Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsHamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) CANADA New minister declines trip OTTAWA&8212;Deputy Prime Minister John Manley invited his replacement in the foreign affairs portfolio to go with him to India and Pakistan this week but the new minister had to decline. Less than 24 hours into his new job, Bill Graham was too busy learning his new job to join the 16-day mission, Canada&8217;s first to the two countries since nuclear-related sanctions were lifted against them last year. &8220;He&8217;s not travelling anywhere in the next little.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#110 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BENBROOK - While juggling calls from reporters, the owner of Benbrook Funeral Home spent Thursday preparing arrangements for a friend of 25 years. Associate professor Thomas Blackwell, a longtime North Texas resident, was one of three people fatally shot Wednesday at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Va. Funeral director Kate Moore has known Blackwell and his wife, Lisa, since they were students at Western Hills High School. Once during a phone interview, she paused to talk to someone...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#108 This Day (Nigeria): AAGM- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A Nigerian student angry at being dismissed stormed through the campus of the Appalachian School of Law yesterday with a handgun, killing the dean, a professor and a student and wounding three others before he was tackled by fellow students, the Virginia state police reported. &8220;Come get me, come get me,&8221; the gunman was heard saying as terrorized witnesses ran for their lives, the New York Times reported &8220;He was a time bomb waiting to go off,&8221; Dr. Jack Briggs, a county...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#107 The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) NEW YORK: A failed law student executed two professors and a student at a small US university yesterday. Three more students are in a critical condition after being shot as they ran through the corridors of the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia. The gunman, 43-year-old Nigerian foreign exchange student Peter Odighizuma, was eventually wrestled to the ground and disarmed of his .38 automatic pistol by four other students. The dead included the university&8217;s dean, Anthony Sutin,...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#105 The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) NEW YORK: A failed law student executed two professors and a student at a small US university yesterday. Three more students are in a critical condition after being shot as they ran through the corridors of the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia. The gunman, 43-year-old Nigerian foreign exchange student Peter Odighizuma, was eventually wrestled to the ground and disarmed of his .38 automatic pistol by four other students. The dead included the university&8217;s dean, Anthony Sutin,...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#104 Belfast News Letter (Northern Ireland)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A LAW student who is accused of killing his college dean, a professor and another student told a judge yesterday that he is sick and needs help. Peter Odighizuwa shuffled into Virginia&8217;s Buchanan County Court in leg chains, surrounded by policemen. Hiding his face behind his green arrest warrant, Odighizuwa told Judge Patrick Johnson, &8220;I was supposed to see my doctor. He was supposed to help me out. I don&8217;t have my medication.&8221; Odighizuwa, a 43-year-old naturalised American..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#092 The Australian- (Found June 19, 2008 ) UN names date for E Timor poll DILI: In a final step towards nationhood, East Timor will hold its first presidential elections on April 14, the territory&8217;s UN administrator announced yesterday. Independence leader Xanana Gusmao is widely expected to win and become East Timor&8217;s first head of state when it gains full independence on May 20. Argentina reacts BUENOS AIRES: Argentina has announced emergency measures to feed the poor and will consider using troops to free up police facing...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#091 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The Nigerian immigrant and failed law student accused of killing three people at a Virginia law school spent at least seven years in the Portland area driving a Tri-Met bus in the 1980s. Tri-Met authorities said Peter O. Odighizuwa, 43, drove a bus from July 1982 through May 1989, when he was fired. Two months later, Odighizuwa sued the company, claiming he was unlawfully discharged, according to Multnomah County court records. Odighizuwa, according to his claim, had been on a bus at the...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/19#075 Roanoke Times & World News (Roanoke, VA)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Faced with academic disappointment, they seek solutions with loaded guns. Students, professors and administrators become their victims. The scene played out again this week at the Appalachian School of Law, in Grundy. Police say Peter Odighizuwa, expelled for the second time because of bad grades, went to the school and killed three people - the school dean, a respected professor and a student - and wounded three others. The survivors remained in fair condition Friday. Such acts have been rare..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/19#073 The Oregonian- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Summary: A Nigerian immigrant accused of shooting 6 was once fired from Tri-Met Peter O. Odighizuwa, a Nigerian immigrant accused of killing three people at a Virginia law school where he had been a student, spent at least seven years in the Portland area driving a Tri-Met bus before he was fired in 1989. Tri-Met authorities said Odighizuwa drove a bus from July 1982 through May 1989, when he was terminated. He was cited for reporting to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, deliberate..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/19#071 |