Brenda Ann Spencer

Brenda Ann Spencer (* 3. April 1962 in San Diego, California) shot to 29. January 1979 before the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego two persons and hurt nine further.

Brenda Ann Spencer was 16 years old at the time of their act. It shot starting from 8:30 clock from their parents' house at the opposite school with a semiautomatic rifle (caliber of 22), which had gotten it given from their father to Christmas. The head master Burton Wragg (53) and the caretaker Mike Suchar (56) were killed, in addition wounded eight pupils and a policeman.

During the shooting it was called by a journalist, to who it indicated as reason for the act: „I don't like Mondays. This livens UP the day. “After over six hours it terminated the shooting and was arrested. Because of double murder and bodily injury with a deadly weapon it was condemned to 25 years detention.

With the later requests for grace stated Spencer, at the act time under the influence of alcohol , marijuana and PCP to have confessed and halluziniert. She spoke of a conspiracy, with which you are to have been given after the arrest consciousness-changing drugs, so that she confesses the act. In addition it was sexually abused by its father .

The statement „I don't like Mondays “, which underlined the groundlessness of the massacre and world-wide for attention provided, inspired the Irish Popgruppe Boomtown of advice to its large hit.

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