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 2^nd 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.