Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsThe Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Mourners lit tiny white candles, passing the flame wick to wick in a quiet, shivering circle. One day after gunfire killed three people and shattered the serenity of this tiny mountain town, students from the Appalachian School of Law and the community they call home wearily watched the glow, lost in their agony and questions of &8220;why&8221; &8220;We are standing tonight on sacred ground,&8221; Professor Stewart Harris told the crowd of about 250 mourners who had assembled Thursday on the...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#149 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A man shot his ex-girlfriend to death Friday at the community college she attended, then killed himself, authorities said. No one else was injured in the shootings just before 11 a.m. at Broward Community College. The two died at Broward General Medical Center; their names were not immediately released. The woman, a student at the college just southwest of Fort Lauderdale, was the man&8217;s ex-girlfriend, police Maj. Edward Taylor said. The man shot the woman with a .357 Magnum and then turned.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#150 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Friends of a professor gunned down at a Virginia law school earlier this week say he was dedicated to his family and job, but also had a humorous side. &8220;Tom was the class clown. He was a cut-up,&8221; said high school friend Kate Moore of Benbrook. &8220;But he was exactly the person you wanted to be there if you needed something. He was a wonderful person.&8221; Blackwell and L. Anthony Sutin, a school dean, were slain Wednesday in their offices at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy,.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#151 Winston-Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Peter Odighizuwa left his impoverished homeland of Nigeria nearly 20 years ago, seeking, like others before him, the American Dream. Two years ago, he found his way from Chicago to the coalfields of southwest Virginia. His purpose was to attend the Appalachian School of Law, founded by people who envisioned a need for a center of learning and a way to bring economic development into this impoverished region. Since its founding in 1994, the tiny law school in a former junior high school has...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/21#037 Daily Press (Newport News, VA)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Friends and colleagues said they will remember the dean of the Appalachian School of Law for being a brilliant lawyer, but the fondest memories, they said, will be of his wit. L. Anthony Sutin, 42, was one of three people shot to death Wednesday by a disgruntled student at the small law school in the mountains of western Virginia. v &8220;He came to Grundy because he thought he could use his talents to help people in Appalachia, and to help boost the economy of a small coal town,&8221; said...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/21#033 The Daily News Leader (Staunton, VA)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Seidle heard gunshots By Dawn Linsner Staff Writer WAYNESBORO - &8220;Go, go, go &8230; now!&8221; shouted David Seidle&8217;s classmate, bursting through the doors of the computer lab just after lunch Wednesday afternoon. The frantic warning was the last thing the Appalachian School of Law student expected to hear after settling down at a de-stressing computer game after lunch at the McDonald&8217;s down the street Jan. 16. But within minutes, Seidle was rushing out of the building through a...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/21#032 Associated Press Online- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Two students wounded in a shooting rampage at the Appalachian School of Law last week have been released from a hospital. Rebecca Brown, 38, and Martha Madeline Short, 37, were discharged Sunday from Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., said hospital spokeswoman Amy Stevens. A third student, Stacey Beans, 22, was upgraded from fair to good condition. Stevens said all three were expected to make a full recovery. The school&8217;s dean, L. Anthony Sutin, Professor Thomas...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/21#031 The Associated Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Two students wounded in a shooting rampage at the Appalachian School of Law last week have been released from a hospital. Rebecca Brown, 38, and Martha Madeline Short, 37, were discharged Sunday from Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., said hospital spokeswoman Amy Stevens. A third student, Stacey Beans, 22, was upgraded from fair to good condition. Stevens said all three were expected to make a full recovery. The school&8217;s dean, L. Anthony Sutin, Professor Thomas...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/21#030 The Associated Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) It seemed like a risky proposition: building a law school in a small struggling coal town isolated by the rugged Appalachian Mountains. But with area mines closing and the young moving away to find work, town officials pushed ahead, opening the Appalachian School of Law in 1997 inside an old brick school house. &8220;We needed this, anything that could help,&8221; said W.H. Trivett, 77, mayor of the blue-collar town of about 1,100. It took time for the new students to gain acceptance in the...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/21#029 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Ted Besen says he had yearned to become a defense attorney, but changed his mind in the wake of the slayings of the dean, a professor and another student at the Appalachian School of Law. &8220;I don&8217;t ever want to defend someone like him,&8221; Besen said. The former Marine and police officer was among several students who tackled former classmate Peter Odighizuwa on the school&8217;s front lawn after last week&8217;s shootings. When classes resume Wednesday at the school, Besen, 37, and..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/22#028 |