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The gunman who opened fire on an exercise class in a suburban Pittsburgh fitness center, killing three people and himself, hated women, had been planning his attack for months and "chickened out" during an earlier attempt, he wrote in a blog.

In a rambling online journal posted under his name, George Sodini, 48, of Scott Township, Pa., wrote about his hatred of women and how he was sick of being rejected by them. He said he hadn't had sex for almost 20 years.

He ended by writing, "Death Lives!"

Sodini walked into the LA Fitness center in Collier Township, Pa., Tuesday night, entered a "Latin impact" dance aerobics class and placed a duffel bag on the ground. After pausing a few moments, he took at least two guns out of the bag and started shooting.

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