration with women and he may have been planning the blood bath for a year. susan candiotti is following developments from bridgeville, pennsylvania outside of pittsburgh. he picked a spot where his defendants would almost be defenseless. >> reporter: that's right, joe. good morning. but not only that, but the gunman went in and out of this gym at least twice and then made a mystery call to someone before pulling the trigger on the final drive. george sodini, 48. the guy with the bright smile had a good job but couldn't get a girl friend. it was one of the things that seemed to push him over the edge. >> clearly, he was full of blame. he blamed everybody for his problems. >> reporter: in an internet blog that appears to have started last november, sodini rails against his mother, family, and women for making him miserable. an entry date last september reads no girlfriend since 1984. who knows why? i'm not ugly or too weird. so sodini was a computer sp

yesterday at this time, i told you about how george sodini had left behind a blog.very dark on-line diary about what he planned to do which is walk in to a gym and open fire on young women. now comes news that on-line trail doesn't stop there. turns out the alleged killer posted videos also on youtube. i want to show you two of them right now. the first one was posted a year ago and what you are about to see is george sodini talking straight to the camera in a clip he called hide from emotion. let's listen. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day, take a long drive in a car. listen to some music, daydream or just do some mundane task around the house that really doesn't need to be done that's not too important. and there you go. one more day and one more day turns in to one more year. >> reporter: now, in another video, posted to youtube, george sodini takes us on a four-minute long tour of his home and he starts on the outside and walks inside and while inside he shows off his big screen tv, his computer and a bunch of his matching furniture

we are getting much more insight from the shooting from sodini himself.hn berman. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day. >> reporter: george sodini all alone before a camera. one more day turns into one more year. you hear the pain in his sigh. and on this youtube video posted one year ago, you hear more of his obsession with younger women. >> when i'm 10 to 20 years older than she is, you know, she has to feel good about this thing. >> reporter: and in a second video during a house tour, this book "how to date young women for men over 35." one young woman he mentions coveting, neighbor patricia cohen's daughter. >> you know, he was probably looking out his window and saw her getting in a car. i mean, that's my daughter he's talking about. >> reporter: in a separate older web site, crazygeorge.com, you see pictures of sodini in happier times. in an interview with himself asking have you ever been in love? the answer: hell ya, lots of times. i'm still single so obviously nothing ever worked out. >> i think he was conflicted. i thin