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WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and three others were injured when a woman faculty member opened fire at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus on Friday, a spokesman for the university said. Spokesman Ray Garner told reporters in Huntsville, Alabama, that the shooter was caught outside a science building in the campus. But the spokesman declined to identify the shooter or the victims. According to the spokesman, five of the victims, including all three of those killed and two of the injured, were faculty members of the university. The third injured was a staff member. No students were involved in the incident.
Spokesman Ray Garner told reporters in Huntsville, Alabama, that the shooter was caught outside a science building in the campus. But the spokesman declined to identify the shooter or the victims.
According to the spokesman, five of the victims, including all three of those killed and two of the injured, were faculty members of the university. The third injured was a staff member. No students were involved in the incident.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- This city of rocket scientists and biotechnology entrepreneurs prides itself on having one of the highest per-capita numbers of Ph.D.s in the country. On Saturday, it was still reeling from the news that one of them, a neurobiologist with a Harvard doctorate named Amy Bishop, had opened fire in a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, according to the authorities, killing three fellow professors and wounding three more people. As of Saturday morning, the authorities said, Ms. Bishop had been charged with one count of first-degree murder and more charges were expected. The shootings opened a window into the pressure-cooker world of biotechnology start-ups, where scientists often depend on their association with academia for a leg up. Ms. Bishop was part of a startup that had won an early round of funding in a highly competitive environment, but people who knew her said she had learned shortly before the shooting that she had been denied tenure at the university.
On Saturday, it was still reeling from the news that one of them, a neurobiologist with a Harvard doctorate named Amy Bishop, had opened fire in a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, according to the authorities, killing three fellow professors and wounding three more people.
As of Saturday morning, the authorities said, Ms. Bishop had been charged with one count of first-degree murder and more charges were expected.
The shootings opened a window into the pressure-cooker world of biotechnology start-ups, where scientists often depend on their association with academia for a leg up. Ms. Bishop was part of a startup that had won an early round of funding in a highly competitive environment, but people who knew her said she had learned shortly before the shooting that she had been denied tenure at the university.
The University of Alabama biology professor accused of slaying three of her colleagues fatally shot her brother in an apparent accident in Massachusetts more than two decades ago, a local police chief said. Braintree Police Chief Paul Frazier confirmed the 1986 shooting in his town and slated a news conference this afternoon to discuss the incident. The Globe reported at the time that Amy Bishop had shot her 18-year-old brother, Seth M. Bishop, an accomplished violinist who had won a number of science awards.
The University of Alabama biology professor accused of slaying three of her colleagues fatally shot her brother in an apparent accident in Massachusetts more than two decades ago, a local police chief said.
Braintree Police Chief Paul Frazier confirmed the 1986 shooting in his town and slated a news conference this afternoon to discuss the incident.
The Globe reported at the time that Amy Bishop had shot her 18-year-old brother, Seth M. Bishop, an accomplished violinist who had won a number of science awards.
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