Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsAssociated Press Online- (Found June 19, 2008 ) After failed law student Peter Odighizuwa allegedly stormed the Appalachian School of Law and killed the dean, a professor and a student, acquaintances said they knew all along he was troubled. But screening college applicants for instability and removing students with serious mental health problems can be difficult, experts say. Federal laws bar admissions officers from asking about mental illness, and clamp a shield of privacy over information about students once they&8217;re enrolled. Add...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#087 The Associated Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A law professor who left practices in big cities for this secluded mountain community was remembered Friday for how he touched lives here. Thomas F. Blackwell, a 41-year-old Dallas native, was one of three people killed by a gunman Wednesday at the Appalachian School of Law. &8220;I would have taken that bullet for him,&8221; high school buddy Andrew B. Sommerman told a crowd of about 300. &8220;I loved him.&8221; Since the law school opened in the heart of Virginia coal country in 1997,...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#086 The Associated Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A man shot his ex-girlfriend to death Friday at the community college she attended, then killed himself, authorities said. Moriah Ann Pierce, 20, was studying to become an elementary school teacher, according to a statement from Broward Community College, southwest of Fort Lauderdale. Michael Holness, 23, of Miramar, shot her, then himself, because of a domestic dispute, police Lt. Gary Killam said. Several students witnessed the late-morning shooting, but no one else was injured. &8220;I...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#085 The Associated Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) After failed law student Peter Odighizuwa allegedly stormed the Appalachian School of Law and killed the dean, a professor and a student, acquaintances said they knew all along he was troubled. But screening college applicants for instability and removing students with serious mental health problems can be difficult, experts say. Federal laws bar admissions officers from asking about mental illness, and clamp a shield of privacy over information about students once they&8217;re enrolled. Add...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#084 The Associated Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Hundreds of people gathered to remember a dean, a professor and a student who were killed during a campus shooting spree, allegedly by a man described as &8220;off-balance&8221; and prone to violence. Students lit tiny white candles and wept in small, shivering circles at the Appalachian School of Law as they remembered the victims Thursday. &8220;They were irreplaceable, whether you see them as teachers or father figures or friends,&8221; said William Sievers, 25, president of the...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#083 Africa News- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A NIGERIAN student recently suspended by his U.S. law school went on a shooting spree on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding three more, a local coroner and physician said. The gunman used a .38-calibre semi-automatic handgun at point-blank range to shoot the school s dean and a professor, killing both men, before opening fire on his fellow students in Grundy, Virginia, said Doctor Jack Briggs. One student was killed, and three more were injured in the rampage at the Appalachian School.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/18#080 Africa News- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A Nigeria citizen in the United State, Mr. Peter Odighizuwa was Thursday in Virginia USA, arraigned with the murder of three persons and injuring others. According to reports Thursday, said Odighizuwa, 43, had on Wednesday killed the dean, a professor and a student of a private law school in Virginia from where he was dismissed a day earlier for poor academic performance. A day following his dismissal, Odighizuwa returned to the Appalachian School of Law and met with the Dean L Anthony Sutin in.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/19#062 |