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'Not
again ...
not again'
Here is a guide to Post-Gazette coverage of the April 28 rampage
that killed five people and wounded one in suburban communities
south and west of Pittsburgh. It followed an unrelated shooting March 1 in Wilkinsburg, where
three were killed and two wounded.
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County Homicide Detectives James Morton, left, and Bob Metz, escort Richard
Baumhammers, clad in a bulletproof vest, from his arraignment on May 1. (Bill Wade,
Post-Gazette)
To see how Post-Gazette photographers have captured the
tragedy, click
here.
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May
19, 2000
May Ling Kung, center, is escorted into Calvary
United Church of Christ in Turtle Creek by her daughter, Molly Wee, left, and Margaret
Jobe for the funeral of her husband, Ji-Ye "Jerry" Sun. (Robin Rombach,
Post-Gazette)
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 Baumhammers
ruled not fit to go on trial
Experts
vary on Baumhammers diagnoses
May 15, 2000
Baumhammers
incompetent, 2 more doctors say
May 15, 2000
Shootings spur
YWCA to hold Day of Dialogue
May 15, 2000
Forum -- John G. Craig Jr.: Killing
them softly
Love of freedom,
bravery characterize Baumhammers' family history
Richard
Baumhammers' Latvian universe
May 13, 2000
Baumhammers'
competency to stand trial still in question
May 10, 2000
Baumhammers
incompetent to stand trial, psychiatrist says
May 8, 2000
Newsmaker: William H. Difenderfer / Baumhammers' attorney boasts impressive
win list
May 7, 2000
The senseless shooting of Jerry Sun is lamented from Churchill to China
Additional reports:
Social
isolation makes mental illness hard to control
Mentally ill no
more likely to be violent than anyone else
Mental illness
tough to prove in court
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A mourner bows yesterday afternoon before the memorial set
up in a traditional Chinese way at the Ya-Fei Chinese Cuisine in Robinson to remember
those shot and killed April 28. The Chinese characters on the right read, "Killed by
racial discrimination," and on the left, "leaving behind a lesson of equality
and harmony." (Lake Fong, Post-Gazette) |
May 6, 2000
Rallies draw
diverse crowd, call for an end to hate
French woman recounts
assault by Baumhammers
Karate school to give
plaque to victim's family |
May 5, 2000Shooting suspect
was arrested last year after punching a woman he thought was Jewish
His parents speak
out
Donations pour in
for Asian victims
Insanity is tough to
sell to a jury
May 4, 2000
Painful
farewells continue for friends, families of Friday's shooting victims
Gunman's Aliquippa
victim laid to rest
Victim's co-worker
second-guesses fateful drive
Allegheny County to try
case
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 Zetta Lee, mother of shooting victim Garry Lee, comforts her daughter, Lazett,
9, during his burial service in Aliquippa yesterday. (Steve Mellon,
Post-Gazette)
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Janet Morris brought a single white rose to place in
the casket of shooting victim Garry Lee. "He was special," she said of her
former Giant Eagle co-worker. (John Beale, Post-Gazette)
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May 3, 2000Suspect's Web site
bashed immigrants
Karate school
victim mourned
Ceremonies marking the tragedy
Obituary: Ji-Ye "Jerry" Sun
Photo Journal: Trail of Violence
Commentary:
Demonization in America
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May 2, 2000Baumhammers faces
Allegheny County homicide charges
Text of the affidavit of probable cause
Suspect purchased revolver in Washington County last year
Rampage mirrors last
summer's Midwest killings
Anita Gordon is laid to rest
Visitors say good-bye to
Pham
A
community gropes for answers
Who
thought it could happen here?
Roddey seeks way to respond
Schools used
emergency procedures during tense afternoon
Minority
groups plan diversity rally
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Mourners follow the casket of Anita Gordon during a ceremony at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery on
Monday. (Post-Gazette)
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Bang "Bonnie" Ngo comforts her son, Chris, 5,
during a news conference April 30. Her husband and Chris's father, Thao Q. Pham, was
killed in the April 28 shooting spree. (Robin Rombach, Post-Gazette)
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May 1, 2000Shootings suspect ran ad seeking relationship
Baumhammers'
attorney to argue mental infirmity
City bathed in
unpleasant international limelight
Sermons struggle for
answer to 'Where was God'
Friends, family grieve for
two men slain in Robinson restaurant
Indian community prays
for recovery of shooting victim
Anita Gordon's funeral
today
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April 30, 2000Computer, writings on race are seized
Returning to the scenes of the crimes
What They're Saying About: Friday's shooting rampage
Editorial:
Horror and Healing |
Julia Stewart of
Robinson pauses after leaving a bouquet of flowers at the doorway of Ya Fei Chinese
Cuisine at Robinson Town Centre. Stewart said she was walking around the shopping center
shortly after two men were killed at the restaurant. (John Beale, Post-Gazette)
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The suspect, Richard
Baumhammers.
(John Beale, Post-Gazette)
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April 29, 2000 Cold killer's 20-mile trail leaves 5 dead
Victims left in wake of rampage
Lawyer lived unnotable life... until now |
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