The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest

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She did it, she said, because she didn't like Mondays. 35 years later, Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two and wounded eight, faced her victims in a parole hearing.

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Published May 30 2014 5:45AM EDT

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In a prison two-and-a-half hours from the scene of the UCSB murders sits the killer who started it all, with the first high-profile school shooting more than three decades ago.

“With every school shooting, I feel I’m partially responsible,” Brenda Ann Spencer told the parole board back in 2001.

Michael Daly

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The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest

She did it, she said, because she didn't like Mondays. 35 years later, Brenda Ann Spencer, who killed two and wounded eight, faced her victims in a parole hearing.

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Michael Daly