Posts Tagged ‘Amy Bishop’
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
- Amy Bishop mugshot
Mass chaos erupts on a college campus as a gunman opens fire. Professors and students are scrambling, bystanders are taking cover and no one knows where the bullets will land. This was the scene on February 12, 2010 at the University of Alabama Huntsville campus. One of their professors allegedly brought a gun to the school and started taking shots. Investigators learned the lone gunman was actually a Harvard University graduate and one of their own.
Her name is Amy Bishop.
I can’t recall in recent history a woman opening fire on a campus, much less a professor. I spoke with Sgt. Mark Roberts from the Huntsville Police Department and he told me there was a faculty meeting, and just before 4 p.m. gunfire erupted inside the conference room. Police were called, and responded to the building within minutes. They didn’t know at the time where the alleged shooter, Amy Bishop was hiding, but they eventually found her outside the building and took her into custody. Sgt. Roberts says investigators on the scene did not immediately find the 9 mm gun that was used, but later that night authorities located the weapon on the 2nd floor bathroom inside a garbage can. Amy Bishop did not have a permit for the gun. Sadly, three professors died in the deadly incident, and three others were injured.
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Amy Bishop mugshot
As the days progress, we are learning more bizarre details about alleged campus shooter Amy Bishop. I do not recall in recent history a woman opening fire on a campus. Bishop’s history with the law has taken many twists and turns over the years. Police say she shot and killed her brother in 1986, and in 1993 she was questioned by authorities in Massachusetts for sending two bombs to a fellow colleague from Harvard, then in2002 she was charged with assault on a woman at an IHOP. Bishop verbally abused the woman and hit her in the head after the victim took the last booster seat.
Bishop graduated from Northeastern in 1988 with biology degrees, and in 1993 she earned a doctorate in genetics from Harvard University. Friends say she loved to play Dungeons and Dragons with her husband. I spoke with Bishop’s next door neighbor Mrs. Armstrong and she says, “I would never expect her to shoot anyone, she told me the reason she moved here was because she had a better shot at getting tenure.” Mrs. Armstrong also says Amy Bishop, and her husband James Anderson have four children, the youngest is in third grade, and the oldest is 18. Mrs. Armstrong and her family never had any problems with the Bishops, but she did say Bishop gave her the impression she “always had to be right.”
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Amy Bishop (booking photo)
It is extremely rare to have a woman shooter on campus, and even more rare that the shooter is a professor targeting co-workers. Professors are there to educate and protect the children/students, not harm others. I spoke with Sgt. Mark Roberts from the Huntsville Police Department this morning. We spoke in length about the shooting that occurred on Friday, February 12, 2010 on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus involving Professor Amy Bishop. Sgt. Roberts says there was a faculty meeting on campus, and just before 4 p.m. gunfire erupted inside the conference room. Police were called, and responded to the building within minutes. They didn’t know at the time where the alleged shooter, Amy Bishop was hiding out, but they eventually found her outside the building and took her into custody. Sgt. Roberts says investigators on the scene did not immediately find the 9 mm gun that was allegedly used, but later that night authorities located the weapon on the 2nd floor bathroom inside a garbage can. Amy Bishop did not have a permit for the gun. Sadly, three professors died, and three were injured. Sgt. Roberts says that one of the injured was released from the hospital yesterday, and the other two are still in critical condition. Bishop had her first 72 hour court hearing yesterday where the charges she is facing were explained to her. Her next court date is scheduled sometime for the week of Feb. 22nd.
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