Gustavo Chalbaud

Gustavo Chalbaud was a Venezuelan soldier who killed five people and wounded six others at the Lieutenant Vicente Landaeta Gil Air Base in Barqisimeto, Venezuela, on January 27, 2005. He was afterwards killed by other soldiers.

Gustavo, a corporal who had recently been suffering from depression, got into a heated argument with another soldier. Afterwards, at about 3:30 A.M. he grabbed an AK-103 from the armory and fired 34 rounds at the soldiers in the barracks, killing two privates, two corporals, and a sergeant, and seriously injuring two privates, two corporals, a lieutenant, and a minor general before being shot by other troops.