Incarcerated /T1_4 1 Tf They had a child, and the little girl attended Buell's preschool. Brenda Spencer [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 pp. Her father left home for work around 7 oclock in the morning. )]TJ /Span<>> BDC [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ 35 years later, Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two and wounded eight, faced her victims in a parole hearing. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC The look at Brenda Foster gave me was enough to scare any young child to death.. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td As the children lined up outside the gate, Spencer took out the Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle that she'd gotten as a Christmas gift. A few weeks ago, she marked her 40th anniversary in prison after successive parole applications had been refused. /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC [(Langman, P)90 (. [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ Any inmate aged 55 or older is eligible to be identified as a GG and participation is voluntary., Ryan Wallers story His unfortunate death, Where is Brent Dennis now? xmp.iid:3065e9ea-c692-4fe2-85e9-211b0d4a2955 /T1_3 1 Tf For what was awarded the Ushakov Medal, The world's first constitution: from Sparta to the US, Platinum hair color: shades, staining, care tips, Canon IXUS 155: user reviews and main features, Conquest of Genghis Khan. 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td )Tj Dorothy who goes by Dot recounts Brenda as a child who was "very active, always happy, a good child, well behaved, [and] never had any problems in school" (Dower, 2016). Are you pretty good with a rifle? he asked. /T1_3 1 Tf )Tj Full name is Brenda Ann Spencer. [( N)23 (ew Y)60 (ork: G)30 (uilford, 1999, p. )Tj Shooting (.22 caliber rifle) 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ 8.5 0 0 8.5 48 744.5 Tm This is such a sad case because those kids did not deserve to go through something so traumatizing. When 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire on Cleveland Elementary School in the San Diego bedroom community of San Carlos, the incident marked the first high profile mass school shooting in the United States. The place he loved the most. The total number of shots from the murderer's window was 36. (64)Tj [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ [You] put your gun down, the commissioner observed. )]TJ EMC She had submitted a written statement in which she alleged that her father had begun fondling her when she was 9 and had sexually assaulted her virtually every night. by Michael Thomas Barry. ( )Tj After the first bell rang, Brenda broke the panels on the front door of her home, which was located right across the street from the elementary school. ( )Tj Brenda Spencer was born April 3rd, 1962 to her mother and father, Dorothy and Wallace Spencer. Copyright 2016 by Peter Langman, Ph.D. EMC Police proceeded to move a garbage truck in front of Spencer's line of fire. ( )Tj She was suffering from poverty with his alcoholic father since her parents separated. She said she did it for the fun of it and that just gave me chills. /T1_4 1 Tf Instead, he gave her a Ruger semi-automatic rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition for Christmas. She kept busy behind bars by learning Latin just for the fun of it, she said. According to the testimony of neighbors and family acquaintances, parents often spoke about weapons in her presence, moreover, my father even taught her how to shoot. The issue is in plain sight but nobody in the right places of power wants to say it because its easier to point fingers. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ Victims (87)Tj Name ( )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td We have estimated Photos of Brenda Ann Spencer, 16, who killed two adults and wounded eight children in a 1979 sniper attack on a San Diego elementary school. 0 Tw T* On January 29, 1979, Cam Miller, a 9-year-old student who was waiting for the principal to open the gate to Grover Cleveland Elementary, was injured by a gunshot, along with eight other innocent children. The head custodian, Michael Suchar, known as Mr. ( )Tj There didnt seem much I or the rest of the family could do to help her., He went on to say that his father had gotten out alive from some rough times in the Pacific during World War II. EMC According to court documents she would open fire from her home aiming at young children waiting to get into the school. T* He had gone to his parents home to tell his mother, Valentina. 1.647 0 Td [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC Instead of preparing for high school, Brenda Spencer retrieved a Ruger 10/22 rifle from her bed, a Christmas present from her father. [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 pp. I dont like Mondays, she famously replied when asked her motive. /T1_3 1 Tf [(H)23 (are, )]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf As of April2020, she remains in prison and is housed at the California Institution for Women in Chino. application/pdf /T1_5 1 Tf Blue was Spencer's favorite color so he would be her first victim. /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC I know saying Im sorry doesnt make it all right,Spencer told the parole board in 2001. At the time, mass shootings were rare in America, although there had been occasional gun attacks on school premises. As a boy he had nightmares in which Spencer popped up out of a bathtub to finish him off. The fact that she shot up the school was because she didnt like Mondays and she wanted to cheer it up. I was shooting into the parking lot.. Brenda Ann Spencer Shot Up A School. Her Reason? "I Don't Like Mondays /T1_4 1 Tf Neighbors claimed Spencer had . converted The blood hadnt been scrubbed from where he had fallen on the concrete. /Span<>> BDC (85)Tj /T1_4 1 Tf Mary Rintoul aged nine when she was shot in the attack has mixed feelings about letting her out. ( p. According to the testimony of neighbors and family acquaintances, parents often spoke about weapons in her presence, moreover, my father even taught her how to shoot. But this marked a terrible development in the countrys violent history, triggering an era of school massacres in which children were ready to blast away at fellow pupils. [(Langman, P)90 (. /T1_5 1 Tf ( )Tj Brenda Spencer A psychiatric evaluation in December 1978 concluded that she should be put in hospital as a danger to herself and others but again, her father resisted. (paths Among Us. During a 2009 parole hearing, her most recent, she insisted that she had not intended to shoot anybody. The ruthless shooter continued shooting until the police blocked the school entrance by moving a garbage truck in front of it. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ /CS0 cs 0 0 0 0.5 scn ( )Tj So, how much is Brenda Spencer worth at the age of 60 years old? Despite what former District Attorney Richard Sachs said on the episode of Deadly Women, Spencer's rampage was not "the country's, if not the world's first school shooting case before 1979." EMC ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td What if they got the idea from what I did?. 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I was trying to commit suicide.. ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td No school or kids deserve to be shot up. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td )Tj She said she had been under the influence of alcohol, pot, and downers. On that day, students of Grover Cleveland's primary school were on the street, they waited while their teacher Burton Regg opened the gate to them. /T1_5 1 Tf [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. 27)70 (. ( )Tj ( )Tj Mr McGlinn says such a troubled young girl should never have been allowed near guns and believes her claims that she was hallucinating under the influence of drugs and alchohol. After firing thirty-six times, Spencer locked herself in her house for a few hours. ( )Tj The only thing I was concentrating on was getting the police there so that they could shoot me, she said. /Span<>> BDC EMC ( p. /T1_4 1 Tf After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. In 2001 Brenda accused her father of having drunkenly subjected her to beatings and sexual abuse. ( )Tj EMC EMC She can only ask for pardon after 25 years in prison. Mondays always carry with them a negative connotation and contain components such as depression, fatigue, and anguish. )]TJ [(W)5 (ithout Conscience: T)-45 (he Disturbing W)40 (orld of the Psycho)]TJ 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /Span<>> BDC Whether Spencer was a cold-hearted killer or a truly lost and confused soul that simply wanted an escape, it is undeniable that her horrible actions have had some frightening consequences in our modern world. Most can agree with former FBI profiler Candice DeLong's remarks that Brenda's father bears responsibility for what happened that day by buying her the gun. I was 9 years old when I was shot, he began. 0.003 Tc 0.082 Tw 1.662 0 Td His crimes and conviction detailed, How did Charles Stanley Gifford die? )]TJ EMC The death toll would have been far higher if a policeman hadnt blocked Spencers line of fire by parking a rubbish lorry in the way. (96)Tj 0.02 Tc -0.02 Tw 9.5 0 0 9.5 48 42 Tm 0.355 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_4 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td Her life and career after prison. /T1_4 1 Tf I think her premature death in 1991 was at least partly the result of this traumatic experience.. A student organization of St. Marys University of San Antonio, Texas, featuring scholarly research, writing, and media from students of all disciplines. 12.894 0 Td (A Pro\036le for Change. 0 Tc 0 Tw 8.5 0 0 8.5 336 453.5 Tm /T1_4 1 Tf And because she never had to be cross-examined in court, her facetious remark about hating Mondays remained her only explanation for the shooting.