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Brenda Spencer is often regarded as the first modern school shooter in the United States. A reporter reached her by phone while she was still in the house after the shooting, and asked her why she committed the crime. She reportedly answered: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day." [3] [4]
"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by Irish new wave group the Boomtown Rats about the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album, The Fine Art of Surfacing .
The single "I Don't Like Mondays" was released in July, [1] also reached No. 1 in the UK. [5] The song was written in response to a school shooting in California, and became a worldwide Top Ten hit, except for the United States. [8]
Spencer, who had been given the rifle as a Christmas present, talked by telephone to a reporter for the San Diego Tribune, and when asked why she fired at the school, said. "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day. I just started shooting for the fun of it." Her statement inspired the Boomtown Rats to record the popular song "I Don't Like ...
The photo of Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, a 15-year-old student at the K-12 Abundant Life Christian School, was posted on her father’s Facebook page and shows her at a shooting range wearing a ...
Vladislav Roslyakov killed 20 people with a shotgun in the Kerch Polytechnic College massacre. A school shooting is an armed attack at an educational institution, such as a primary school, secondary school, high school or university, involving the use of a firearm. Many school shootings are also categorized as mass shootings due to multiple casualties. The phenomenon is most widespread in the ...
The Fine Art of Surfacing is the third album by Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, released on 5 October 1979.The album peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart in 1979. [4]"I Don't Like Mondays" was released as the album's first single on 13 July 1979 and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. [4]
Shooter’s disturbing art Disturbing artwork created by the Nashville school shooting suspect has come to light as police revealed that the killer drew a “cartoon” outlining Monday’s attack.