What the records say
- When
- 2019
- Kind
- Shooting
- Coordinates
- 20.21° S, 70.15° W
- Description
- 2019 military school shooting in Chile
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the town its title names, Iquique.
Iquique military school shooting
2019 military school shooting in Chile
On 16 March 2019, 18-year-old Chilean cadet Marco Antonio Velásquez González opened fire on his superiors at the Armored Cavalry School in Iquique, Chile with his service rifle, killing two people before committing suicide as well. Velásquez had frequently suffered bullying from his peers and superiors at the school, and was diagnosed with depression, having even attempted to commit suicide once previously.
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