KAUHAJOKI, Finland — The gunman in Finland’s latest school shooting probably bought his gun in the town where a teenager went on another rampage less than a year ago, police said Wednesday.
Matti Saari, 22, bought a .22- caliber gun at a store in Jokela, about 155 miles from his home, and on Tuesday killed 10 people and himself, police said. In November, 18-year- old Pekka-Eric Auvinen probably got his gun at the same store and went on to kill eight people and himself, they said.
The lead investigator said the shootings were so similar that the gunmen might have been in contact with each other. Earlier, police detailed the similarities: Both gunmen posted violent clips on YouTube before the shootings, both were fascinated by the 1999 Columbine shootings, both attacked their own schools and both died after shooting themselves in the head.
