/T1_4 1 Tf EMC By chance, one of the numbers he called was answered by Spencer herself. The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. /T1_4 1 Tf FBI profiler Candice DeLong says doll mutilation is something that has been observed in children and teenagers who latter become killers or stalkers. One was from Wilfred Suchar, son of the murdered custodian, Michael Suchar. The D.A. /T1_4 1 Tf However, according to the rules of imprisonment, the next time, giving her the right to request pardon, will come in 2019. /T1_3 1 Tf 0 Tc 0 Tw 8.5 0 0 8.5 336 453.5 Tm /T1_5 1 Tf 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. /T1_3 1 Tf 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. After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in virtual poverty. )]TJ /Span<>> BDC The search showed that there was a bank of beer in the house, there was a bottle of whiskey, but the policemen who detained the criminal stated that she was sober. 0 Tw (-)Tj /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf The number of shots fired and the number of vital hits speaks of incredibly accurate, directed shooting, and these were moving targets.. ( )Tj EMC (99)Tj /Span<>> BDC Or as Wilfred Suchar, son of the murdered school caretaker, put it at a parole hearing: My question is, will there be another boring Monday for her?. )]TJ )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in poverty. /T1_4 1 Tf Brenda Spencer was sixteen years old when she shot and killed two people at a school in California. EMC EMC Both girls had witnessed the death of the principal and the custodian. In 2001, Spencer accused her father of physically and sexually abusing her (he denied the allegation) and forcing her to share a bed with him. As of May 2020, she remains in prison. 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. /T1_3 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. She killed. ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj The sighs floating in the air are palpable and nothing seems possible. 0.184 Tw /Span<>> BDC 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. /T1_3 1 Tf While at the California Institution for Women in Chino, she worked repairing electronic equipment. (65)Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td [(C)11 (opyright )]TJ ( )Tj ( )Tj 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td Spencer was charged as an adult and pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. (-)Tj EMC /T1_3 1 Tf 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC Other statements came from children now grown. The representative further reported that blood and urine samples taken after Spencers arrest tested clean. It was also revealed that she had told a police negotiator during the stand-off that she liked to watch [the children] squirm around after they had been shot and that she had targeted anyone wearing blue her favourite colour and those in featherdown-filled coats because she liked to see the feathers fly as the bullets hit them. ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf EMC ( )Tj [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ ( )Tj When asked why she did the shooting, she responded: "I don't like Mondays. /T1_4 1 Tf Brenda Spencer (Brenda Ann Spencer) was born on 3 April, 1962 in San Diego, California, is a School shooting in San Diego, California (USA). Basically, what shes telling this board are a series of untruths, the representative concluded. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf (75)Tj (93)Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td These conversations began a week before the sad event, but, unfortunately, no one paid any attention to them. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td [( p. 7)30 (3. -2.118 -1.529 Td (98)Tj )]TJ /T1_3 1 Tf A lawyer representing Spencer spoke next. -2.118 -1.529 Td At parole hearings, the panel reminds her of statements during the shooting. EMC 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. Age 16, she was 5'2" (157cm) and had bright red hair. EMC 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td -2.118 -1.529 Td By then, police were responding to the school shooting. [( p. 77)70 (. )Tj [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ ( )Tj 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. 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. He blames total negligence and unbelievably bad parenting by her father in giving her the gun. ( )Tj The crime was committed in front of numerous witnesses, so the girl admitted her guilt. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ [(\223H)23 (earing 1994, p. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 3 April. 0.319 Tw /Span<>> BDC EMC Mike to the children, ran to Mr. Wraggs aid, and the inmate shot him in the chest and killed him. /T1_5 1 Tf uuid:abfef72d-ac1c-9d47-b406-9a703c3e820b 0.006 Tw 2.118 0 Td EMC /T1_3 1 Tf )]TJ 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf 1.647 0 Td The school was closed in 1983, along with a dozen other schools around the city, due to declining enrollment. 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. /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj Do not leave her indifferent and stories about violence. Spencer signed up as soon as she hit 55. ( )Tj Surprisingly, the suspect was identified as a 16-year-old girl, Brenda Ann Spencer, who was living across the street from Grover Cleveland Elementary. -0.06 Tc 0.479 Tw /Span<>> BDC 0 Tc 0 Tw 0.471 0 Td /T1_4 1 Tf Yet her father, who died in 2016, was by all accounts a very odd man. Thus, he had first- ( p. ( p. She hurt so many people and had so much to do with starting a deadly trend in America, said San Diego Country deputy district attorney Richard Sachs. Real Life 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. /Span<>> BDC /T1_3 1 Tf Brenda Spencer She indulged in drugs and often skipped classes at school. ( p. [( N)23 (ew Y)60 (ork: J)23 (ason Aronson, 1976, p. Are you pretty good with a rifle? he asked. 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. She is a member of famous with the age 60 years old group. , updated /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf He is one of many opposing her release on grounds that she remains a risk to the people of his city. Pathology 2016-02-11T19:23:05-05:00 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 24\22625. (101)Tj /T1_3 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td We were all very upset and shocked on the way to the hospital, because no one would tell us Michaels condition. According to court documents she would open fire from her home aiming at young children waiting to get into the school. 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. ( )Tj Thirty years later, Miller beheld her in another proceeding and asked the board not to parole her. When she was 16 years old, at Christmas, her father presented her with a rifle with an optical sight. Principal Wragg was fatally shot in the heart. Principal Burton Wragg heard the shooting and ran out to get the children out of harms way, and the inmate shot him in the chest and killed him. 25\22626. (95)Tj /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf The composition was released a month after the tragedy and immediately became popular. California rarely grants parole for people convicted of murder, but it hasnt stopped Brenda from trying. I had never heard of this incident but what shocks me the most about this article was how young she was. It was the perfect senseless act and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it.. /T1_4 1 Tf !4!r`8} @~Ohb&54"bpW8I> Today, she is 56 and still behind bars at the California Institution for Women. 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. "I don't like Mondays"Possible depression /T1_4 1 Tf She answered a reporters question on why she fired the gun, by saying I dont like Mondays. Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated Mondays. An epidemic of gun crime has shocked America, particularly with school massacres at Columbine (in 1999, 13 dead) and Sandy Hook (in 2012, 26 dead). /T1_5 1 Tf The fact that school shootings are more normalized in 2021 than anything is sad. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf A hunting enthusiast, he had enough ammunition in the house for a small army, according to one of his daughters classmates. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ /T1_5 1 Tf As of December2015, she has been unsuccessful at four parole board hearings. -2.118 -1.529 Td She was tried as an adult, and pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Nothing was different for Brenda Ann Spencer; she was one of the girls who typically hated Four times the murderer asked for parole, and four times she was refused. EMC ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj She said she did it for the fun of it and that just gave me chills. 0.04 Tw 2.118 0 Td I Don't Like Mondays was also the title of a 2006 television documentary about the event. )]TJ ( )Tj ( )Tj (\251)Tj 0.238 Tw /Span<>> BDC /T1_5 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf She had a parole hearing in September 2021, but she waived the hearing for one in 2022. Biography It was completely uncontrollable., There was also a statement by a parent, Francis Stile, whose two daughters attended the school. On the other hand, I also did not know that this event was listed as the first high profile school shooting. Born in Decatur, Illinois, Jan 29,. The place he loved the most. )]TJ Now, however, Spencers freedom may be in sight. Spencer, who was charged in court as an adult, pleaded guilty in 1980 to two counts of murder. The total number of shots from the murderer's window was 36. Brenda Spencer explained her act by shooting at children just for the sake of her pleasure, and also for laughs. /T1_4 1 Tf EMC They later had a daughter together. Here he met his wife-to-be, Valentina. Status EMC /Span<>> BDC 0.298 Tw /Span<>> BDC Many are convinced the other killers were inspired by her. /T1_4 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td [(dic)-20 (tions,)80 (\224 201)40 (5. /T1_3 1 Tf Brenda Spencer: Sorting Out the Contradictions Brenda threatened with new shots, so for such a long time she could not be forced to surrender to the police. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td I can still remember the pool of blood on the nurses bed, and the terror didnt end there. (92)Tj Brenda Spencer /T1_3 1 Tf 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. Ultimately, she surrendered. 20 years after the shooting, Spencer made claims that her father sexually abused her. endstream endobj 18 0 obj <> endobj 19 0 obj <> endobj 20 0 obj <> endobj 25 0 obj <> endobj 22 0 obj <> endobj 23 0 obj <> endobj 47 0 obj <> endobj 48 0 obj <> endobj 49 0 obj <>stream I would have to call to my mother two or three times each night to walk me around the inside of my house, just so I knew that Brenda Spencer was not inside my house, he recalled. [(H)23 (are, )]TJ 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.. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. 27)70 (. In between all the chaos, 28 year old Robert Robb, a recent graduate of the police academy, while examining Wraggs and Suchars bodies, was shot under his right shoulder blade.1 He would go on to survive though, along with the eight other children who were wounded in the incident. The woman eventually left. For Christmas 1978, he gave her a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle with a telescopic sight and 500 rounds of ammunition. ( )Tj The head custodian, Michael Suchar, known as Mr. Lane: F)10 (urther Re\024ec)-20 (tions,)80 (\224 2016. 0.356 Tw /Span<>> BDC [(\223H)23 (earing 2001,)80 (\224 p. Out of the 30 rounds she fired, she hit eleven people with eleven hits, meaning she hit them all once. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. EMC ( )Tj /T1_3 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC Supporters, though, say she would not have shot anyone if her emotional problems had been addressed. The murderer was tried as an adult. /T1_3 1 Tf The Grover Cleveland Elementary School shooting took place on January 29, 1979, at a public elementary school in San Diego, California, United States. [(able at www)80.1 (.scho)-5 (olsho)-4.9 (ot)-10 (ers.info. /T1_5 1 Tf My dad and Mike were the only two to die that day, he said, The kids that they were trying to save all lived. I think her premature death in 1991 was at least partly the result of this traumatic experience.. 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. Spencer was not once searching for ways to go free. )]TJ A former student named Cam Miller attended the hearing in person and offered the last statement. 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. /T1_3 1 Tf Why did you have to shoot the people at the school? the commissioner asked. 0.177 Tw /Span<>> BDC Spencer showed no remorse in her crime; her full explanation of her actions was "I don't like Mondays; this livens up the day. Three shots rang out. 30. 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." They cite the considerable progress she has made in rehabilitating herself in prison. /T1_5 1 Tf Brenda Spencers income source is mostly from being a successful . [(\223H)23 (earing 1994,)80 (\224 p. However, lawyer Michael McGlinn, who defended Spencer at her trial, told me he continues to believe she will never reoffend. [( p. 207)70 (. )]TJ ( )Tj /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_4 1 Tf ( )Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td (88)Tj [(Langman, P)90 (. She was sentenced to concurrent terms of 25 years to life in prison. ( )Tj The girl was born in the USA, California, the city of San Diego, in 1962. The commissioner read into the record several victim-impact statements. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ EMC Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. 1 Colonization and Settlement (1500-1763), 2 Revolution and Early Republic (1754-1801), 4 Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), 5 Emergence of Modern America (1877-1929), 4 Late Middle Ages-Renaissance-Reformation Europe (1300-1648), 3 Post-Classical History (600 CE-1492 CE), HS 1302 United States History since 1877, SP 3392 Language Variation and Dialectology of Spanish, Jonathan Fast, Unforgiven and Alone: Brenda Spencer and Secret Shame, in. I had never heard of a female school shooter. 76\22677)70 (. representative added that Spencer had complained to the police negotiator that the custodian had tried to get everybody off the school grounds. )]TJ As Spencer acknowledged at one of her parole hearings: With every school shooting, I feel Im partially responsible. He was then a part of the Allied occupying forces in northern Germany. (A Pro\036le for Change. Well, you could have shot out one window of the school and the police would have come., You didnt have any anger at the children?, The commissioner asked if she recalled saying she had fired on the schoolyard because I dont like Mondays., I might have said that, she replied. EMC /Span<>> BDC from application/x-indesign to application/pdf True Only after this time, she voluntarily surrendered to the hands of justice. [(\223H)23 (earing 2009,)80 (\224 p. -0.001 Tc -0.05 Tw 2.124 0 Td 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. Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. /Span<>> BDC [(201)40 (5. School Shooter Murderer Brenda Spencer opened fire at a San Diego elementary school from a window in her home, leaving two dead and nine more shot Famously told reporter her motive was that she 'didn't like. In 2001 Brenda accused her father of having drunkenly subjected her to beatings and sexual abuse. -0.003 Tc -0.051 Tw 0.476 0 Td Brenda Spencer She is not dating anyone. ( )Tj / /Span<>> BDC /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_5 1 Tf 0.003 Tc 0.082 Tw 8.6057 0 0 8.5 336 548.5 Tm ( )Tj (157 cm) and had bright red hair. 22. EMC ( )Tj EMC )Tj KGsvVk4g#|$TQS(kPh=dKIj-\eA Parents were not too concerned about this behavior of her daughter, her interest in firearms was supported by her father. She is currently single. /Span<>> BDC You indicate you werent really trying to hit anybodybut you did a heck of a job of hitting a lot of people.. endstream endobj 3 0 obj <> endobj 5 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 6 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 7 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 8 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 9 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 10 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 11 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 12 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 13 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 33 0 obj <>stream The perfect crime has no motive, people have paid with their lives only for the sake of fun bored girl. ( )Tj ( )Tj )]TJ -0.196 Tw /Span<>> BDC )Tj I understand that she was not mentally stable but killing innocent people is not justifiable. In 1993, she tried to prove that she committed the act, being under the drug and alcohol intoxication. /T1_3 1 Tf /T1_3 1 Tf I was shooting into the parking lot.. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. (90)Tj EMC At least one of Spencers victims agrees. /T1_4 1 Tf Any inmate over 55 years can join the club, which offers its members special privileges. Across the road from Grover Cleveland Elementary school in San Diego, California, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer observed elementary children prepare for class from her bedroom window. ( )Tj 58. A police officer (age28), responding to a call for assistance during the incident, was wounded in the neck as he arrived. So, realising he was speaking to her, he asked what her motive was. At the time, mass shootings were rare in America, although there had been occasional gun attacks on school premises. (87)Tj Brenda also gets two mattresses and pillows, three blankets and is the priority for the coveted bottom bunk. She barricaded herself and 7 hours did not succumb to the police persuasion. 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. adobe:docid:indd:dd4a55d2-0e77-11de-96a0-c0933d61f99d Tom Leonard for the Daily Mail /T1_4 1 Tf A)39.7 (vail)]TJ 0.013 Tc -0.013 Tw 13.929 0 Td (67)Tj \223Rob)-5.3 (ert Benjamin Smith: An Analysis,)79.7 (\224 2016. -2.118 -1.529 Td Brenda proceeded to wound seven more children with stunning accuracy. [(M)31 (urd)-5 (er C)30 (ase,)]TJ [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ The commissioner observed that Spencer had described a dark side to her father, while others described him as a decent man. /T1_4 1 Tf /T1_3 1 Tf She injured eight children. /T1_3 1 Tf EMC Dates The article kept my attention the entire time. (81)Tj The pain these children must have felt is unforgivable. ( )Tj Whether these theories are true or not, Brenda Spencer was tried as an adult and pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and nine counts of assault. 0.237 Tw /Span<>> BDC [(W)5 (ithout Conscience,)]TJ She was suffering from poverty with his alcoholic father since her parents separated. She is from California. 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. They slept on a single mattress on the living room floor. The court sentenced her to life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 years. /Span<>> BDC Theme powered by WordPress. ( )Tj /Span<>> BDC Ive seen first hand how these tragedies affect a community. 85. -2.118 -1.529 Td A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. A month before I was arrested, my [high school] counselor took me to see a psychiatrist, she reported. Discover Brenda Spencer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. She had asked her father for a radio. 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. 0 Tw 2.118 0 Td 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. ( pp. Brenda Ann Spencer. 42. Further casualties were avoided only because the police obstructed her line of fire by moving a garbage truck in front of her house. Later, of course, I had nightmares, and to this day I fear that someone is pointing a gun at me when Im walking in open places., And recently, my boyfriend wanted me to go to a shooting range with him because its a sport he enjoys, and although I was hesitant, I thought, Well, its been a long time, Ill probably be OK. And I sat there as he shot the silhouette, but he had to stop because I started frantically crying. )]TJ /T1_4 1 Tf 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. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Ukrainian soldier takes out five tanks with Javelin missiles, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Moment teenager crashes into back of lorry after 100mph police race. [(H)23 (art)30 (, )]TJ Examinations conducted at the time of the crime, refute this version. /T1_4 1 Tf -2.118 -1.529 Td 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." 17:46 EST 04 Apr 2019 That had been just before Christmas. 0.259 Tw /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj Despite watching the principal die, he continued saving kids from the line of fire. ( )Tj EMC Although it did not make the Top 40 in the U.S., it still received extensive radio airplay (outside of the San Diego area) despite the Spencer family's efforts to prevent it. The most terrible thing in all this story was the announcement of the reasons for shooting from the mouth of the murderer. ( )Tj /T1_5 1 Tf )Tj I walked around this place, not stepping on the splotches and the puddles, and didnt want to be hugged by anyone. [(H)23 (are, )]TJ -2.118 -1.529 Td ( )Tj 1.647 0 Td ( )Tj So, why did you commit this crime? the head parole commissioner asked. (82)Tj -2.118 -1.529 Td Youre shooting these people as they become targets, and yet you told me that you didnt intend to hit anyone.. -0.024 Tw /Span<>> BDC During the six-hour stand-off, a newspaper reporter rang up her neighbours to try to get eyewitness testimony. -gG1dd[I mg=:a Spencer shot and killed Wragg as he tried to help children. 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.