Appalachian School of Law ShootingsNews Stories in the week after the Appalachian School of Law ShootingsThe Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Mourners lit candles, then sat silently in their glow. One day after gunfire shattered the serenity of this tiny, southwest Virginia town, there seemed little anyone at the Appalachian School of Law and the community it calls home could do but sit in silence, lost in their agony and questions of &8220;why&8221; &8220;Columbine seemed like a world away, until lunch yesterday,&8221; the Rev. Stan Parris told a few hundred people at a memorial service at Grundy Baptist Church. On Wednesday, a...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#264 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A Paducah man said he watched as his friend and former high school classmate was shot by a gunman who killed three at a western Virginia law school on Wednesday, the man&8217;s father said. Sam Clymer, a student at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Va., said he saw Stacey Beans, 22, get wounded by a bullet, Clymer&8217;s dad, McCracken Circuit Judge Craig Clymer, told The Paducah Sun. Beans was shot in the chest, hospital officials said. She underwent surgery at a Bristol, Tenn.,...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#263 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A former law student who is accused of killing his dean, a law professor and another student and wounding three others told a judge Thursday that he is sick and needs help. Peter Odighizuwa, 43, shuffled into Buchanan County General District Court in leg chains, surrounded by police officers. Hiding his face behind his green arrest warrant, Odighizuwa told Judge Patrick Johnson, &8220;I was supposed to see my doctor. He was supposed to help me out &8230; I don&8217;t have my...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#262 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Tracy Bridges didn&8217;t have much time to think when he saw Peter Odighizuwa on the front lawn of the Appalachian School of Law moments after he allegedly went on a killing spree. &8220;I just reacted,&8221; said Bridges, a student and sheriff&8217;s deputy who tackled Odighizuwa with classmates Todd Ross of Johnson City, Tenn., and Ted Besen after the Wednesday shootings. The three men pinned Odighizuwa to the ground, and Bridges handcuffed the man&8217;s arms behind his back. Odighizuwa,...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#261 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Peter Odighizuwa returned to his law school campus hoping to get another chance from his dean after flunking out for a second time. But he came armed with a pistol and, moments after being rejected, authorities say he started firing. Odighizuwa shot his dean and a professor to death in their offices and then opened fire on a crowd of students, killing one and injuring three others before students tackled the gunman and handcuffed him, officials said. &8220;He was angry. He thought he was being..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#260 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A student upset about flunking out of law school shot his dean and a professor to death in their offices before opening fire in a commons area, killing a student and injuring three others, authorities said. Peter Odighizuwa, 43, went to the Appalachia School of Law on Wednesday to talk to his dean, L. Anthony Sutin, about his dismissal, officials said. He shot Sutin and Professor Thomas Blackwell, who taught Odighizuwa&8217;s contracts classes during the fall and winter, with a .380-caliber...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#259 The Associated Press State & Local Wire- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Tracy Bridges didn&8217;t have much time to think when he saw suspected killer Peter Odighizuwa on the front lawn of the Appalachian School of Law. Odighizuwa was holding a gun and so was Bridges, a student and sheriff&8217;s deputy. &8220;I just reacted,&8221; said Bridges, 25, who tackled Odighizuwa with classmates Todd Ross, 30, and Ted Besen, 37, moments after a shooting spree at the school Wednesday left three dead and three wounded. The three men pinned Odighizuwa to the ground, and...http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#258 Xinhua- (Found June 19, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, January 16 (Xinhua)&8212;Three were killed and three other wounded when a gunman opened fire at a law school in southwestern Virginia Wednesday. The gunman, a student at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, was described as &8220;a time bomb&8221; by a local doctor who recently treated him for stress. One of those killed was the dean of the school, L. Anthony Sutin, a former acting assistant U.S. attorney general. Another faculty member and a student were also killed,..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#256 Winston-Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC)- (Found June 19, 2008 ) An angry student killed three people and wounded three more yesterday at the tiny Appalachian School of Law before fellow students tackled and subdued him, according to authorities. L. Anthony Sutin, 42, the dean of the school, and Thomas Blackwell, 41, an associate professor, were in their offices when they were shot. The third person killed was student Angela Dales, 33, according to state police. Peter Odighizuwa, 43, a Nigerian student who had been dismissed from the school, was charged with.http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#255 The Seattle Times- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Felons easily purchased guns, advocacy group says WASHINGTON&8212;Since mid-1999, 9,976 felons and others legally barred from buying guns&8212;including 343 in Washington&8212;cruised past background checks and purchased firearms, an advocacy group said yesterday. A report by the Americans for Gun Safety Foundation said most states, including Washington, rely on outdated records and computer technology for background checks, which allows thousands of felons to purchase guns with little trouble..http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/appalachian/2002/01/17#242 |