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Robert Poulin (1957 - 27th October 1975) was an 18-year-old former student responsible for a rampage-style school shooting at St. Pius X Catholic High School which saw the death of a classmate and wounding five others before he took his life by a single shotgun blast to the head. <ref name=":0">https://schoolshooters.info/robert-poulin </ref><ref name=":1">https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/2021/10/09/the-pius-x-high-school-tragedy/</ref> | {{Villain Infobox|name=Robert Poulin|origin=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada|occupation=Former St. Pius X student|skills=Planning <br> Organization|goals=Enter the Canadian Military (failed) <br> Lose his virginity (succeeded) <br> Kill the all students of St. Pius X (failed)|type of villain=Sex-Obsessed School Shooter|hobby=Pornography <br> Making obscene phone calls <br> Wargaming <br> Assembling model airplanes|Image=Robert Poulin.png|crimes=[[Rape]] <br> [[Arson]] <br> [[Mass Shooting]] <br> [[Murder]] <br>[[Misogyny]]|fullname=Robert Poulin}}{{Quote|I don't want to die before I had the pleasure of fucking some girl.|Robert Poulin}} | ||
'''Robert Poulin''' (1957 - 27th October 1975) was an 18-year-old former student responsible for a rampage-style [[school shooting]] at St. Pius X Catholic High School which saw the death of a classmate and wounding five others before he took his life by a single shotgun blast to the head. <ref name=":0">https://schoolshooters.info/robert-poulin </ref><ref name=":1">https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/2021/10/09/the-pius-x-high-school-tragedy/</ref> | |||
Before the shooting, Robert had lured a neighbor, 17-year-old Sri Lankan named Kimberley 'Kim' Rabot, to his home. It was there where he had raped, sodomized, stabbed and asphyxiated her before setting fire to his house. <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | Before the shooting, Robert had lured a neighbor, 17-year-old Sri Lankan named Kimberley 'Kim' Rabot, to his home. It was there where he had raped, sodomized, stabbed and asphyxiated her before setting fire to his house. <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | ||
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While not a loner, Robert had a small circle of friends and was noted as being somewhat socially awkward and quite shy, especially around girls. | While not a loner, Robert had a small circle of friends and was noted as being somewhat socially awkward and quite shy, especially around girls. | ||
Hailing from a military family with his being pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Robert had asperations of following in his father's footsteps. These asperations were | Hailing from a military family with his father once being pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Robert had asperations of following in his father's footsteps. These asperations were dashed after he was rejected from the training program due to psychological immaturity and physical conditions such as his poor eyesight and convex chest deformity.<ref name=":0" /> It was also discovered that Robert had lied on his application, claiming that he played several team sports (he did not play sports at all).<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Following his rejection for officer training, Robert became steadily more depressed and suicidal. | Following his rejection for officer training, Robert became steadily more depressed and suicidal. | ||
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Seeing as he was growing especially suicidal and unhinged, Robert attempted to solve his problems by ordering an inflatable sex-doll from California stating in his diary "Now I no longer think I will need to rape a girl, and am unsure as to whether or not I will commit suicide".<ref name=":2" /> The doll failed to satisfy his needs and his thoughts of rape and death soon returned.<ref name=":2" /> Though not officially established to Robert Poulin, but a number of women filed complaints concerning a number of indecent assaults and attempted rapes in the neighborhood. The descriptions provided of the assailant fit Robert with some reports stating the assailant wore nothing but a balaclava.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> | Seeing as he was growing especially suicidal and unhinged, Robert attempted to solve his problems by ordering an inflatable sex-doll from California stating in his diary "Now I no longer think I will need to rape a girl, and am unsure as to whether or not I will commit suicide".<ref name=":2" /> The doll failed to satisfy his needs and his thoughts of rape and death soon returned.<ref name=":2" /> Though not officially established to Robert Poulin, but a number of women filed complaints concerning a number of indecent assaults and attempted rapes in the neighborhood. The descriptions provided of the assailant fit Robert with some reports stating the assailant wore nothing but a balaclava.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> | ||
As his thoughts grew more dark and sadistic, Robert decided to make his family suffer as well.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He also thought about killing his parents and sisters, but changed his mind.<ref name=":1" /> He noted in his diary that the day he would commit suicide, he would burn down his house making sure to cost his family as much as possible: “I was going to make sure, though, that I burned the place down soon after payday so that they would lose the largest possible amount of money. I was also planning on having all my earthly possessions with me so that they wouldn’t gain one red cent from me.”<ref name=":0" /> As to why he wished to hurt his family so much, Robert never gave any reason. | As his thoughts grew more dark and sadistic, Robert decided to make his family suffer as well.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He also thought about killing his parents and sisters, but changed his mind as he thought death “was the true bliss” and that he didn’t want them to be happy.<ref name=":1" /> He noted in his diary that the day he would commit suicide, he would burn down his house making sure to cost his family as much as possible: “I was going to make sure, though, that I burned the place down soon after payday so that they would lose the largest possible amount of money. I was also planning on having all my earthly possessions with me so that they wouldn’t gain one red cent from me.”<ref name=":0" /> As to why he wished to hurt his family so much, Robert never gave any reason. | ||
== October 27th 1975 == | == October 27th 1975 == | ||
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After killing his former crush, Robert laid a trail of ''Playboy'' magazines throughout the basement and doused them with gasoline in accordance with his plan.<ref name=":1" /> Mary left at 11:30am to return two hours later to see smoke billowing from an upstairs window.<ref name=":2" /> Firefighters battling the blaze would discover the charred body of semi-clad body of Kim Rabot cuffed to Robert's bed.<ref name=":1" /> | After killing his former crush, Robert laid a trail of ''Playboy'' magazines throughout the basement and doused them with gasoline in accordance with his plan.<ref name=":1" /> Mary left at 11:30am to return two hours later to see smoke billowing from an upstairs window.<ref name=":2" /> Firefighters battling the blaze would discover the charred body of semi-clad body of Kim Rabot cuffed to Robert's bed.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
At 2:30pm, Robert had arrived to St. Pius X Catholic High armed with a sawn-off 2200 Winchester pump-action shotgun. Robert walked to classroom 71 where a religious studies class was in session, he calmly took out the shotgun from his duffle bag then kicked in the door.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Grinning wickedly, Robert fired at the class of seventy-eight students while they scrambled for cover and safety. Poulin then backed out of the classroom. In the hallway, he put the shotgun to his head and pulled the trigger, | At 2:30pm, Robert had arrived to St. Pius X Catholic High armed with a sawn-off 2200 Winchester pump-action shotgun. Robert walked to classroom 71 where a religious studies class was in session, he calmly took out the shotgun from his duffle bag then kicked in the door.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Grinning wickedly, Robert fired at the class of seventy-eight students while they scrambled for cover and safety. Poulin then backed out of the classroom. In the hallway, he put the shotgun to his head and pulled the trigger, killing himself instantly. The entire shooting lasted ten seconds.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
One student, Mark Hough, | One student, Mark Hough, died fives weeks after the shooting due to his injuries.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
== Victims == | == Victims == | ||
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== Aftermath == | == Aftermath == | ||
The rampage shocked the Ottawa community. The Mayor of Ottawa Lorry Greenberg initiated a voluntary, “no-questions-asked” turn-in of weapons after the killings. More than 178 guns of which 68 were restricted weapons were handed in to the Ottawa Police.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
Police during their investigation had uncovered Robert's abundant collection of pornography, noting four pairs of handcuffs in his bedroom. Other sexual items in his room included a box of women’s clothing (bras, panties, negligees), an inflatable sex doll, a condom-type vibrator device, and ominously a list of 18 names of girls with Kim Rabot's name underlined.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
Two psychiatrists at the inquest testified that Robert Poulin was “almost two people,” sufficiently hiding his deviant personality well that his sudden violent outburst could not have been predicted. The inquest would later absolve Robert's parents of responsibility for their son's monstrous behavior.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
The Liberal Government of Pierre Trudeau tightened controls on guns in 1977, two years after the Pius X High School shooting. Fully automatic weapons were prohibited the following year.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
The inquest recommended the complete restriction of pornography, which they had defined as “anything showing or representing the genital parts of the human body.” This restriction would not go ahead as planned. Pornography since the shooting has become more liberalized with only two complete outright restrictions - child pornography and extreme violent pornography involving blood and horror.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Kim-Rabot.jpg|Kimberly 'Kim' Rabot | |||
</gallery> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]] | |||
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[[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | |||
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