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The Appalachian School of Law shooting was a school massacre that happened in Grundy, Virginia, United States. It is notable for being the first post-Columbine school shooting in the United States. On January 16, 2002, the Dean, Anthony Sutin, Professor Thomas Blackwell, and student Angela Dales were shot and killed by disgruntled student Peter Odighizuwa, 43, of Nigeria, before Odighizuwa was stopped by two students, one of whom had a pistol of his own. At trial, Odighizuwa was found mentally competent and pleaded guilty to the murders to avoid the death penalty. Odighizuwa was sentenced to multiple life terms in prison. This case was cited by John Lott as an example of the media's supposed bias against guns, as the use of a firearm in a defensive role was not reported in most news stories of the event.
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