Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsDeutsche Presse-Agentur- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A Nigerian student recently suspended by his U.S. law school went on a shooting spree 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&8217;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...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#198 Deutsche Presse-Agentur- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A Nigerian student recently suspended by his U.S. law school went on a shooting spree 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&8217;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...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#197 Detroit Free Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) NEW YORK Helper in New Year bomb plot sentenced Mokhtar Haouari, 32, was sentenced Wednesday to the maximum 24 years in prison for his role in a failed plot to detonate a suitcase bomb at the Los Angeles airport on Jan. 1, 2000. In July, a Manhattan jury convicted Haouari, an Algerian who lives in Canada, on federal charges that he supplied fake IDs and cash to two others in the plot. The plot was apparently foiled when another man was arrested at Port Angeles, Wash., in a car with...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#196 The Express- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A DISGRUNTLED student shot dead a law school professor, the head teacher and a fellow pupil in a shooting spree at the school in Virginia yesterday. Peter Odighizuma, 43, who had been suspended from the Appalachian School of Law earlier in the day, returned with a handgun and killed the three at around 6pm British time. Three other students, all women, were wounded when Nigerian foreign exchange student Odighizuma opened fire on the college campus. &8220;It looked like a war zone, &8221; said a.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#201 Detroit Free Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) NEW YORK Helper in New Year bomb plot sentenced An Algerian man was sentenced Wednesday to the maximum 24 years in prison for his role in a failed plot to detonate a suitcase bomb at the Los Angeles airport amid turn-of-the-century celebrations. Mokhtar Haouari, 32, was convicted by a Manhattan jury in July on federal charges that he supplied fake IDs and cash to two others in the plot. The plot&8212;planned for Jan. 1, 2000&8212;was foiled when its mastermind, Ahmed Ressam, was arrested at...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#195 Daily Star- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A GUN-toting student killed three people and wounded three others last night after running amok at a US college. Brave students at the law college wrestled him to the ground. He struck after bursting into a common room at Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, Virginia. The dead included the college&8217;s dean, Anthony Sutin, a second member of staff and a student. The killer, thought to have been angry with staff, used a .380 semi-automatic handgun. Police, ambulances and counsellors rushed to...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#194 Daily Star- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A NUT who was angry after flunking his law exams killed his dean, a professor and a fellow student in a shooting spree at his US college last night. Peter Odighizuma, 43, also critically injured three others when he stormed a commonroom at the college and opened up with a .380 semi-automatic pistol. Four students wrestled the Nigerian and held him until police arrived. Dr Jack Briggs, who counselled the student for stress six months ago, said: &8220;Two shots were fired into the dean&8217;s...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#193 Daily Star- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A GUN-toting student killed three people and wounded three others last night after running amok at a US college. Brave students at the law college wrestled him to the ground. He struck after bursting into a common room at Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, Virginia. The dead included the college&8217;s dean, Anthony Sutin, a second member of staff and a student. The killer, thought to have been angry with staff, used a .380 semiautomatic handgun. Police, ambulances and counsellors rushed to the.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#192 The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A FAILED law student executed two professors then shot dead a fellow student inside a small American university today. Three more students were in a critical condition after being shot as they ran through the corridors of the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia. The gunman, believed to be a foreign exchange student from Nigeria, was wrestled to the ground and disarmed of his .380mm 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/2002/01/17#191 The Independent (London)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A FOREIGN student went on a shooting rampage at a small law school in the remote west of Virginia yesterday, killing three people and wounding three. One of the dead was the dean of the school. Peter Odighizuma, 43, was believed to have been suspended from the Appalachian School of Law in the small town of Grundy earlier in the day, before returning with a .380 semi-automatic pistol. Jack Briggs, a local doctor and coroner who was one of the first to the scene, said the dean, Anthony Sutin -...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#212 |