Supermarket shooter leaves chilling online trail, videos

A man who police say trapped and killed three co-workers inside a closed northeast Pennsylvania grocery store overnight Thursday left an online trail behind that includes expressions of deep frustration about the world around him.

Wyoming County District Attorney Jeff Mitchell said a Twitter feed that includes a 42-minute film about a violent massacre, posted about the time of the killings, is believed to have belonged to 24-yearold Randy Stair of Dallas, Pa.

In that film, Stair praised Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as heroes and kissed and fondled a loaded shotgun.

Police say Stair brought two pistol-grip shotguns to work at the store in rural Tunkhannock, about 150 miles northwest of New York City, blocked store exits and began shooting shortly before 1 a.m.

A fourth co-worker eventually escaped unharmed and called police. Stair also killed himself.

“This is really a mental health situation that utterly spiraled out of control,” Mitchell said. “I think he had longstanding mental health issues that resulted in this horrible tragedy.”

State police said he spent the first 90 minutes of his shift blocking exits with pallets and other items.

After the store closed, Stair retrieved a duffel bag from his car with the two shotguns and began his attack. He killed Terry Sterling, 63, of South Montrose; Victoria Brong, 26, of Factoryville; and Brian Hayes, 47, of Springville.

“It’s just unspeakable,” Mitchell said. “It really is.”

He said Stair apparently did not like one of the victims, the night manager. Which of the victims held that job was not immediately clear.

In a video message to his parents, Stair said he thought about death for years and never imagined he would live past his 20s.

He talked about his obsession with a Nickelodeon cartoon character named “Ember” and said that in 2013 he started crossdressing, “which is something you never knew I did.”

He said he would dress as a woman on Wednesday nights, when his parents went bowling, and secretly wanted a sex change operation.