Following are excerpts from the diary of Arapahoe High School shooter Karl Pierson:
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013: enter project saguntum, a 10-year subconscious project for me to exact revenge, not on the individuals who perpetrated wrong, but instead by those I believe have done me wrong. I will shoot up my school, Arapahoe high school, before the year is over. … I am a psychopath with a superiority complex.
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013: I am filled with hate, I love it.
Monday, Sept. 30, 2013: I feel like a bomb. My head has happy, anger and confusion hormones. I feel like an aneurism could happen at any second.
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013: Saguntum is the project to shoot up (and maybe bomb) Arapahoe High School. No date has been set, but I would like it before new years. Finals week would do nicely, but a date with snow should be sooner.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013: the 13th of December is a great date, as the 347th (47 is a great number) date of the year, there are 18 (my age) days left. It is a day of gore, filled with murder, suicide.
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013: I am estatic right now. That December 13 date I chose is perfect, it is 38 days after the fifth of November. I love that date, everything about it.
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013: It’s weird going through life knowing that in 19 days, I’m going to be dead. That makes school more boring, work torture and everything I love to do, a little less fun. The hardest part is not being able to tell anyone.
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013: it was a productive weekend. I bought my Stevens 320. It was not the initial gun I was expecting, but I think it will work better. I like the pistol grip. It was quite the process to buy, it was waiting, and waiting, but I loved it. Mom does not know about it.
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013: I went to Cabela’s and I bought a sling, ammo belts, and of course, ammo. It included 5 sabot slugs! I think I’ll need more. Luckily, I’ll take off tomorrow.
Friday, Dec. 13, 2013: today is going to be fun. I dropped (redacted) off at school today, and went to Walmart, bought some ammo. I then dressed my weapons, loaded my belts, got my backpack ready. I then went to Brunswick, bowled, got some mountain dew (I bought it for the glass bottles). I’m going to make some Molotov cocktails — shaken, not stirred. Update 45 minutes I built my Molotov cocktails, and I think they look great. I only had oil for three, but I think 3 will be more than enough. I am dressed to kill, long underwear, then cargo pants, under armor shirt, CCCP shirt. I have my machete on my belt, but I may re-attach that in the car.
