As the world focuses on the 2010 Winter Olympics, the families of those killed in Friday's University of Alabama-Huntsville shooting have other concerns. Three university employees, including a department head, were shot to death during a faculty meeting.
Police have arrested Dr. Amy Bishop, 42, for the shooting spree that also wounded three. Authorities say Bishop became angry about not receiving tenure and opened fire on her colleagues. University officials have declined to comment on a motive.
Sammie Lee Davis, whose wife, Maria Ragland Davis, was gunned down, said his wife described Bishop as someone with problems. Davis told a CBS News affiliate in Huntsville Bishop was "not able to deal with reality," and "not as good as she thought she was."
Comments on a Web page called "Rate My Professor" indicate Bishop was a respected instructor. Among the several messages posted on the site, only a few were from students who didn't seem to care for her.
One UAH student, speaking to reporters, said Bishop, although a genius, is "weird" and "a really big nerd." Another student said the Harvard graduate is funny and accommodating.
Bishop has been charged with at least one count of capital murder which means she could receive the death penalty. Her husband, Jim Anderson, was also detained following the shooting but was not charged.
In 2007, Bishop and Anderson won a university business plan competition centered around a portable cell incubator they invented. They were awarded $25,000 to market the device. It isn't known whether the incubator is in production. According to public records, Anderson is a business owner in the Huntsville area.
All classes at the university for the week of Feb. 15 have been canceled.
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Perhaps Amy Bishop was taking an antidepressant to deal with the stress of not being grandted tenure.
The Physicians Desk Reference states that SSRI antidepressants and all antidepressants can cause mania, psychosis, abnormal thinking, paranoia, hostility, etc. These side effects can also appear during withdrawal. Also, these adverse reactions are not listed as Rare but are listed as either Frequent or Infrequent.
Go to www.SSRIstories.com where there are over 3,600 cases, with the full media article available, involving bizarre murders, suicides, school shootings/incidents [53 of these] and murder-suicides - all of which involve SSRI antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc, . The media article usually tells which SSRI antidepressant the perpetrator was taking or had been using.
Taking depressants is no excuse for murdering people.Stop making lame excuses for this murderer.
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