Ethan Blair Miller, 20, was named by police Monday as the gunman who killed an 84-year-old customer as well as a heroic 66-year-old employee who confronted him as he fired shots at the Safeway in Bend late Sunday. Miller — who was carrying an AR-15 and a shotgun and had guns and bombs in his car — shot himself before he could be arrested, police said. He previously worked at the store but had no known criminal record and police said they had no evidence of prior contact with him. 20-year-old Ethan Blair Miller was named by police Monday as the gunman. But officials confirmed they were looking into troubling information “posted on social media or other media” before the shooting. It later emerged that the gunman had spent two months writing a since-deleted online manifesto entitled ‘The Downward Spiral Of ‘Ethan Miller”. “If you’re reading this, then I’m definitely DEAD and I’ve just committed a ‘NATIONAL TRAGEDY,’” he opened up online on June 29. Miller kept a two-month countdown charting the decline of his mental health. “I will lay it all out for all of you so that at the end of it all you will all understand why I did what I did.” In his rant, he blamed the isolation of the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as arguments with his family and frustrations over not being able to find a girlfriend. “I am responsible for this, but I have been turned into a monster,” he wrote in his opening dispatch. “I create this Tragedy. But Society created me.” A day later, the one-time martial artist said he “finally agreed to a date for my last day of this hell on earth.” “September 8. A Thursday. The first day of school for all Mountain View High School students. … God, I can’t wait,” he wrote of his alma mater. “I was ‘The quiet kid with anger issues’ around school, so maybe it’s not that surprising to some of you,” he said of the planned school shooting. “I’ve always been dangerous though. Like a F-ING time bomb. Ready to blow!” He wrote. As he detailed his preparations for buying weapons and making bombs, Miller also blasted mass shooters who allowed themselves to be captured. “I WANT TO DIE. … I see [Eric] Harris & [Dylan] Klebold had the right idea,” he said of the cowards who slaughtered 12 children and a teacher in the 1999 Colorado school shooting. “Yes Columbine partly inspired that. I’ve been interested in the case for a long time and it provided the Blueprint and part of the inspiration for Doomsday. “I relate to Eric and Dylan on some level as well. they were the same as me. Good young F—ED by SOCIETY,” he wrote. However, in a later post he claimed, “I’m not like your typical Mass Shooter, I’m different, I’m not doing it for ‘Fame’ or ‘Get Revenge.’ I just want to DIE and leave a lasting impression and a violent mark in this world at my exit,” he wrote. “Thankfully I won’t be here to deal with it.” Other posts shared lyrics from industrial goth band Nine Inch Nails as well as his ongoing plans for “Doomsday.” All along, a school shooting was meant to happen on Sept. 8 — until his patience ran out, he said. “The Rage has gotten out of hand and can’t wait 2 more weeks,” he wrote on Saturday. “Tomorrow. Sunday. August 28, 2022. Judgment Day.” Authorities said in the aftermath of the shooting, they recovered an AR-15 and a shotgun from the scene. Miller began shooting as soon as he left his apartment complex until he entered a nearby Safeway, witnesses said. He killed customer Glenn Edward Bennett, 84, in the store’s entrance before running through the aisles “spraying shots” from the rifle, police said. An employee, Army veteran Donald Ray Sarrett Jr., 66, then “engaged with the shooter, attempted to disarm him and may well have prevented other deaths,” a police spokesman said. Miller — who was carrying an AR-15 and a shotgun and had guns and bombs in his car — shot himself before he could be arrested. Police entered the supermarket from the front and back as gunfire continued to ring out. Miller was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound four minutes after the initial 911 call, officials said. Authorities sought a search warrant for digital devices found in the gunman’s apartment, Police Chief Mike Kranz said, confirming they “have that information” about the apparent online manifesto. “A lot of people have sent us follow-up information about what’s been posted on social media or other media, and our investigators will look at that information and make those connections — if they’re really connected — and make sure we have accurate information.” , he said. Miller claimed he was “inspired” by Eric Harris (left) and Dylan Klebold, the students involved in the Columbine High School killings.AP Miller’s former classmates “uniformly described him as violent, aggressive and ‘the person in our class most likely to be a school shooter,’” Oregon Public Broadcasting News Editor Ryan Haas tweeted. The manifesto indicated that Miller “needed some significant help with depression and anger issues. Mental health care long before it got to the point it did on Sunday may have helped. He also stated that he purchased an AR in July. Isn’t it great if it’s accurate,” Haas tweeted. A former classmate, Isaac Thomas, confirmed that Miller was previously a cart pusher at the Safeway that he shot Miller shot an 84-year-old customer at the store’s entrance before walking through the aisles “spraying shots” from the assault rifle, police said. APMiller previously worked as a cart pusher at the targeted Safeway location. AP “It was kind of crazy when I heard about it,” he said of the shooting. “But it makes sense that he chose Safeway because he worked there and knew the layout.” He also said Miller was well known for his deranged, violent threats. “At one point he said he was going to shoot me and I said ‘Get over yourself’ because I didn’t think he had a gun,” she said. “But I guess I was wrong.” With Post cables


title: “Oregon Safeway Shooter Ethan Miller S Disturbing Manifesto Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-23” author: “Christopher Rowles”


Ethan Blair Miller, 20, was named by police Monday as the gunman who killed an 84-year-old customer as well as a heroic 66-year-old employee who confronted him as he fired shots at the Safeway in Bend late Sunday. Miller — who was carrying an AR-15 and a shotgun and had guns and bombs in his car — shot himself before he could be arrested, police said. He previously worked at the store but had no known criminal record and police said they had no evidence of prior contact with him. 20-year-old Ethan Blair Miller was named by police Monday as the gunman. But officials confirmed they were looking into troubling information “posted on social media or other media” before the shooting. It later emerged that the gunman had spent two months writing a since-deleted online manifesto entitled ‘The Downward Spiral Of ‘Ethan Miller”. “If you’re reading this, then I’m definitely DEAD and I’ve just committed a ‘NATIONAL TRAGEDY,’” he opened up online on June 29. Miller kept a two-month countdown charting the decline of his mental health. “I will lay it all out for all of you so that at the end of it all you will all understand why I did what I did.” In his rant, he blamed the isolation of the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as arguments with his family and frustrations over not being able to find a girlfriend. “I am responsible for this, but I have been turned into a monster,” he wrote in his opening dispatch. “I create this Tragedy. But Society created me.” A day later, the one-time martial artist said he “finally agreed to a date for my last day of this hell on earth.” “September 8. A Thursday. The first day of school for all Mountain View High School students. … God, I can’t wait,” he wrote of his alma mater. “I was ‘The quiet kid with anger issues’ around school, so maybe it’s not that surprising to some of you,” he said of the planned school shooting. “I’ve always been dangerous though. Like a F-ING time bomb. Ready to blow!” He wrote. As he detailed his preparations for buying weapons and making bombs, Miller also blasted mass shooters who allowed themselves to be captured. “I WANT TO DIE. … I see [Eric] Harris & [Dylan] Klebold had the right idea,” he said of the cowards who slaughtered 12 children and a teacher in the 1999 Colorado school shooting. “Yes Columbine partly inspired that. I’ve been interested in the case for a long time and it provided the Blueprint and part of the inspiration for Doomsday. “I relate to Eric and Dylan on some level as well. they were the same as me. Good young F—ED by SOCIETY,” he wrote. However, in a later post he claimed, “I’m not like your typical Mass Shooter, I’m different, I’m not doing it for ‘Fame’ or ‘Get Revenge.’ I just want to DIE and leave a lasting impression and a violent mark in this world at my exit,” he wrote. “Thankfully I won’t be here to deal with it.” Other posts shared lyrics from industrial goth band Nine Inch Nails as well as his ongoing plans for “Doomsday.” All along, a school shooting was meant to happen on Sept. 8 — until his patience ran out, he said. “The Rage has gotten out of hand and can’t wait 2 more weeks,” he wrote on Saturday. “Tomorrow. Sunday. August 28, 2022. Judgment Day.” Authorities said in the aftermath of the shooting, they recovered an AR-15 and a shotgun from the scene. Miller began shooting as soon as he left his apartment complex until he entered a nearby Safeway, witnesses said. He killed customer Glenn Edward Bennett, 84, in the store’s entrance before running through the aisles “spraying shots” from the rifle, police said. An employee, Army veteran Donald Ray Sarrett Jr., 66, then “engaged with the shooter, attempted to disarm him and may well have prevented other deaths,” a police spokesman said. Miller — who was carrying an AR-15 and a shotgun and had guns and bombs in his car — shot himself before he could be arrested. Police entered the supermarket from the front and back as gunfire continued to ring out. Miller was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound four minutes after the initial 911 call, officials said. Authorities sought a search warrant for digital devices found in the gunman’s apartment, Police Chief Mike Kranz said, confirming they “have that information” about the apparent online manifesto. “A lot of people have sent us follow-up information about what’s been posted on social media or other media, and our investigators will look at that information and make those connections — if they’re really connected — and make sure we have accurate information.” , he said. Miller claimed he was “inspired” by Eric Harris (left) and Dylan Klebold, the students involved in the Columbine High School killings.AP Miller’s former classmates “uniformly described him as violent, aggressive and ‘the person in our class most likely to be a school shooter,’” Oregon Public Broadcasting News Editor Ryan Haas tweeted. The manifesto indicated that Miller “needed some significant help with depression and anger issues. Mental health care long before it got to the point it did on Sunday may have helped. He also stated that he purchased an AR in July. Isn’t it great if it’s accurate,” Haas tweeted. A former classmate, Isaac Thomas, confirmed that Miller was previously a cart pusher at the Safeway that he shot Miller shot an 84-year-old customer at the store’s entrance before walking through the aisles “spraying shots” from the assault rifle, police said. APMiller previously worked as a cart pusher at the targeted Safeway location. AP “It was kind of crazy when I heard about it,” he said of the shooting. “But it makes sense that he chose Safeway because he worked there and knew the layout.” He also said Miller was well known for his deranged, violent threats. “At one point he said he was going to shoot me and I said ‘Get over yourself’ because I didn’t think he had a gun,” she said. “But I guess I was wrong.” With Post cables


title: “Oregon Safeway Shooter Ethan Miller S Disturbing Manifesto Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-02” author: “Klara Mcdonald”


Ethan Blair Miller, 20, was named by police Monday as the gunman who killed an 84-year-old customer as well as a heroic 66-year-old employee who confronted him as he fired shots at the Safeway in Bend late Sunday. Miller — who was carrying an AR-15 and a shotgun and had guns and bombs in his car — shot himself before he could be arrested, police said. He previously worked at the store but had no known criminal record and police said they had no evidence of prior contact with him. 20-year-old Ethan Blair Miller was named by police Monday as the gunman. But officials confirmed they were looking into troubling information “posted on social media or other media” before the shooting. It later emerged that the gunman had spent two months writing a since-deleted online manifesto entitled ‘The Downward Spiral Of ‘Ethan Miller”. “If you’re reading this, then I’m definitely DEAD and I’ve just committed a ‘NATIONAL TRAGEDY,’” he opened up online on June 29. Miller kept a two-month countdown charting the decline of his mental health. “I will lay it all out for all of you so that at the end of it all you will all understand why I did what I did.” In his rant, he blamed the isolation of the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as arguments with his family and frustrations over not being able to find a girlfriend. “I am responsible for this, but I have been turned into a monster,” he wrote in his opening dispatch. “I create this Tragedy. But Society created me.” A day later, the one-time martial artist said he “finally agreed to a date for my last day of this hell on earth.” “September 8. A Thursday. The first day of school for all Mountain View High School students. … God, I can’t wait,” he wrote of his alma mater. “I was ‘The quiet kid with anger issues’ around school, so maybe it’s not that surprising to some of you,” he said of the planned school shooting. “I’ve always been dangerous though. Like a F-ING time bomb. Ready to blow!” He wrote. As he detailed his preparations for buying weapons and making bombs, Miller also blasted mass shooters who allowed themselves to be captured. “I WANT TO DIE. … I see [Eric] Harris & [Dylan] Klebold had the right idea,” he said of the cowards who slaughtered 12 children and a teacher in the 1999 Colorado school shooting. “Yes Columbine partly inspired that. I’ve been interested in the case for a long time and it provided the Blueprint and part of the inspiration for Doomsday. “I relate to Eric and Dylan on some level as well. they were the same as me. Good young F—ED by SOCIETY,” he wrote. However, in a later post he claimed, “I’m not like your typical Mass Shooter, I’m different, I’m not doing it for ‘Fame’ or ‘Get Revenge.’ I just want to DIE and leave a lasting impression and a violent mark in this world at my exit,” he wrote. “Thankfully I won’t be here to deal with it.” Other posts shared lyrics from industrial goth band Nine Inch Nails as well as his ongoing plans for “Doomsday.” All along, a school shooting was meant to happen on Sept. 8 — until his patience ran out, he said. “The Rage has gotten out of hand and can’t wait 2 more weeks,” he wrote on Saturday. “Tomorrow. Sunday. August 28, 2022. Judgment Day.” Authorities said in the aftermath of the shooting, they recovered an AR-15 and a shotgun from the scene. Miller began shooting as soon as he left his apartment complex until he entered a nearby Safeway, witnesses said. He killed customer Glenn Edward Bennett, 84, in the store’s entrance before running through the aisles “spraying shots” from the rifle, police said. An employee, Army veteran Donald Ray Sarrett Jr., 66, then “engaged with the shooter, attempted to disarm him and may well have prevented other deaths,” a police spokesman said. Miller — who was carrying an AR-15 and a shotgun and had guns and bombs in his car — shot himself before he could be arrested. Police entered the supermarket from the front and back as gunfire continued to ring out. Miller was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound four minutes after the initial 911 call, officials said. Authorities sought a search warrant for digital devices found in the gunman’s apartment, Police Chief Mike Kranz said, confirming they “have that information” about the apparent online manifesto. “A lot of people have sent us follow-up information about what’s been posted on social media or other media, and our investigators will look at that information and make those connections — if they’re really connected — and make sure we have accurate information.” , he said. Miller claimed he was “inspired” by Eric Harris (left) and Dylan Klebold, the students involved in the Columbine High School killings.AP Miller’s former classmates “uniformly described him as violent, aggressive and ‘the person in our class most likely to be a school shooter,’” Oregon Public Broadcasting News Editor Ryan Haas tweeted. The manifesto indicated that Miller “needed some significant help with depression and anger issues. Mental health care long before it got to the point it did on Sunday may have helped. He also stated that he purchased an AR in July. Isn’t it great if it’s accurate,” Haas tweeted. A former classmate, Isaac Thomas, confirmed that Miller was previously a cart pusher at the Safeway that he shot Miller shot an 84-year-old customer at the store’s entrance before walking through the aisles “spraying shots” from the assault rifle, police said. APMiller previously worked as a cart pusher at the targeted Safeway location. AP “It was kind of crazy when I heard about it,” he said of the shooting. “But it makes sense that he chose Safeway because he worked there and knew the layout.” He also said Miller was well known for his deranged, violent threats. “At one point he said he was going to shoot me and I said ‘Get over yourself’ because I didn’t think he had a gun,” she said. “But I guess I was wrong.” With Post cables


title: “Oregon Safeway Shooter Ethan Miller S Disturbing Manifesto Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-16” author: “Barbara Garrett”


Ethan Blair Miller, 20, was named by police Monday as the gunman who killed an 84-year-old customer as well as a heroic 66-year-old employee who confronted him as he fired shots at the Safeway in Bend late Sunday. Miller — who was carrying an AR-15 and a shotgun and had guns and bombs in his car — shot himself before he could be arrested, police said. He previously worked at the store but had no known criminal record and police said they had no evidence of prior contact with him. 20-year-old Ethan Blair Miller was named by police Monday as the gunman. But officials confirmed they were looking into troubling information “posted on social media or other media” before the shooting. It later emerged that the gunman had spent two months writing a since-deleted online manifesto entitled ‘The Downward Spiral Of ‘Ethan Miller”. “If you’re reading this, then I’m definitely DEAD and I’ve just committed a ‘NATIONAL TRAGEDY,’” he opened up online on June 29. Miller kept a two-month countdown charting the decline of his mental health. “I will lay it all out for all of you so that at the end of it all you will all understand why I did what I did.” In his rant, he blamed the isolation of the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as arguments with his family and frustrations over not being able to find a girlfriend. “I am responsible for this, but I have been turned into a monster,” he wrote in his opening dispatch. “I create this Tragedy. But Society created me.” A day later, the one-time martial artist said he “finally agreed to a date for my last day of this hell on earth.” “September 8. A Thursday. The first day of school for all Mountain View High School students. … God, I can’t wait,” he wrote of his alma mater. “I was ‘The quiet kid with anger issues’ around school, so maybe it’s not that surprising to some of you,” he said of the planned school shooting. “I’ve always been dangerous though. Like a F-ING time bomb. Ready to blow!” He wrote. As he detailed his preparations for buying weapons and making bombs, Miller also blasted mass shooters who allowed themselves to be captured. “I WANT TO DIE. … I see [Eric] Harris & [Dylan] Klebold had the right idea,” he said of the cowards who slaughtered 12 children and a teacher in the 1999 Colorado school shooting. “Yes Columbine partly inspired that. I’ve been interested in the case for a long time and it provided the Blueprint and part of the inspiration for Doomsday. “I relate to Eric and Dylan on some level as well. they were the same as me. Good young F—ED by SOCIETY,” he wrote. However, in a later post he claimed, “I’m not like your typical Mass Shooter, I’m different, I’m not doing it for ‘Fame’ or ‘Get Revenge.’ I just want to DIE and leave a lasting impression and a violent mark in this world at my exit,” he wrote. “Thankfully I won’t be here to deal with it.” Other posts shared lyrics from industrial goth band Nine Inch Nails as well as his ongoing plans for “Doomsday.” All along, a school shooting was meant to happen on Sept. 8 — until his patience ran out, he said. “The Rage has gotten out of hand and can’t wait 2 more weeks,” he wrote on Saturday. “Tomorrow. Sunday. August 28, 2022. Judgment Day.” Authorities said in the aftermath of the shooting, they recovered an AR-15 and a shotgun from the scene. Miller began shooting as soon as he left his apartment complex until he entered a nearby Safeway, witnesses said. He killed customer Glenn Edward Bennett, 84, in the store’s entrance before running through the aisles “spraying shots” from the rifle, police said. An employee, Army veteran Donald Ray Sarrett Jr., 66, then “engaged with the shooter, attempted to disarm him and may well have prevented other deaths,” a police spokesman said. Miller — who was carrying an AR-15 and a shotgun and had guns and bombs in his car — shot himself before he could be arrested. Police entered the supermarket from the front and back as gunfire continued to ring out. Miller was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound four minutes after the initial 911 call, officials said. Authorities sought a search warrant for digital devices found in the gunman’s apartment, Police Chief Mike Kranz said, confirming they “have that information” about the apparent online manifesto. “A lot of people have sent us follow-up information about what’s been posted on social media or other media, and our investigators will look at that information and make those connections — if they’re really connected — and make sure we have accurate information.” , he said. Miller claimed he was “inspired” by Eric Harris (left) and Dylan Klebold, the students involved in the Columbine High School killings.AP Miller’s former classmates “uniformly described him as violent, aggressive and ‘the person in our class most likely to be a school shooter,’” Oregon Public Broadcasting News Editor Ryan Haas tweeted. The manifesto indicated that Miller “needed some significant help with depression and anger issues. Mental health care long before it got to the point it did on Sunday may have helped. He also stated that he purchased an AR in July. Isn’t it great if it’s accurate,” Haas tweeted. A former classmate, Isaac Thomas, confirmed that Miller was previously a cart pusher at the Safeway that he shot Miller shot an 84-year-old customer at the store’s entrance before walking through the aisles “spraying shots” from the assault rifle, police said. APMiller previously worked as a cart pusher at the targeted Safeway location. AP “It was kind of crazy when I heard about it,” he said of the shooting. “But it makes sense that he chose Safeway because he worked there and knew the layout.” He also said Miller was well known for his deranged, violent threats. “At one point he said he was going to shoot me and I said ‘Get over yourself’ because I didn’t think he had a gun,” she said. “But I guess I was wrong.” With Post cables