Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsUniversity Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A shooting rampage Wednesday by a disgruntled student at the Appalachian Law School left three dead, including the school&8217;s dean, who was also a former acting assistant U.S. attorney general. Peter Odighizuwa, 43, a Nigerian resident of Grundy, was apparently angered that he was going to be expelled from school because of low grades, said Mike Stater, public information officer for Virginia State Police. At about 1:15, Odighizuwa went to the office of Dale Reuben, a professor at the...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#249 United Press International- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A failed law student charged with shooting and killing two faculty members and another student at Appalachian School of Law was ordered held without bond Thursday during his first appearance in Buchanan County General District Court. Peter Odighizuwa, a 43-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Nigeria, said he was sick and needed help. Odighizuwa, covering his face with a green court document, told a judge he was supposed to see a doctor and didn&8217;t have his medication. The judge set...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#248 Toronto Star- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A failing student shot three people to death and wounded three more yesterday at the Appalachian School of Law, police said. The ambitious school was created five years ago to bring newcomers and a new way of life to southwest Virginia&8217;s poor and struggling coal-mining region. The midday attack ended when students overpowered the gunman and held him for Buchanan County sheriff&8217;s deputies, officials said. The law school was founded by community leaders eager to revitalize a region left.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#247 The Times (London)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Washington: A college dean was among three people shot dead by a disgruntled student who rampaged through his Virginia law school firing an automatic handgun (Roland Watson writes). Three others, all female students, were injured before the gunman, Peter Odighizuma, 43, an exchange student from Nigeria, was overpowered by fellow students at the Appalachian School of Law. Jack Briggs, the first doctor at the scene, said that some of the dead had been &8220;executed&8221;. Anthony Sutin, the dean.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#246 The Sun- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A STUDENT angry at his low grades shot dead three people at a law school yesterday. The man went berserk with a handgun and also wounded three girl students. Peter Odighizuma, 43, was said to have opened fire in the dean&8217;s office before targeting people throughout the small campus. Four students finally overpowered him at Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia. College dean Professor Anthony Sutin was shot in the head at point blank range. A lecturer and a student also...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#245 St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A law school student who had just been suspended went on a shooting rampage at the school Wednesday, killing the dean, a professor and a student before he was wrestled to the ground and arrested, school officials and witnesses said. Three students also were critically injured in the hail of gunfire at the Appalachian School of Law. &8220;When I got there, there were bodies lying everywhere,&8221; said Dr. Jack Briggs, who has a private practice a half-mile from the school in this tiny mountain..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#244 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Scientists say the organisms are very similar to life as it might exist on Mars and other planets. The one-celled organisms, known as Archaea, grow by consuming hydrogen that is produced by hot water reacting with bedrock 600 feet below the Beaverhead Mountains. They produce tiny amounts of methane as a byproduct of their metabolism. Although types of Archaea have been found before, this community is unlike anything else on Earth. Details of the discovery appear in today&8217;s issue of the...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#243 The Washington Post- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A failing student allegedly shot three people to death and wounded three others yesterday at the Appalachian School of Law, the ambitious school created five years ago to bring newcomers and a new way of life to southwest Virginia&8217;s struggling coal-mining region. The midday attack ended when students overpowered the gunman and held him for Buchanan County sheriff&8217;s deputies, officials said. The law school was founded by community leaders eager to revitalize a region decimated by the...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#252 Western Morning News (Plymouth)- (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 students.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#253 Western Daily Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) THREE people were killed at a US college last night after a failed student went on a shooting spree. The college dean and a professor were among those gunned down when the man opened fire at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, deep in rural Virginia. A further three students were critically injured before the gunman was overpowered by four other students. The students managed to hold down the man while he was still armed with a .380 semi-automatic pistol until police arrived. 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