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Jan. 16, 2002, Peter Odighizuwa, a 43-year-old student from Nigeria,
walked into the Appalachian School of Law offices of Dean Anthony
Sutin, 42, a former acting assistant U.S. attorney, and professor
Thomas Blackwell, 41, and opened fire with a .380 ACP semi-automatic
handgun – shooting them at close range.
Also killed in the same building was student Angela Denise Dales, 33. Three others were wounded.
As soon as the gunfire erupted, two students acting independently of
one another, Tracy Bridges and Mikael Gross, ran to their vehicles to
retrieve firearms. Gross, an off-duty police officer in his home state
of North Carolina, got his 9mm pistol and body armor. Bridges got out
his .357 Magnum.
Bridges and Gross went back to the building where the shots were heard
and as Odighizuwa exited, they approached from different angles.
Bridges yelled for him to drop his weapon and the shooter was subdued
by several unarmed students.
Gross went back to his car and got handcuffs to detain the shooter until police arrived.
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Then the Virginia state legislature banned guns on college campuses
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Jamie Mac
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