Long Island Railroad Massacre
On December 7, 1993, as a Long Island Rail Road train pulled into the Merillon Avenue station in Garden City, New York, Colin Ferguson pulled out his gun and started firing at passengers. He killed six and wounded nineteen before being stopped by three of the passengers Kevin Blum, Mark McEntee, and Mike OConnor. Fergusons trial was notable for a number of unusual developments, including his firing of his defense counsel and insisting on representing himself and questioning his own victims on the stand.
Colin Ferguson was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 14, 1958, to Von Herman and May Ferguson. Von Herman, a wealthy pharmacist and the managing director of the large pharmaceutical company Hercules Agencies, was described by Time magazine as one of the most prominent businessmen in Jamaica. Fergusons family, including four brothers, lived in a twostory home with a nanny and a housekeeper in the Kingston suburb of Havendale. Ferguson attended the Calabar High School there from 1969 to 1974, where the principal at the time described him as a wellrounded student who played cricket and soccer. He graduated in the top third of his class.
Source: Wikipedia