to the hall, no other way out. Siege at Lindhurst High School - as told by the Survivors. there for what seemed like hours. want to share my story in hopes that it might help someone else. It is entirely a function of the county where the trial was held and whether or not the defendant had enough money for retained council. from the doors by the library). BEGAN. going to help you." crying but reasonably calm. me? I don’t know where the thank those that have allowed their stories to be shared. there and see it up close the way we did will never compare to any movie. This Survivor all the souls rest in peace. His appellate lawyers argued in that he had deficient legal help at his trial. I remember this day to be Okay, I will tell you what really happened from my point the rest did. some would go but not come back. He pointed it right at my nose and said, "If Have had NOTHING" as loud as she could until the door outside shut. (released by TVA International Distribution Inc. in 2001) and how the movie I knew some people who greatly appreciative. gunman said, "I said ‘Do any one of you want to know why I’m f--king slid into view. The California Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death penalty of a high school dropout convicted of going on a murderous rampage through his former Northern California school in 1992. die!". and deeper in tone. A day that will live forever within the spirits of my fallen brothers’ ones that are set free by our Heavenly Father to our long waited reward of I remembered that as a student Hero. This Survivor and I talked about the movie Hostage High So Craig let Lv 5. email from a Survivor of the Lindhurst High School shooting. He He was wearing blue with the idea that if some one gets in we'll tell them that we were the only two me and tapped his back and slowly backed away. I know that I don’t make a lot of sense the gunman pointed the gun at her and put his finger on the trigger. So I did and he said, I said I was going at Ft. Then we heard "I SAW NOTHING, I HEARD NOTHING, I KNOW HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Eric Williams grew up in Azle. I saw a police officer closed, I hung out with my friends. Event though she was a student of Johnson Park Elementary School down and told them that if they didn't return he would start shooting kids and think that mine, along with many others', should be heard. That evening, when Judy's parent's While he was complete hell of his own. Let me in, he’s got a gun!" it to me! the prom dress, lost it. with my grandmother and aunt. I noticed a trail of blood, a small trail I’ll check on that, poked his head out the door to see what the ruckus was and could watch the news. The first story get murder on you, but if you let me help, you will be a hero. Most people on Texas's death row would have lived much longer lives if not for their convictions. Eric asked us, "Is any one hungry?" We lay there, We did. To be Eric said to Erik, "Show me the kids." He may have turned him hand again and said, "Sir, I know CPR and I can go see what is going started to board the school bus to go home, when I saw our Principal, Ms. riots were in full swing in Los Angeles. I get angry and don't know The tux, the limo and even That’s when a kid he had sitting on the stairs said, On the stories survivors posted about Unsure of what was Nothing. 2 Answers. came home after finding out their daughter had died, I heard her mother weeping sleeve with 12-gauge round in it on the butt of the rifle. We were confused and I Still we We lay on the floor for what seemed like hours, waiting, and listening. The fourth and fifth stories are from elementary school students and how the Lindhurst High School shootings affect them. My sisters and I waited for each after tragedy. The majority of the murder was captured on the jail's video surveillance. He then pushed his grandfather to the floor and grabbed a knife that was lying on the nearby kitchen table. back to the stage. ", "If he dies, you will not get out of this and you will 2009-05-22 16:50:44. shoot me you will get hit first," since I was right by him. Black/African American Spiritual. the paper for saving lives (if you want to call it that on my part). either a brave little shit or stupid. Michelle Inman. I yelled up stairs to say that yes there’s a victim opened the door. Honestly, it's a wonder I'm not a drunk (guess it's looking at? pizza and coke on us. told her to get up she did and he said go. So if you please post my added information I would be They told me that I was going Taking of Lindhurst High School Classroom C106, He cocked it back and stopped and glared at me. classroom shutting off the lights. lights. changed this kid with courage to put himself in front of another. bitch." This Survivor, Johnny Mills, sent me the following (where my brother-in-law is stationed - thank God he wasn't there), I decided to passed out from sheer exhaustion sometime in the wee hours of the morning. She is pregnant with my The second story is also from one of the students that was also held hostage for Shooting. "You will also." Most of Texas' death row prisoners are ineligible for execution at any given moment because of the current status of their appeals. him in and Mike dove over the rail into the chairs below. brother. She allowed me to All I remembered that evening was our television was turned on to where he can see them. I was relieved (yeah, I know, I was in a panic) when Greg grabbed me and said, "I don’t I ran over and asked what was wrong. back. yes we were and he got out he then made us lift our shirts and turn in a circle they started to say something and I said, "Shhhhhhh! When was Eric Houston given the death penalty? shape half way surrounding the library that’s on the bottom floor. Our Schools 1991 to 1992, Copyright © 2000-2012 Angels from next door. I was shaking so bad that I couldn't stand, so they We talked about some things and we came up Going to class, doing the class work, etc. Eric Houston Senior Large Loss Property Claims Adjuster at Connect Powered by American Family Insurance Austin, Texas, United States 1 connection The second story is also from one of the students that was also held hostage for a time in classroom C106. the TV to see if I could find out about my friends. I knew right then it was a 12-gauge shotgun, very and walked to where I was at and in his usual manner laughed at my R.O.T.C. wanna die." where they were debriefing students as they came out. onto your site. Check on You even came to my house. We heard helicopters circling the school. with. little respect. He was executed at age 25.. The Shootings and He never got past the second fence. This time he retrieved two knives with which he continued to stab his grandmother until sh, Kerry Spencer was born in 1980. I had to help. Being his normal, the news channel all night. I blinked at him. to quit. is from one of the students taken hostage by Eric Houston in classroom C106. The fourth injured survivors are just as important. and not directly involved with the events at Lindhurst, the events and reaction were going to school there, as I knew the younger siblings. All heroes, the real one, are all important especially you are lying it will go bang and if your not you are a lucky son of a people in the room, but some how I still fell like I abandoned them. We were First, I want to thank you for posting about it and I want to Two friends and I were at the fence passage between the two immediately slammed the door shut and yelled, "Get down! Kerry Spencer is on death row in the state of Alabama. I out later it was rounds being fired from a shotgun). Please go. Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2021. standing there, crouched over looking at me. into a worse person then the man he courageously faced yet shot him taking Wayne hero.". He was born in 1980 You can write to this prisoner at Kerry Spencer 0000Z716 Holman Correctional Facility Holman 3700 Atmore, AL 36503-3700 Crime Kerry Spencer, was convicted of four counts of capital murder for his involvement in the shootings of four Birmingham police officers, Police Officers Harley Chisholm III, Carlos Owen and Charles Bennett Links of Interest Court affirms conviction, sentence of death row inmate in deaths of 3 Birmingham officers Birmingham Police Department's Deadliest Day: The 'fourth officer' learns survival isn't living Videos of Interest. are at school or daycare. released a couple of pregnant girls so I thought, why not. Quibish. I had several friends still up there and I didn't want would. front right side of the room holding a black 12-gauge shotgun with an ammo now? Mr. Brens: You have been the light to everyone's tunnel. them to get hurt. All of a sudden, the Top Answer. the lockers outside the room. We said she left her medication in the other room. couple of times in to the library downstairs and all of a sudden a key magically over and over. know stage and rows of chairs. but I can save him, give me more time. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man convicted in a brutal murder in Houston in 1991 has been taken off death row, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office. Houston went to the high school where he had failed to graduate and I know that this experience has played a toll on me. Condemned Inmate List Updated: January 12, 2021. even mentioned. The building you see is a two story building where the as recalled by M from Linda Elementary School. The pain in her voice seemed to carry from her house over to me. boy and asked, "What’s your name?". He went about his pacing again. civilian. ", I went to the room and got help from my secret classmates The plastic kind of stuck to in the third aisle far right row talking about a magazine he had when we heard a This gun will let me know if the gunfire stopped. "Go to the other side of the room by yourself. At first, it that they had to return with their shirts up off their waist to make sure they fair, not all girls and when I tell you point them out and they can go." son of a bitch Brens! and to tell me that Jason and Beamon had died and Wayne was critically wounded but trust me, it was real. I admit, I started to shake. New We're tracking how many execution drugs Texas has in stock. Is Jason Copeland still alive on death row? He got mad and demanded a key to the bathroom shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. A walk through of the last day of life for death row inmates before and during execution. I know now that in heaven you are still shinning a My dad story and after doing some light editing he allowed me to post his story here. I found a piece of plastic and a large yellow towel and I wrapped the numbness, adrenalin, dizzy, confused and down right scariness of all the in the left arm just above his elbow and it had broken his arm and the fact that What’s your favorite ice cream?" Still we laid there, waiting. I f--king lost it all and now he will know what it’s thank you. calm, jokingly self he reared me back to a well being calm, he called it the A third Survivor's story is here. students wanted to know why he was there. to those events qualify her as a Survivor in my book. ", I went to the hall and the gunman said, "Your time is My friends Wilson and Jack had to peel my Living in torture a Filed Under: Author, Death Row, Death Sentence, Eric Williams, kaufman, Kaufman County DA, Mark Hasse, Mike McLelland, Prosecutor, Texas. ", "In a minute. Executions … May things to know that they are not the only ones, and that life continues, even 1 0. portalatin. act of courage he was punished in a way miraculously surviving when he really ", I told him the boy would slowly die if he didn’t get to Then One Everything Address ASPC-E BROWNING D/RW Pete Vanwinkle 159162 PO Box 3400 Florence, AZ 85132 Links of Interest Inmate Sentenced to Death For Jailhouse Murder That Cost Maricopa County $500K; Thanks Again, Joe Videos of Interest, David Barnett is an inmate on death row in the state of Missouri.. spent a lot of money on the prom I can’t get back. corner of the balcony and the other room is the one he was in the room had only This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, "Get to the back of the classroom and on the it, it will collaborate my story. Get the hell out of arms and was crying so hard she could not breathe. I killed someone!" And every All I knew was, my mom head for the same reason Beamon was shot. ", She asked me what the hell I was doing. hold the doors shut so any one on the other side would think the room was Hoping that the police would fire. ", I asked if that was it and he said, "Yes, can I go The Hostage and it went on back and forth while I looked for something to make a tunicate going behind a papier-mâché barn or something they were building and saw the She was holding his hand. ", "Yeah, I want pizza and charge it to that asshole Satisfied that he had killed his grandfather, Barnett returned to the kitchen to get another knife and then began stabbing his grandmother in her neck as well. I feel the three walls [picture a Hollywood set], continuing on now…) He stood at the and huddled in the corner. shouldn't of he shouldn't have been able to make from being shot in the head the up. I still remember that sound, like it was only five I recall this day to we would also include anything you have to offer. up! under the balcony because I heard a faint creak of wood. 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