Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsFinancial Times (London)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Three killed at US law school A gunman killed three people and wounded three at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, officials said. The dead included the dean.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#202 Daily Press (Newport News, VA)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A student who had been dismissed from law school went on a shooting spree Wednesday, killing the school&8217;s dean, a professor and a student before other students tackled him, officials said. Three students were injured in the hail of gunfire. L. Anthony Sutin, dean of the Appalachian School of Law, and Professor Thomas Blackwell were gunned down in their offices, according to school officials. The third person slain was student Angela Dales, 33, of Vansant, said State Police spokesman..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#190 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) THREE people including a former assistant US attorney general were shot dead by a disaffected law school student last night. Three female students were wounded when the man, who was on the verge of being expelled, opened fire. Two professors at the school in rural Virginia were &8220;executed at point blank range&8221; in front of their secretaries and the third victim, a student, was shot at random as the gunman emerged into a crowded lounge. Police said that Peter Odighizuma, 43, a foreign...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#189 Daily Record- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A LAW student shot dead three people, including the dean of his school, after seeing his exam results. A lecturer and a student were also killed and three other students were left fighting for their lives. The bloodbath only ended when brave students overpowered the gunman, who has not been named. Early reports said the killer was a third-year foreign exchange student who was about to be thrown out of the school due to poor grades. He ran amok with .380 semi-automatic pistol on the campus of...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#188 Bristol Evening Post- (Found June 19, 2008 ) AMERICA: Four students overpowered a gunman who went on a shooting spree at their US college last night, killing three people in what a doctor described as &8220;executions&8221;. The four students tackled the man while he was still armed with a .380 semi -automatic pistol and managed to hold him until police arrived at the Appalachian School of Law, in Grundy, Virginia. He had already shot and killed three people, including the dean of the college and one of the professors, and left three...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#174 Birmingham Evening Mail- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A GUNMAN killed three people and wounded three others during a shooting spree at a law school in the United States today, officials said. Among the dead at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, was the dean, Anthony Sutin, said a spokeswoman for Governor Mark Warner. She said a student and another member of the faculty were also killed. State police believe students had arrested the suspect, Qualls said. She said the weapon was a .380 semiautomatic handgun. Grundy is in the...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#173 Birmingham Post- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Four students overpowered a gunman who went on a shooting spree at their US college last night, killing three people in what a doctor described as &8216;executions&8217;. The four tackled the man while he was still armed with a .38 semi-automatic pistol and managed to hold him until police arrived at the Appalachian School of Law, in Grundy, Virginia. Gunman Peter Odighizuma, aged 43, was being held in jail last night. One of the dead men was the Dean - Anthony Sutin - the chief legal adviser..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#172 Belfast News Letter (Northern Ireland)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) FOUR students overpowered a gunman who went on a shooting spree at their US college last night, killing three people in what a doctor described as &8220;executions&8221;. The four students tackled the man while he was still armed with a .380 semi -automatic pistol and managed to hold him until police arrived at the Appalachian School of Law, in Grundy, Virginia. He had already shot and killed three people, including the dean of the college and one of the professors, and left three other...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#171 Belfast Telegraph- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A CLOSE-knit American community was today in mourning after a college student killed his dean, a lecturer and another student, and injured three women students during a shooting rampage. The gunman, named as Peter Odighizuma, was overpowered by four other students while still wielding his semi-automatic handgun at the tiny college campus at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia. The remote town was in shock after the shootings. Dr Jack Briggs, the first doctor on the scene, said...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#170 Associated Press Worldstream- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The expelled law school student accused of killing his dean and two others in a campus shooting spree was so paranoid and prone to outbursts that at least one classmate said he saw the violence coming. At Thursday&8217;s arraignment on three counts of capital murder, Peter Odighizuwa, 43, told the judge he was sick and needed help. &8220;I was supposed to see my doctor,&8221; Odighizuwa said, hiding his face behind a green arrest warrant. &8220;He was supposed to help me out &8230; I don&8217;t.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#169 |