Here's a better example from MSNBC. The gunman was stopped by Traci Bridges who pointed his personal gun at him and set "Stop or I will shoot"!
The gunman then dropped his weapon and students subdued him.
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Law School Shooting Suspect says he's sick; needs help
GRUNDY, Va., January 17 - A former law student who allegedly killed his dean, a law professor and another student told a judge Thursday that he is sick and needs help.
Peter Odighizuwa, who is accused of killing D L. Anthony Sutin, professor Thomas Blackwell and student Angela Dales, 33, in a shooting rampage on Wednesday reportedly over his dismissal from the school, told a Buchanan County judge Thursday, "I was supposed to see my doctor. He was supposed to help me out." He added, "I don’t have my medication."
The former law student returned to the Appalachia School of Law on Wednesday to talk to Sutin about his dismissal from the school and failing grades. Authorities said Odighizuwa then shot Sutin and Blackwell with a .380-caliber pistol. Odighizuwa was in Blackwell’s contracts classes during the fall and winter.
Officials said students ended the rampage by confronting and then tackling the gunman.
State Police spokesman Mike Stater said three other students were injured and were hospitalized in fair condition.
Fellow students have said that Odighizuwa had shown signs of mental instability. Known around campus as "Peter O.", Odighizuwa had been struggling with his grades for more than a year and had been dismissed once before. "I knew he’d do something like this," said Zeke Jackson, 40, who tried to recruit him for the school’s Black Law Students’ Association.
Other students admitted that Odighzuwa gave no signs of unsteadiness. Justin Marlowe, a first-year law student from Richwood, W.Va., said the suspect had been in all of his classes. "He was a real quiet guy who kept to himself," Marlowe said. "He didn’t talk to anybody, but he gave no indication that he was capable of something like this."
Chris Clifton, the school’s financial aid officer, said Odighizuwa met with him the day before to learn of his dismissal. "He was angry. He thought he was being treated unfairly, and he wanted to see his transcipt. I don’t think Peter knew at this time that it (dismissal) was going to be permanent and final," Clifton said.
Prosecutors charged Odighizuwa with three counts of capital murder, three counts of attempted capital murder and six charges for use of a firearm in a felony.
He’ll remain held without bond until a preliminary hearing on March 21.
Odighizuwa was arrested August 15 for hitting his wife in the face and bruising her eye, according to court records. He and his wife, Abieyuwa Odighizuwa, have four children. Residents said the family had been having financial trouble and townspeople were trying to help out.
Sutin was a lawyer well-known to many in Washington. A 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School and an associate professor at the school, he left a Justice Department position as an assistant attorney general to found the school after working for the Democratic National Committee and Bill Clinton’s campaign in 1992, according to the Web site of Jurist, the Legal Education Network. Attorney General John Ashcroft issued a statement expressing his condolences to Sutin’s wife and their two children.
"My thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Sutin’s wife, Margaret, their two children and to all of their family and friends," he said. "The entire Department of Justice is mourning the loss of a dedicated public servant who served the Department of Justice with distinction, integrity and honor." |
