Ensamble Elías Jiménez

Ensamble Elias Jimenez was a 25 year old Venezuelan private who killed six people at the Lieutenant Vicente Landaeta Gil Air Base in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, on November 29, 2010, before being killed by another soldier.

Murders
During the morning of November 29, 2010, a guard at the Air Base noticed Jimenez, a private, walking towards several vehicles with a rifle. When the guard yelled at Jimenez, he turned around, pointed his gun at the guard, and was shot dead. Afterwards the Air Base was searched by security forces, and the bodies of three privates and three corporals were found inside one of the dormitories. Forensics determined that Jimenez had shot each of the men once in the head with an assault rifle, shortly after midnight.

The motive for the shooting was unknown, but other soldiers reported that in the days prior, Jimenez appeared to have been anxious and refused to tell anyone why.