Carlsbad Elementary School Shooter to Stand Trial
On Tuesday in Vista California, Brendan Liam O’Rourke, the man who shot and wounded two elementary school-age girls in Carlsbad will stand trial on charges such as assault with a firearm and premeditated attempted murder which could land him 103 years to life in prison if he is convicted.
Judge K. Michael Kirkman of the Vista Courthouse decided that there was a sufficient amount of evidence to charge the San Diego shooter with seven counts of each assault as well as murder. On April 26, O’Rourke will stand trial. According to one of the Kelley Elementary school second graders, she explained that she heard O’Rourke yelling when she saw him with a gun right before he shot her.
According to the young victim, she “wasn’t looking at him” because she “ran away.” She then described that she remembered seeing a gun in his hand. The girl, who is now eight years old, had been shot near the elbow of her right arm and the gunfire sounded to her like an “earthquake.” She also explained that her arm felt “squiggly” after she had been wounded.
According to one of the three construction workers who helped capture the San Diego school shooter, testified that O’Rourke was indeed “crazy” as well as having a “disconnected” facial expression during the Carlsbad school shooting. Another construction worker that helped stop the enraged O’Rourke explained that while the gunman was shooting, he was mumbling something about Barack Obama.
Man Accused In Carlsbad School Shooting To Stand Trial, San Diego 10 News, March 8, 2011
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