Red Lake in shock after freak shooting

The small community based around an Indian reservation was at a loss to explain Monday's killing of Weise's grandfather and his companion, five students, a teacher and a security guard at Red Lake High School. The teenager then killed himself. Seven people were wounded.

But reports described Weise, 16, as a loner who had expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and had used the names "Todesengel" -- German for "Angel of Death" -- and "NativeNazi" when signing on to extreme right-wing Internet sites.

Floyd Jourdain, tribal chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, said the community was "devastated" and being forced to confront "the darkest days in the history of our people."

Tearful adults and students embraced as they gathered outside the school on Tuesday. Psychologists were brought in to counsel inhabitants of the town.