# Pekka Eric Auvinen

> On 7 November 2007, a mass shooting occurred at Jokela High School in the town of Jokela, Tuusula, Finland. The gunman, 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen, entered the school that morning armed with a semi-automatic pistol. He killed eight people and wounded one before shooting himself in the head; twelve others were also injured by flying glass or by spraining their ankles during the ensuing chaos. Auvinen died later that evening in a hospital in Helsinki.

*Finnish mass murderer and school shooter.(1989–2007)*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1989-06-04
- **Died:** 2007-11-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.5 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Pekka-Eric Auvinen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka-Eric_Auvinen)
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- [Pekka-Erik Auvinen](https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka-Erik_Auvinen)
- [Аувинен, Пекка-Эрик](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2089963)

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