Scottish DJ identified as Krakow shooting victim
James Thomas Campbell was one of six people shot dead in Kraków
The British victim of a mass shooting in Poland has been identified by The Telegraph as James Thomas Campbell, a DJ from Scotland.
Mr Campbell, 32, from Prestwick in Ayrshire, was one of six people shot dead in Kraków by Micha&lstrok Oksi&nacuteski, a 24-year-old military cadet obsessed with serial killers.
Oksi&nacuteski, who killed his sister and parents at the family’s apartment in the town of Ostrowiec &Sacutewi&eogontokrzyski before travelling to Kraków, was “fascinated by extreme ideologies”, according to Poland’s national prosecutor’s office.
A friend of Mr Campbell’s family told The Telegraph: “We are all in shock. This is too upsetting. Do you know what we have been through? We’re broken hearted.”
Mr Campbell is understood to have worked as a DJ and rented out a two-bedroom holiday cottage on the Isle of Arran.
A 32-year-old friend of Mr Campbell, who was in the year above him at Prestwick Academy, the local secondary school, said he was left in shock by the news. “It’s not something that happens around here,” he said.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: “We are supporting the bereaved family and the family of another victim who has been injured.”
Oksi&nacuteski died in hospital from gunshot wounds sustained in a shoot-out with the police after he had killed seven victims and wounded 15 others, including Harry Marchant, a 19-year-old from North Yorkshire.
Mr Marchant’s family confirmed that he was in a stable condition and receiving hospital treatment.
In a statement released via North Yorkshire Police, the family said: “We would like to confirm that our son was injured during the incident in Poland over the weekend. We are pleased to say he is now in a stable condition, receiving ongoing hospital treatment.
“We can’t express how grateful we are to the first responders, medical team, and the people of Poland for their help and care for Harry.”
Harry Marchant, from North Yorkshire, is recovering from his injuries in hospital - SWNS/North Yorkshire Police
Searches conducted by police on Oksi&nacuteski’s computer revealed that the gunman had researched the details of serial killers Anders Breivik, Charles Manson, and Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, in the weeks before the attack.
Separately, intelligence officers from Poland’s Internal Security Agency, found an inscription on Oksi&nacuteski’s work locker that appears to glorify Elliot Rodger, the mass murderer.
Campbell was one of seven people killed by Oksi&nacuteski in Krakow’s Main Market Square on Sunday - AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel
The inscription reads “Good Game Elliot Rodger”, according to sources cited by Onet, the online Polish news outlet.
In 2014 Rodger, a student at the University of California in Santa Barbara, killed six people and injured 14 others using knives, semi-automatic pistols and his car in Isla Vista. He is cited as one of the early figures of the incel movement.
The 22-year-old son of Peter Rodger, an assistant director of the Hunger Games films, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after a brief shoot-out with police.
The similarities in weapons and methods between the two attacks have aroused suspicions that Oksi&nacuteski may also have been influenced by extreme incel or nihilist ideology.
Oksi&nacuteski is believed to have developed a fascination with mass murderers
Police found more than 500 rounds of ammunition and four pistols in Oksi&nacuteski’s car after the shooting.
Oksi&nacuteski regularly visited a local shooting range with his father, who owned 11 weapons, and had equipped himself with a professional-grade bulletproof vest with ballistic inserts for the attack.
Police found no suicide note or manifesto at his home and the exact motivations for his actions are still to be determined.
Investigators say Oksi&nacuteski may have scouted the site of the attack in Kraków’s historic Main Market Square.
The exact motivations for Oksi&nacuteski’s actions remain unclear as he left neither a suicide note nor a manifesto - AFP via Getty Images/Bartosz Siedlik
Police found the bodies of the gunman’s sister, Magdalena Oksi&nacuteska, 21, a third-year student at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, and parents Renata Oksi&nacuteska, 52, and Janusz Oksi&nacuteska, 53, during searches of the attacker’s home, 93 miles north-east of Krakow,
A source told Onet: “Many various items were found at his residence, at his workplace, and in the car he was driving, including badges, some of which represent specific symbolism.
“Their meaning will need to be determined and, after collecting further evidence, all of this will be forwarded to experts who will develop a psychological profile of the perpetrator.”
A specialist taskforce has been set up in Kraków to investigate the incident, Poland’s National Police force has announced.
Source: Crime
