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Alabama University 's 'killer' biology professor shot brother dead 24 years ago | A biology professor, who went on a killing spree at the University of Alabama 's Huntsville campus after being turned down for a permanent job, had shot dead her brother 24 years ago. Amy Bishop, 42, was charged with murder of
three after she allegedly opened fire at fellow lecturers during a faculty meeting
on Friday, The Times reports. Three biology professors died and three other members
of staff were injured, two critically. If convicted, Bishop could face execution
by lethal injection. According to Boston police, more than 20 years ago, she had
shot dead her brother but faced no charges. She had fired three shots in the family
home in the suburb of Braintree , one of which hit and killed her brother, Seth,
in 1986. Bishop's husband Jim Anderson has also been arrested by police, and he
could be heard saying: "It didn't happen there's no way." Bishop had been rejected
for tenure, a position that brings almost complete job security to American academics,
and had lost an appeal. The Harvard-educated neuroscientist, who invented an award-winning
cell growth incubator with her husband, had been telling friends she was increasingly
worried about her failure to obtain tenure. Sammie Lee Davis, whose wife Maria
Ragland Davis was one of the victims, said he was told that his wife had mentioned
Bishop as a woman who was unable "to deal with reality" and was "not as good as
she thought she was". Many students were critical of Bishop, who had joined the
university as an assistant professor in 2003. "When it came down to tests and
people asked her what was the best way to study, she'd just tell you, 'Read the
book.' When the test came there were just ridiculous questions. No one even knew
what she was asking," Amanda Tucker, a nursing student, said. "She's well known
on campus, but I wouldn't say she's a good teacher. She's a genius, but she really
just can't explain things," Andrea Bennett, another nursing student said. |
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