Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsChattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) GRUNDY, Va.&8212;A struggling Nigerian law school student went on a campus shooting spree Wednesday, killing the dean, a professor and a student before he was tackled by students, authorities said. The attack also wounded three students at the Appalachian School of Law. Two were in surgery Wednesday evening and the third was listed in fair condition. &8220;When I got there there were bodies laying everywhere,&8221; said Dr. Jack Briggs, who was one of the first to arrive after the shooting in...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#182 Charleston Gazette (West Virginia)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) GRUNDY, Va. - A struggling Nigerian law school student went on a campus shooting spree Wednesday, killing the dean, a professor and a student before he was tackled by students, authorities said. The attack also wounded three students at the Appalachian School of Law. Two were in surgery Wednesday evening and the third was listed in fair condition. &8220;When I got there, there were bodies laying everywhere,&8221; said Dr. Jack Briggs, who was one of the first to arrive after the shooting in...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#181 The Early Show (7:00 AM ET) - CBS- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BRYANT GUMBEL, co-host: An immigrant law student is being held on three counts of capital murder after opening fire at his Virginia school on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring three others. Forty-three-year-old Peter Odighizuwa was apparently upset about being kicked out of the Appalachian School of Law because of poor grades. Jason Arthur, Ted Besen and Tracy Bridges were among a group of students who took the gunman down. They&8217;re all in Grundy, Virginia. Gentlemen, good...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#180 CBS Morning News (6:30 AM ET) - CBS- (Found June 19, 2008 ) JULIE CHEN, anchor: Three people are dead and three others were wounded in a shooting at a small law school in western Virginia. Police say the suspect, Peter Odighizuma, opened fire at Appalachian School of Law, killing a dean, a professor and a student. He had flunked out last year, had been allowed to return and was at the school Wednesday to talk to the dean about his second dismissal. Witnesses say after shooting the dean, Odighizuma fired into a crowd of students. Mr. JOHN HARRIS...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#179 Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A struggling Nigerian student at a Virginia law school went on a campus shooting rampage Wednesday, killing the dean, a professor and a student before he was tackled by other students, authorities said. The attack also wounded three students at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy. Two were in surgery Wednesday evening and the third was listed in fair condition. &8220;When I got there, there were bodies laying everywhere,&8221; said Dr. Jack Briggs, who was one of the first to arrive after...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#178 The Associated Press- (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#165 The Irish Times- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A disgruntled law student yesterday shot and killed the college dean, another member of staff and a fellow student in a small rural college in Virginia. Three others were injured before students subdued the killer, according to state police. The Appalachian School of Law is in Grundy, Buchanan County, near the Kentucky border. It has a student body of only 170. Early reports said that the foreign exchange student had been upset at his grades and had opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol. He..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#213 Press Association- (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, who has not been named, 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, with the dean of the college, a professor and a student...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#232 The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Grundy is a tiny town tucked deep in the valleys of southwestern Virginia. It is known for several things: devastating floods that seem to come about every 20 years; a high school wrestling team that routinely wins state titles; and a decade-long effort to thwart flooding by bulldozing its old business district and rebuilding across the river. The Appalachian School of Law, the location of Wednesday&8217;s shootings, was established in 1997 in the town&8217;s old junior high and elementary...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#251 Ventura County Star (California)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) GRUNDY, Va. (AP)&8212;A law school student upset about his grades went on a shooting spree Wednesday, killing three people and critically wounding three others before he was wrestled to the ground by students, officials said. The victims included the dean of the Appalachian School of Law and a professor who were gunned down in their offices. The third person slain was a student, said Ellen Qualls, a spokeswoman for Gov. Mark Warner. &8220;When I got there there were bodies laying...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#250 |