( pp. I dont know why he bought me a gun, she said. 2016-02-11T19:23:05-05:00 We were all very upset and shocked on the way to the hospital, because no one would tell us Michaels condition. EMC My question is, will there be another boring Monday for her? he asked. ( )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 2 dead9 wounded /T1_4 1 Tf Another nine got hurt during that incident. One survivor of the 1979 shooting described herself as "shocked, saddened, horrified" by the eerie similarities to their own traumatic experience. /T1_4 1 Tf ( p. /T1_5 1 Tf ( p. /Span<>> BDC Are you pretty good with a rifle? he asked. She described arriving at school and hearing shots and seeing the principal and the custodian lying dead. Nine counts of attempted murder. /Span<>> BDC (78)Tj He was particularly struck by Spencer's claim that she did it because she did not like Mondays, and began writing a song about it, also incorporating the reporters' "Tell me why?," called "I Don't Like Mondays". I never got the impression from her that she was interested in trying to hurt kids, he said. /T1_5 1 Tf )]TJ 0 Tc 0 Tw 8.5 0 0 8.5 336 453.5 Tm 22. The ruthless shooter continued shooting until the police blocked the school entrance by moving a garbage truck in front of it. I think her premature death in 1991 was at least partly the result of this traumatic experience.. Brenda Spencer She indulged in drugs and often skipped classes at school. 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. ( )Tj In 1993, she tried to prove that she committed the act, being under the drug and alcohol intoxication. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /Span<>> BDC Spencer remains in prison despite parole hearings. 6. Brenda Spencer was born on April 3, 1962 in San Diego, California, USA. A model prisoner, she wants to be a forklift truck driver if she ever regains her freedom. (82)Tj 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC The 1982 Japanese-American documentary film The Killing of America depicts the incident. -2.118 -1.529 Td When he first met her, she was like a total zombie pale, ashen and with no recollection of what had occurred, and she stayed that way for some time. [( p. 7)30 (3. The brother said that although his widowed sister-in-law lived until 1991, her life actually ended in January 1979. Her life and career after prison. 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 . ( )Tj (69)Tj 32. 0 -1.176 TD People who knew the girl, claim that in her biography there was a theft. 0.007 Tc -0.126 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj The crime was committed in front of numerous witnesses, so the girl admitted her guilt. -2.118 -1.529 Td Not long after Brenda Spencer went to jail, her father married his daughter's teenage cellmate. 17:46 EST 04 Apr 2019 -2.118 -1.529 Td As Spencer acknowledged at one of her parole hearings: With every school shooting, I feel Im partially responsible. /T1_4 1 Tf For Christmas in 1978, her father, Wallace Spencer, gave her a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. 7)30 (3, 75. Officer Robert Robb shot in the neck as he arrived but he lived. )]TJ A hunting enthusiast, he had enough ammunition in the house for a small army, according to one of his daughters classmates. /T1_4 1 Tf She was so young and ruined her life so quickly. Michael Suchar, the schools custodian, ran outside with a blanket in order to cover Wragg and keep him from going into shock, but he quickly became the second victim of Spencers shooting and lost his life. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 pp. The place he loved the most. )]TJ He had then blacked out as a bullet passed within an inch of his heart, exiting his chest. -2.118 -1.529 Td /Span<>> BDC 0 Tw T* The representative further reported that blood and urine samples taken after Spencers arrest tested clean. ( )Tj 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC (-)Tj Every new school shooting by a teenager reinforces the argument that she was not uniquely wicked or crazed. 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. I feel Im partially liven up the day. (86)Tj This article brings to light the issue of gun control. I can still remember the pool of blood on the nurses bed, and the terror didnt end there. Because I wanted to die, she said. ( )Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_5 1 Tf View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. The other daughter had been saved from harm when a notebook with a pouch of pens stopped a bullet. Burton Regg - the teacher, who was waiting for the children, was killed almost immediately. She confirmed that she had heard the kids in the school across the street. ( )Tj After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. 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? We must support them to maintain justice in our society and prevent school shootings from reoccurring ever again. ( )Tj The song became No 1 in the UK singles chart and was backed by an eerie video in which the band performed the piano ballad to a classroom of young children. They made me numb so I didnt feel anything, she said. /Span<>> BDC Jonathan Fast, Unforgiven and Alone: Brenda Spencer and Secret Shame, in, College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences. Spencer who says she was gay from birth lived with her university technician father from the age of nine after her parents broke up. A student organization of St. Marys University of San Antonio, Texas, featuring scholarly research, writing, and media from students of all disciplines. EMC /T1_3 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td EMC I was 9 years old when I was shot, he began. /T1_5 1 Tf 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. EMC /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_3 1 Tf She then spoke words that have gained ever more truth after ever more mass shootings. /T1_3 1 Tf Wallace Spencer (father)Dot Spencer (mother)Teresa Spencer (sister)Scott Spencer (brother)Unnamed half-sister She said she did it for the fun of it and that just gave me chills. I was 10 years old when I was shot by Brenda Spencer.. He recently pointed out that she cried frequently at her last parole eligibility hearing, in 2016, demonstrating what he called her continued emotional instability. The Investigation Discovery network portrayed Brenda Spencer's crimes in one of the three cases presented in the premiere episode of season 2 on the crime documentary series Deadly Women, titled "Thrill Killers", first air date: October 9, 2008. (72)Tj By then, police were responding to the school shooting. /CS0 cs 0 0 0 0.5 scn ( )Tj Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated Mondays. [(H)23 (are, R. )]TJ Brenda Spencer ( )Tj She did it, she said, because she didn't like Mondays. 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. In 2009, the board again refused her application for parole and ruled it would be ten years before she would be considered again. )]TJ ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf 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. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td Block 10A, Row 2, Space 46. Waking on the single mattress she shared with her father in the living room of their squalid suburban California home, Brenda Spencer remembers starting that day by taking her epilepsy medicine, washed down with whisky. He liked to keep appearances up, that everything was fine in the house, Spencer now said. /T1_5 1 Tf )]TJ Today, she is 56 and still behind bars at the California Institution for Women. [(H)23 (are, )]TJ When asked why he might have done that, she answered, "I felt like he wanted me to kill myself.". ( )Tj EMC 1.647 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf 0.297 Tw /Span<>> BDC I dont remember aiming at anybody, Spencer insisted. What if they got the idea from what I did?. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ (94)Tj Many are convinced the other killers were inspired by her. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 3 April. EMC . 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC /Span<>> BDC 0.244 Tw /Span<>> BDC At least three of those children had abdominal wounds. Her behaviour including telling a friend she wanted to kill someone, probably a police officer became increasingly disturbing. )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf )]TJ I had never heard of this case prior to reading this article. (contr4488032) Brenda Ann Spencer passed away peacefully surrounded by family Thursday March 30, 2017. /T1_4 1 Tf 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. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. In the ensuing decades, it was leased to several charter and private schools. After several hours, Brenda Spencer surrendered her weapon and several rounds of ammunition, and was subsequently arrested. /T1_3 1 Tf This livens up the day.. /T1_5 1 Tf 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 (101)Tj What if they got the idea from what I did?. 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC (88)Tj (75)Tj ( )Tj A former student named Cam Miller attended the hearing in person and offered the last statement. A neighbor once said when she tried to be friends with Brenda at age 5 Brenda ripped the doll of the neighbor's head off. -2.118 -1.529 Td 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td ( )Tj Copyright 2016 by Peter Langman, Ph.D. )]TJ [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 pp. /T1_5 1 Tf Incarcerated /T1_4 1 Tf 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. The D.A. -0.196 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_3 1 Tf EMC My name is Crystal Hardy, one began. 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj xmp.iid:3065e9ea-c692-4fe2-85e9-211b0d4a2955 Her next parole hearing will happen no later than 9th September 2022. Brenda Spencer is currently serving his sentence and looks forward to a pardon. I am from a town a few miles from Santa Fe High School where the 2018 shooting took place. 35 years later, Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two and wounded eight, faced her victims in a parole hearing. 0.358 Tw /Span<>> BDC Police proceeded to move a garbage truck in front of Spencer's line of fire. 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. However, her method of expressing her resentment is definitely unjustifiable. Examinations conducted at the time of the crime, refute this version. 0.003 Tc 0.082 Tw 8.6057 0 0 8.5 336 548.5 Tm The song never mentions her name and Geldof admitted that most fans thought it was about how having a hangover made Mondays unbearable. The author also focused, not just on the shooting itself, but also the aftermath that centered on Brenda Spencer. But I wasnt able to run from the bullet Brenda had for me, Hardy said. 84. (81)Tj EMC She started her killing spree to liven up the day. Spencers murderous rampage might have claimed more victims had the police not obstructed her line of fire using a garbage truck. (60)Tj ( )Tj I had never heard of this incident but what shocks me the most about this article was how young she was. A lot of kids laughing and doing their thing? the commissioner asked. A month before I was arrested, my [high school] counselor took me to see a psychiatrist, she reported. 75. /T1_4 1 Tf Normally, very few people convicted on a charge of murder were able to obtain parole in California before 2011. Brenda Spencer (Brenda Ann Spencer) was born on 3 April, 1962 in San Diego, California, is a School shooting in San Diego, California (USA). I dont like Mondays, she famously replied when asked her motive. He is one of many opposing her release on grounds that she remains a risk to the people of his city. Great article but terrible circumstances. EMC Little did they know, however, that across the street, sixteen-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer was aiming her .22 caliber semiautomatic rifle right at societys ultimate refuge, the elementary school, and its surroundings. ( )Tj She was home alone, as her single father had left for work. Brenda Spencer is however, America's first female school shooter.