Vance Stone

William Edward Atchison † (March 18, 1996 - December 7, 2017 [aged 21]), better known online as Vance Stone (among many other names), was an American YouTuber who created simulations of real life tragedies and uploaded shitposts. He also perpetrated the , where he managed to kill 2 students before shooting himself in the head.
==Early life & education==
Atchison attended Aztec High School and always wore a trench coat to school. He was remembered as a quiet kid with a stutter. Online as a child, he played Blockland, a similar game to Roblox but in Lego style, and created a YouTube channel in 2008 with no posts dedicated to the game. William described his anger towards his school and small town describing the culture as "backwards as hell".  William was described by his father in a police interview to be "Bullied since middle school" and had to see school counselors for the majority of his life.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQPQ30d2Vk In 2016 he was visited by the F.B.I after posting on a steam community page for a video game "Where to buy a cheap assault rifle for a mass shooting". However, William convinced the agents that he was simply trolling and the investigation was dropped. 
After finishing high school, William worked at an Aztec Conoco gas station and frequently browsed Steam, Encyclopedia Dramatica (he was a sysop there, under the pseudonym of AlGore), and . His behavior online was described as toxic.
==YouTube videos==
Under the alias, Vance Stone, Atchison uploaded videos depicted real life tragedies such as and . These videos became very popular through the true crime community and he had gained over 3,000+ subscribers throughout his numerous channels that he made.
In early 2017, Atchison uploaded a video discussing the downfall of his YouTube channel and several popular videos being taken down due to a change in internet censorship and talked about many other countries outside of the US who cant view his videos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS0MC1d5wAc
==Other channels==
==2017 Aztec High School shooting==
On December 7, 2017, Atchison, disguised as a student, hid a Glock 19 inside a backpack and brought it into the school. At 8:04 am, gunfire erupted and two students, Casey Jordan Marquez, a senior, and Francisco "Paco" Fernandez, a junior, were both killed.https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/us/aztec-high-school-shooting-william-atchison/index.html 
Katie Potter, a substitute teacher at the school, heard the shots and told her students to hide in the computer lab's closet. Due to not having the keys to lock the door, she barricaded it with a couch. Atchison went inside the lab, tried to get into the office and shot multiple rounds at the wall. No one was hurt.https://www.insideedition.com/substitute-teacher-and-custodian-hailed-heroes-after-gunman-opens-fire-at-school-killing-2-38828 He later gave up, left the lab and took his own life.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aztec-high-school-shooting-gunman-disguised-himself-randomly-killed-school-n827881 Katie was recognized for her quick thinking and preventing mass casualties.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2017/12/23/several-recognized-school-board-actions-during-aztec-high-school-shooting/971707001/
In a suicide note, It details his reasoning for the shooting. "Work sucks, school sucks, life sucks. I just want out of this shit."https://www.theroot.com/new-mexico-school-shooter-was-a-trump-loving-white-sup-1821322912https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/new-mexico-shooter-was-a-pro-trump-white-supremacist-internet-troll/
==Aftermath==
Some time after his death, someone logged into Atchison's main accounts that he used for social media, such as YouTube, Discord, and Steam, and changed the names of the accounts to "W A"https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/barajara (the initials of Atchison), and changing the profile picture to a blank/placeholder profile picture.This was likely done against Atchison's will, even after he died, hence why his infobox displays the profile taken before this happened. This would carry on until Vance Stone's termination.
==Trivia==
*One of his channels, Bob 2.0, was named after Bob8466, a friend and a fellow ED user. Prior to Atchison's shooting, he attempted to shoot up his school, but was convinced not to do so, and shot himself in the head instead.
*A comment under one of his channels, MrApophis, was featured and mentioned by ProJared at a MAGFest convention also featuring JonTron and PeanutButterGamer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcspcDWm65s
==Gallery==
W A.png|The profile picture that an unknown person put on the Vance Stone channel after his death.
==Notes==
==References==
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2008
Category:Deceased YouTubers
Category:Terminated YouTubers
Category:Meme YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers