(100)Tj /T1_3 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td But I wasnt able to run from the bullet Brenda had for me, Hardy said. ( )Tj Location A model prisoner, she wants to be a forklift truck driver if she ever regains her freedom. Contrary to her initial claim, she later went on to state in her 2001 parole hearing that she had been "sexually abused by [her] father" and was "waiting for the cops to show up so they could shoot [her]." 4 This new information has fueled many more theories today about Brenda Spencer's true motives in . Brenda Ann Spencer was born in San Diego, California, on April 3, 1962. And every time I had tried suicide in the previous year I had screwed it up.. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ Brenda pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. 26. EMC Contrary to her initial claim, she later went on to state in her 2001 parole hearing that she had been "sexually abused by [her] father" and was "waiting for the cops to show up so they could shoot [her]." 4 This new information has fueled many more theories today about Brenda Spencer's true motives in . /T1_3 1 Tf They still speak of hearing the gurgle in Mr. Wragg as he lay there dying If such evil can occur in such a benign and tranquil setting, then it can happen anywhere and probably will.. /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj Spencer was the inspiration for the song "I Don't Like Mondays," written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers for their band the Boomtown Rats, which was released later that year. Brenda Spencer: Sorting Out the Contradictions /Span<>> BDC The San Diego District Attorneys Office sent a representative to the hearing. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3, 1962), who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. 58tba4u0)^[=0Ue[]Z|_x-~uIwc|64gk{x6%-m>4K;m/e_9*W>^>iL]&S>SzL^eAyC8qk#;+LGOOO,drP n7a S)f He had then blacked out as a bullet passed within an inch of his heart, exiting his chest. ( )Tj 8.5 0 0 8.5 336 571.5 Tm ( )Tj ( )Tj EMC [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ The pain these children must have felt is unforgivable. The girl herself from an early age was interested in weapons and everything connected with him. Some lawyers involved in the case believe she will soon succeed in a parole application. She was later diagnosed with depression and epilepsy and received medication to treat her mental issues. She is not dating anyone. Yet, while it was all happening, so beautiful, so serene, I couldnt get over the perverse violence associated with my dads passing. She shot him because, by her own words, he was making it more difficult for her to shoot the kids, the representative said. [(Langman, P)90 (. Despite Spencer still being imprisoned, the pain and suffering of the casualties and their families would not magically disappear. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td This was a Monday morning in January 1979. Yet she wonders whether Spencer could ever adapt to the outside world and if she will snap again. I cannot reconcile the fact that Brenda claimed she started shooting just for the fun of it with the trauma she probably experienced in her childhood because both are terrible and inexcusable acts. Police later found half empty alcohol bottles throughout the house. She said the psychiatrist had recommended she be hospitalized as a danger to herself and to others. ( )Tj Spencer was 16 on Jan. 29, 1979, when she opened fire with a .22 rifle on Grover Cleveland Elementary School across from her home in San Diego, killing the principal and the custodian while wounding eight youngsters and a police officer. 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. People who knew the girl, claim that in her biography there was a theft. /T1_4 1 Tf [You] put your gun down, the commissioner observed. /T1_5 1 Tf Children were going to school as the birds chirped. The ambulance rushing to get him to hospital took a sharp turn and the dead body of the school caretaker had rolled on top of him. 0.4 Tw /Span<>> BDC Spencer has tried to garner sympathy by stating that her father beat and sexually abused her. ( )Tj application/pdf /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_3 1 Tf I think that article such as these, that have to do with people like this that kill or shoot up schools filled with little kids are so heartbreaking to read. Brenda Spencer She indulged in drugs and often skipped classes at school. He recently pointed out that she cried frequently at her last parole eligibility hearing, in 2016, demonstrating what he called her continued emotional instability. Nine counts of attempted murder. 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC Spencer subsequently pleaded guilty to two counts of murder. The brother said that although his widowed sister-in-law lived until 1991, her life actually ended in January 1979. EMC representative added that Spencer had complained to the police negotiator that the custodian had tried to get everybody off the school grounds. [(W)5 (ithout Conscience: T)-45 (he Disturbing W)40 (orld of the Psycho)]TJ [( pp. Brenda threatened with new shots, so for such a long time she could not be forced to surrender to the police. But for the heroic efforts of a police officer who risked his life to drive a trash truck in front of her residence to block her field of fire, no doubt further children would have been shot.. 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC 0.177 Tw /Span<>> BDC She is from California. On January 29, 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine when she fired on San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School with a .22-caliber rifle from her family's house across the street. 28. So, how much is Brenda Spencer worth at the age of 60 years old? They cite the considerable progress she has made in rehabilitating herself in prison. (99)Tj Michael Suchar, age 56, school custodian, went to the aid of Mr. Wragg and was also shot., Youre shooting people as they come to the aid of others, he said. The article kept my attention the entire time. /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC 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. ( )Tj EMC EMC She shot eight children, and she shot a responding police officer, Robert Robb, in the neck. ( p. ( )Tj Officer Robert Robb shot in the neck as he arrived but he lived. The only thing I was concentrating on was getting the police there so that they could shoot me, she said. ( )Tj The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. , updated On the other hand, I also did not know that this event was listed as the first high profile school shooting. 24\22625. In December, a psychiatric evaluation arranged by her probation officer recommended that Spencer be admitted to a mental hospital for depression, but her father refused to give permission. [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 pp. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. ( )Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ EMC [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. The ruthless shooter continued shooting until the police blocked the school entrance by moving a garbage truck in front of it. EMC [( p. 207)70 (. Born in Decatur, Illinois, Jan 29,. _+lM.>c'WiUZ^;>\9Mi\4U2)tR^{pWZSbQUpL"1^|_eQU]'g$4J]]DSlgm40K0brD{:\w\+ O 4s(J(cPDF(iCky%5xw6??J_~s7\b\tc'^K@7C z{O"~~X` EMC What if they got the idea from what I did?. I was just set on committing suicide., I am sorry you had to go through everything you went through, but what Im trying to do is find out why you would open fire and kill two people and hurt so many others, the commissioner said. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf Even if she maybe had her own problems with her father, she is just as guilty to if she only did it to make a better Monday. You indicate you werent really trying to hit anybodybut you did a heck of a job of hitting a lot of people.. EMC She later also spoke with police negotiators, telling them those she had shot made easy targets, and that she was going to "come out shooting." While at the California Institution for Women in Chino, she worked repairing electronic equipment. She shot people for the fun of it. [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ A lawyer representing Spencer spoke next. For two murders and an attack with firearms, she was sentenced to life imprisonment. Ugh, its Monday are the words that usually follow the arrival of the most dreaded day of the week. Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated Mondays. /T1_4 1 Tf )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ A good addition to the gift was the box, which contained more than 500 rounds. ( )Tj Pandemonium ensued as staff charged out of the school in San Diego to help terrified and injured children, shouting at parents to drive on as they arrived to drop off more pupils. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf EMC 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." Bob Geldof, then the lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, read about the incident when a news story about it came off the telex at WRAS-FM, the campus radio station at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Which is not a good thing to live with., He added: Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. ( )Tj A student organization of St. Marys University of San Antonio, Texas, featuring scholarly research, writing, and media from students of all disciplines. )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf A plaque and flagpole were erected at Cleveland Elementary in memory of the shooting victims. ( p. /T1_5 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf )Tj He was an antisocial loner who lived in poverty in a house strewn with empty beer and whisky bottles. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf (paths Among Us. Even as an adult, he was gripped by an abiding fear of leaving his back exposed in restaurants he always sits with his back to the wall. -0.03 Tc 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_4 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td The place he loved the most. In late January 1979, Brenda Spencer killed two adults and injured eight children and one adult because of her hate for Mondays. He returned to the shooting. As of April2020, she remains in prison and is housed at the California Institution for Women in Chino. Four times the murderer asked for parole, and four times she was refused. Adobe InDesign CC 2015 (Macintosh) /T1_4 1 Tf EMC -2.118 -1.529 Td (63)Tj 21, 50. )]TJ (89)Tj They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor, with empty alcohol . /T1_5 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf )Tj Occupation /T1_3 1 Tf [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ -0.04 Tc 0.496 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_3 1 Tf EMC Adobe InDesign CC 2015 (Macintosh) ( p. ( )Tj 6. /Span<>> BDC 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. Going to school should be a safe place and not a place to fear. /T1_5 1 Tf Its entirely possible I said that, Spencer told the parole board. /T1_2 1 Tf Spencer fired three shots and hit Suchar fatally. /T1_3 1 Tf During her pretrial psychological testing, an injury to Spencers temporal lobe came to light. Spencers absent mother, Dot, claimed she suspected father and daughter had an unhealthy relationship but insisted she couldnt afford a lawyer to fight for custody. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC )]TJ Trivia (3) On January 29, 1979, sixteen year old Brenda Spencer pointed her .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle that she had received as a Christmas present from her father out her bedroom window to San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School across the street. EMC This livens up the day.. (94)Tj [(1)2.3 (02)]TJ (98)Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 0.4 Tw /Span<>> BDC My dad told them that nothing was wrong with me and everything was fine, and leave us alone, she recalled. I walked around this place, not stepping on the splotches and the puddles, and didnt want to be hugged by anyone. EMC /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj A)39.7 (vail)]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td However, her method of expressing her resentment is definitely unjustifiable. /T1_1 1 Tf [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ 0.297 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj Hart was a private investigator involved in the case and interviewed Spencer's mother, father, brother, sister, friends, and neighbors within months of the attack. EMC The total number of shots from the murderer's window was 36. She didnt realise she was shooting at schoolchildren, mistaking them for birds. The representative further reported that blood and urine samples taken after Spencers arrest tested clean. /T1_3 1 Tf ( )Tj Sixteen-year-old Brenda Spencer fired from the window of her house children who had come to school, across the road from the ill-fated home. (157 cm) and had bright red hair. EMC Spencer told police negotiators she had shot the children and staff because they made such easy targets. -2.118 -1.529 Td Brenda Spencer is America's first female school shooter. /T1_4 1 Tf 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC It also be projection, a signal that she's being abused at home by someone. After all of the shooting was over the Principal and Janitor were dead, eight students and one police officer was injured. The perks of Golden Girl membership include a front-line pass for meals and medication and access to a specific dining room closest to the members cell. -2.118 -1.529 Td 75. And with so many U.S. school shootings since, Spencers crime has lost its once unique awfulness and, with it, the notoriety that helped keep her behind bars, they told me. default ( )Tj [(H)23 (are, R. )]TJ ( )Tj Police proceeded to move a garbage truck in front of Spencer's line of fire. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf 42. 0 Tc 0 Tw 8.4751 0 0 8.5 561.6812 581.5 Tm And apparently you two slept in the same bed?. So, why did you commit this crime? the head parole commissioner asked. Numerous tests and examinations proved that Spencer was absolutely adequate, she was not offended at school, loved at home, and she was absolutely sober at the time of the murder. They made me numb so I didnt feel anything, she said. She barricaded herself and 7 hours did not succumb to the police persuasion. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf Her father left home for work around 7 oclock in the morning. Brenda Spencer has spent over four decades in prison and currently belongs to the Golden Girls Club at her prison. /T1_4 1 Tf -0.024 Tw /Span<>> BDC Because I knew that if I fired on the school the police would show up, and they would shoot me and kill me, she said. 12.894 0 Td (92)Tj In April 1980, Spencer pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. (101)Tj According to our Database, She has no children. /Span<>> BDC EMC /T1_4 1 Tf She did it, she said, because she didn't like Mondays. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ 32. /T1_5 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC I had never heard of this case prior to reading this article. Ultimately, she surrendered. The song never mentions her name and Geldof admitted that most fans thought it was about how having a hangover made Mondays unbearable. She also killed custodian Mike Suchar (age 56) as he tried to pull a student to safety. The uninjured looked around confused as to what was happening. proof:pdf January 29, 1979 29.647 36.706 Td 0.177 Tw /Span<>> BDC [( 2016 by P)20 (eter Langman, P)5 (h.D)17.1 (. Brenda pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Another nine got hurt during that incident. Brenda Spencer, the culprit of this shooting, in case her second statement was true, she should not have opened fire to that school, she should have called the police directly. A month later, on January 29, 1979, she achieved infamy when she began shooting at her school, Grover Cleveland Elementary in San Diego from her home, located across the street. On the morning of Monday, January 29, 1979, Spencer began shooting at children waiting for Principal Burton Wragg (age 53) to open the gates to Grover Cleveland Elementary. /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf I wasnt specifically aiming at people, she said. He showed me a neatly hand-written letter she sent him in 2015 in which she wrote that she appreciated what I did was horrible so I dont really complain about the amount of time Ive done. 0.766 0.053 Td 89. Instead of preparing for high school, Brenda Spencer retrieved a Ruger 10/22 rifle from her bed, a Christmas present from her father. Spencer signed up as soon as she hit 55. (97)Tj The next time (2001), she began to advance the theory that her brutal act was preceded by her father's abuse of her, but these facts were also not confirmed. They later had a daughter together. In her 2001 hearing, Spencer first claimed that her father had been subjecting her to beatings and sexual abuse, but he said the allegations were not true. -2.118 -1.529 Td Copyright 2018 en.unansea.com. /Span<>> BDC www.schoolshooters.info After firing 30-36 rounds of ammunition, Spencer barricaded herself inside her home for nearly seven hours. ( )Tj [(Langman, P)89.7 (. 35 years later, Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two and wounded eight, faced her victims in a parole hearing. -2.118 -1.529 Td [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. (73)Tj (72)Tj Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated ( p. Conviction ( )Tj Oddest of all, he married his daughters 17-year-old prison cellmate and brought her to live in the house from which Spencer had shot at the school. EMC Thus, he had first- The number of shots fired and the number of vital hits speaks of incredibly accurate, directed shooting, and these were moving targets.. Brenda Spencer is currently serving his sentence and looks forward to a pardon. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td This livens up the day." 0.259 Tw /Span<>> BDC (91)Tj [(201)40 (5. 58. Wallace Spencer got married to a woman younger than Spencer and had a daughter. The girl was born in the USA, California, the city of San Diego, in 1962. EMC [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td Students at Grover Cleveland Elementary School, located in San Diego, California, began what they believed would be a normal Monday morning like any other, with bells ringing and students racing to their classes. (79)Tj Basically, what shes telling this board are a series of untruths, the representative concluded. (76)Tj )Tj 8.3965 0 0 8.5 318 463.5 Tm Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. ( )Tj EMC ( )Tj ( )Tj The look at Brenda Foster gave me was enough to scare any young child to death.. [(H)23 (are, )]TJ Spencer has since said she does not remember making the remark that inspired a song by the Boomtown Rats and became a kind of anthem for many of the school shooters who followed. The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. Spared the death penalty because of her age, Spencer was sentenced to two terms of 25 years to life in prison, running concurrently and with the chance of parole. EMC /T1_5 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC /T1_5 1 Tf )]TJ The cellmate looked so much like Spencer, even local police officers believed Brenda had been released early from prison. 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. The 2008 book Ceremonial Violence: A Psychological Explanation of School Shootings, by Jonathan Fast, analyzes the Cleveland Elementary shooting and four other cases from a psychological perspective. )]TJ 0.319 Tw /Span<>> BDC Five students were killed and thirty were injured. She had asked her father for a radio. The woman eventually left. Only in San Diego, the city where the tragedy happened to spare the feelings of local residents, the song was banned for several years. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td He is one of many opposing her release on grounds that she remains a risk to the people of his city. In 1993, she tried to prove that she committed the act, being under the drug and alcohol intoxication. ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf ( )Tj EMC [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ In December 1978, Spencers probation officer recommended her being admitted to a mental facility, but her father refused to give permission. The likelihood of a successful parole hearing is slim at best. You hit one of those fellows, too, the commissioner noted. I dont remember aiming at anybody, Spencer insisted. Shooting (.22 caliber rifle) The campaign of Genghis Khan to Russia, Olive oil: composition, properties and application. A nine-year-old student, Cam Miller, was struck in the back with a bullet that exited through his chest without hitting any internal organs. Both girls had witnessed the death of the principal and the custodian. Police were told she had fantasised about being a sniper and would hunt birds around the neighbourhood. Brenda also gets two mattresses and pillows, three blankets and is the priority for the coveted bottom bunk. By /T1_3 1 Tf 2016-02-11T19:23:05-05:00 52\22653. For Christmas in 1978, her father, Wallace Spencer, gave her a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. Brenda Spencer and Laura Troiani parole hearings - YouTube 0:00 / 2:29 Brenda Spencer and Laura Troiani parole hearings CBS 8 San Diego 175K subscribers Subscribe 88 Share 11K views 5. She said she did it for the fun of it and that just gave me chills. ( pp. (83)Tj [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ Their effort to save the children will be appreciated forever. EMC I was greatly comforted when the policemen arrived to carry me away. Justice was ruthless. At various parole hearings since the first in 1993, she has blamed her father and also the influence of drugs for the shooting. /Span<>> BDC /T1_3 1 Tf [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td This was a horrible event that resulted in two lives lost I have never heard of this case before this article. 20 years after the shooting, Spencer made claims that her father sexually abused her. We were all very upset and shocked on the way to the hospital, because no one would tell us Michaels condition. /T1_4 1 Tf -0.047 Tw 2.118 0 Td ( )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td It is very saddening to read that she would target an elementary school full of innocent children but it is very satisfying to also read that she is still serving time for the horrific thing she had committed. Many are convinced the other killers were inspired by her. Contradicting police reports that found no evidence of drugs or alcohol in her system, she said she had been taking both and was hallucinating at the time of the shooting. That summer, Spencer, who was known to hunt birds in the neighborhood, was arrested for shooting out the windows of Grover Cleveland Elementary with a BB gun and for burglary. I dont think the shooting should have been the choice at all, she could have gone to her mom if she had some problems. What if they got the idea from what I did?. Tom Leonard for the Daily Mail, Sleeping girls, 10 and 13, are shot as home is sprayed with 17 bullets during second drive-by in the neighborhood in just 24 hours, One person killed and two police have been shot by a gunman suspected of holding a teen hostage near Atlanta, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Not long after Brenda Spencer went to jail, her father married his daughter's teenage cellmate. )]TJ A police officer (age28), responding to a call for assistance during the incident, was wounded in the neck as he arrived. 0.02 Tw /Span<>> BDC Under the terms of her indeterminate sentence, Spencer became eligible for hearings to consider her suitability for parole in 1993. /T1_4 1 Tf 1.647 0 Td EMC 0 -1.176 TD 0 Tc 0.76 Tw /Span<>> BDC , money, salary, income, and assets. -2.118 -1.529 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td EMC -2.118 -1.529 Td /T1_3 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td EMC Brenda's parents divorced when she was young and lived with her father. ( )Tj Brenda Spencer xmp.did:84468427512268118C14E112F7938AD6 ( )Tj /T1_3 1 Tf Brenda Spencer is a sixteen-year-old murderer who entered the top five criminals who participated in the most massive mass shootings of schoolchildren in the history of world criminalistics. 8.5 0 0 8.5 48 744.5 Tm The shooter killed a principal and a custodian as they tried to pull students into safety. )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td And then there was a statement by Steve Wragg, son of Principal Burton Wragg. A)40 (vailable at )]TJ ( )Tj 1.647 0 Td Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full explanation of her actions was "I don't like Mondays; this livens up the day. ( p. ( )Tj (86)Tj He was then a part of the Allied occupying forces in northern Germany. Even so, her former English teacher, David Barrett, recalled that she seemed pretty harmless and even won first prize in a photography contest run by the Humane Society. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC Years of life and reign of Genghis Khan. From 2005 to 2017, it housed the Magnolia Science Academy, a public charter middle school serving students in grades 68. ( )Tj Spenser's relatives tried in vain to prevent the release of the hit. -2.118 -1.529 Td This livens up the day. Spencer surrendered after the negotiators promised her a Burger King Meal.

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