Arkansas school shooter who killed five in 1998 dies in head-on car crash

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Source: NBC News

July 29, 2019, 9:20 AM EDT
By Elisha Fieldstadt
A man who was 11 when he and a friend gunned down a teacher and four students at his middle school in 1998 died Saturday in a car crash on an Arkansas highway, according to police.

Drew Grant, 33, who had changed his name from Andrew Golden and was living in Missouri, died when the driver of a Chevy Tahoe collided head-on with the Honda CR-V Grant was driving on Highway 167 near Cave City, about 100 miles north of Little Rock, according to State Police.

Grant and Mitchell Johnson, who was 13, set off a fire alarm at Westside Middle School near Jonesboro, Arkansas, on March 24, 1998, and shot at people as they fled the building.

Paige Herring and Stephanie Johnson, both 12, Brittney Varner and Natalie Brooks, both 11, and teacher Shannon Wright were killed. Ten others were wounded. At the time, the shooting was one of the deadliest school shootings in the U.S., until the massacre at Columbine High School in April 1999.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arkansas-school-shooter-who-killed-five-1998-dies-head-car-n1035606

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I posted this not so much because of the story of the shooter’s traffic death. The words in the article “the shooting was one of the deadliest school shootings in the US until...” are haunting. One of the deadliest shootings until the US rinses the blood off and repeats.

[irisblue]

1. Snips from the story

Snip-"Stephanie Grant, 29, and a 2-year-old child were in the car with Grant and were injured,..."

(I feel great sympathy for the child and Stephanie)

Snip-"Paige Herring and Stephanie Johnson, both 12, Brittney Varner and Natalie Brooks, both 11, and teacher Shannon Wright were killed. Ten others were wounded. "

Snip-"Grant applied for a concealed carry handgun permit in 2008, but his request was denied by the Arkansas State Police..."

Well damn, that murderer never got over gun humping..

[dalton99a]

7. He lied about his addresses on the application

In the application filed with the State Police, Grant presents paperwork to show that he has completed seven hours of firearms training required to qualify him for a permit to carry a semi-automatic handgun. In a section asking Grant to list all residences where he has lived in the past two years, Grant says that he lived in Ravenden from April 2002 to May 2006, then in Evening Shade from May 2006 to June 2008. In fact, Golden was held on state charges at the Youth Services Center in Alexander until his 18th birthday in 2004, then transferred to an undisclosed federal prison. He was released on May 25, 2007 — his 21st birthday. The only federal prison in Arkansas is in Forrest City.

[irisblue]

9. So he continued to be a "bad hombre"

Cripe

[onecaliberal]

2. Why was he not in prison?

[OnlinePoker]

3. He was 11 when he did the shooting. n/t

[Shell_Seas]

5. He was tried as a juvenile. I read about this case a while back and looked into Arkansas law.

He was too young to be tried as an adult.

[SharonAnn]

13. And he was already misogynistic. Killed a woman and four girls. No boys or men.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. I've driven that hiway a thousand times.

And the shooting happened about 30 miles from my home town.

Another tragedy. Rest In Peace.

[BannonsLiver]

6. Good.

Given that he had multiple firearms issues since he was released from prison its clear he didn’t learn a fucking thing. With any luck he didn’t reproduce.

Hopefully the folks in the other vehicle will recover quickly.

[Chemisse]

10. I imagine he learned quite a lot.

From being behind bars from the age of 11 to 21. Not that there was any other option for what to do with a child who had done such a heinous crime.

[BannonsLiver]

12. Yes, he seems to have continued to cultivate his interest in firearms.

Probably not the greatest endeavor for him. Oh well, he's dead.

[raccoon]

15. You beat me to the post. He sounds beyond redemption. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Andrew Golden was given a gun when he was like 7 years old. There was a photo

of him in camouflage and holding a rifle that was printed at the time of the shooting.

[Chemisse]

11. I don't even remember this. Columbine was the one that really shook me.

And I've been shaken ever since.

[christx30]

14. If memory serves, Golden and one other boy

pulled a fire alarm at the school and were on a nearby hill and shot people as they were evacuating the building.

[Chemisse]

16. That's just hideous.

It's stunning that they were so young.

[rockfordfile]

17. Good. He should have been given the death penalty at 21.

[Polybius]

18. On his way out, he took one more life

Daniel Petty, 59 (who was the driver of the other car) died as well. His killing spree is finally over. He died 33 years too late.

[Dawson Leery]

19. The only tragedy was that an innocent driver was killed.

Golden was born evil as his repeated attempts to get firearms after his too short jail term shows who he is.