Precisely on January 29, 1979, a 16-year-old girl is Brenda Ann Spencer, has shot at his schoolmates using a 22 caliber rifle from inside his house, and 2 of them were killed, and 8 students and 1 police officer were injured.
The shooting took place in Sekolah Dasar Grover Cleveland di San Diego, United States of America. The 2 victims who died were identified as the Principal, namely Burton Wragg and a Custodian named Mike Suchar.
At trial Brenda Spencer was later found guilty of first degree murder and assault with a lethal weapon, and she was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
He was tried as an adult, and pleaded guilty to 2 counts of murder and assault with a gun.
Uniquely in the trial, when asked what was the motive for him to shoot blindly, the answer was very short, namely, "I don't Like Monday", or "I don't like Mondays," and she also says, "It's great to see kids being shot."
Brenda Spencer opened fire on her schoolmates from inside her home, where her house was directly opposite and opposite Grover Cleveland Elementary School.
During the shooting process, a reporter then called houses in the vicinity near the school, to find out who actually carried out the shooting. And finally it was discovered that the shooter was Spencer who lived opposite the school.
The Life of Brenda Ann Spencer
Spencer lives in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, California in a house across from Grover Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego Unified School District. He is 16 years old, 5' 2", with thin hair, and has bright red hair; his classmates describe him as "very poor looking".
An acquaintance later said that Spencer had a negative attitude towards the police, and had previously talked about shooting someone.
One Teacher described Brenda Spencer as an introvert; Sometimes they asked if he was awake. Later, during tests while he was in custody, it was discovered that Spencer had an injury to the temporal lobe of his brain, this was due to a bicycle accident he had experienced.
Spencer excelled in photography, winning his first prize in the Humane Society competition.
After his parents divorced, he lived with his father, Wallace Spencer. They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor.
Police later found half empty alcohol bottles throughout the house. In 2001 Police accused her father of beating and sexually assaulting Brenda.
Baca Juga : Karena Mengompol Anak ini Dicungkil Matanya oleh Ibunya SendiriBrenda said the allegations were untrue. Wallace Spencer himself is said to have identified himself as "someone born gay".
In early 1978, a staff member at a facility for troubled students, mentioned that Brenda Spencer often skipped school, he told his parents that he was going to kill himself, besides that Brenda Spencer should actually be treated in a mental hospital because of his depressed condition. , but his father later refused to give permission.
Precisely on Christmas 1978, his father then gave him a gift Rugby 10/22 semi-automatic rifle. Caliber 22 with telescopic spigot and 500 rounds of bullets.
Brenda Spencer later said: "I asked for a radio and he bought me a gun." When asked why he committed the murder, he replied, "I feel like killing myself."
Shooting
On the morning of Monday, January 29, 1979, Brenda Spencer began shooting from inside her home at the waiting children outside Cleveland Elementary.
Just then the headmaster Burton Wragg opened the gate. The shooting injured 8 children, and Principal Burton Wragg was killed while trying to help children who were at risk of being shot.
Custodian Mike Suchar was killed while trying to pull Burton Wragg to safety after being hit by a bullet.
A police officer who was responding to a request for help during the incident was shot in the neck when he arrived at the scene.
After firing 30 rounds of ammunition, Brenda Spencer then stayed in her house for nearly seven hours.
While there Brenda had a telephone conversation with a reporter who reported that she had said: "I don't like Mondays."
He later also spoke to police negotiators, telling them they were easy targets to shoot at, and that Brenda would be "out to shoot." Brenda Spencer has repeatedly made this statement during her conditional trial.
Brenda gave up and was eventually arrested. Police officers later found bottles of beer and whiskey around the house, but Brenda Spencer was not drunk at the time of his arrest.
Brenda Spencer is credited with being the inspiration for the song "I Don't Like Mondays," written by Bob Geldof for his band Boomtown Rats, which was released later that year.
"I Don't Like Mondays," also became the title of a 2006 television documentary, in which the story of the documentary deals with the case of Brenda's shooting.