Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Shooter 'angry at life, God' - Seattle P-I
A milk-truck driver carrying three guns and a childhood grudge entered a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, sent the boys and adults outside, barricaded the doors with two-by-fours, and then opened fire on a dozen girls, killing three people before committing suicide.
At least seven other victims were critically wounded, authorities said.
Most of the victims had been shot execution-style at point-blank range after being lined up along the chalkboard, their feet bound with wire and plastic ties, authorities said. Two young students were killed, along with a female teacher's aide who was slightly older than the students, state police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller said.
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From the suicide notes and telephone calls, it was clear Roberts was "angry at life, he was angry at God," Miller said. ...
Miller said investigators were looking into the possibility that the attack might have been related to the death of one of Roberts' own children. According to an obituary, Roberts and his wife, Marie, lost a daughter shortly after she was born in 1997. ...
A milk-truck driver carrying three guns and a childhood grudge entered a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, sent the boys and adults outside, barricaded the doors with two-by-fours, and then opened fire on a dozen girls, killing three people before committing suicide.
At least seven other victims were critically wounded, authorities said.
Most of the victims had been shot execution-style at point-blank range after being lined up along the chalkboard, their feet bound with wire and plastic ties, authorities said. Two young students were killed, along with a female teacher's aide who was slightly older than the students, state police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller said.
...
From the suicide notes and telephone calls, it was clear Roberts was "angry at life, he was angry at God," Miller said. ...
Miller said investigators were looking into the possibility that the attack might have been related to the death of one of Roberts' own children. According to an obituary, Roberts and his wife, Marie, lost a daughter shortly after she was born in 1997. ...
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