Sullivan gunman known to police

September 6, 2010

Cowan already known to be armed and unstable: As I postulated in my last post about Thomas Cowan it seems that he was not unknown to police. In fact he had several violations for carrying illegal concealed weapons. Not to mention many nuisance charges that he was ordered to undergo psych evals which he never5 [...]

62-year-old armed man shot to death at TN high school

August 30, 2010

Update: Sheriff says no doubt gunman at Sullivan Central High School intended to kill someone: Parents, students react to fatal shooting at Sullivan Central: It isn’t known why 62-year-old Thomas Cowan stormed into Sullivan Central High School in Blountville, Tennessee with two handguns but what is known is that he didn’t make it out. Police [...]

Hainstock tries for new trial again

August 7, 2010

Hainstock seeking new trial for murder: Eric Hainstock was sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of Weston schools principal John Klang. Hainstock was 15 when he killed Principal Klang. He’s been one of those that the kid criminal crowd have touted that he was too young to be sentenced to adult prison. [...]

Pity for John Odgren ‘unthinkable’

July 26, 2010

Victim’s kin: Pity for John Odgren ‘unthinkable’: The parents of James Alenson have spoken out on the latest ploy to get their son’s killer out of jail early. Jon and Carman Alenson had this to say about John Odgren’s request to have his conviction lowered to second degree murder. “Our family waited three and a [...]

Carneal to get new hearing

July 25, 2010

Carneal hearing will look at guilty plea appeal: Heath High School gunman Michael Carneal will receive a hearing to see if he was mentally competent to see if his guilty plea was valid. If you’ll recall when the 27-year-old Carneal in 1997 he shot and killed 3 students at heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky. [...]

Odgren’s lawyers ask judge to reduce conviction

July 24, 2010

Odgren’s lawyers ask judge to reduce murder conviction: The lawyers for John Odgren have requested that the judge throw out his first degree murder conviction and reduce the charge to second degree murder so he could be eligible for parole after 15 years. Odgren was convicted of first degree murder for stabbing James Alenson in [...]

Bruco Eastwood pleads insane

July 13, 2010

Colo. school shooting suspect pleads not guilty: As expected Bruco Eastwood has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. If you’ll recall the 32-year-old Eastwood opened fire on Deer Creek Middle School in Jefferson County, Colorado striking two students who luckily survived. As I previously posted not only did Eastwood claim that [...]

Rodney Smith gets one year for South Mountain shooting

July 10, 2010

Man Sentenced in Computer Lab Shooting: I originally posted about Rodney Smith here and here. He opened fire at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona striking three people. One of the people was his intended target Isaac Smith. Isaac Smith had his day of karma coming as the shooting was in retaliation for a [...]

Todd Brown’s shooter to be tried as an adult

July 3, 2010

Discovery Middle School shooting suspect to be tried as adult: I originally posted about Todd Brown here. He was the 14-year-old from Discovery Middle School in Madison, Alabama who was shot in killed in the hallways of the school back in February. His alleged shooter has now been charged as an adult. He is 14-year-old [...]

Amy Bishop tried to take the coward’s way out

June 20, 2010

Sources: Amy Bishop Attempts Suicide: Former UAHuntsville professor Pete Rose Moe Howard Emo Phillips Amy Bishop is said to have attempted suicide after finding out that she had been indicted in her brother’s shooting death. Was she ashamed for bringing dishonor to her family or something? I guess she figured it’s ok to be accused [...]

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