Buford O. Furrow, Jr.
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Buford O'Neal Furrow, Jr. (born November 25, 1961[1]) perpetrated the August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting on August 10, 1999, when he attacked a day care center at the North Valley Jewish Community Center. The shooting injured three children, and a receptionist. He also shot dead US Postal Service carrier Joseph Ileto who was Filipino American. Furrow was a member of the white-supremacist group Aryan Nations in 1995.
On January 24, 2001 Furrow pleaded guilty all of the counts against him. In exchange for pleading guilty, Furrow avoided a possible death sentence, but was instead sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. According to the indictment, Furrow expressed no regrets for any of his crimes.[2]
Furrow was also an engineer who worked for several years on the B-2 stealth bomber project for Northrop Grumman. [3]
Furrow's former girlfriend was Debbie Mathews, widow of Robert Jay Mathews.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Buford Furrow Jr. Timeline
- ^ "American Furrow pleads guilty to shootings, will avoid death penalty, get life without parole", CNN, January 24, 2001.
- ^ "A Visitor from the Dark Side: The accused L.A. gunner drove into town on a high of delusion and self-destruction." Newsweek. 134.9. August 23, 1999. p32.
- ^ "L.A. shooting suspect surrenders in Las Vegas", CNN, August 11, 1999. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
