Buford O. Furrow, Jr.
Buford O'Neal Furrow, Jr. (born November 25, 1961[1]) is a former Aryan Nations member and security guard[1] who perpetrated the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting in August 1999. As of 2009[update], he is serving a life sentence in an Indiana federal prison.[2]
[edit] Crimes
On August 10, 1999, Furrow attacked a day care center at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in the Granada Hills district of Los Angeles, California. The shooting injured three children and a receptionist. He also shot dead USPS carrier Joseph Ileto, who was Filipino American.
On January 24, 2001, Furrow pleaded guilty to 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;[3] however, in an August 2009 letter sent to the Los Angeles Daily News, he expressed remorse for the shootings and claims to have renounced his neo-Nazi views, stating "a life based on hate is no life at all".[2]
[edit] Personal life
Furrow was an engineer who worked for several years on the B-2 stealth bomber project for Northrop Grumman.[4]
Furrow's former girlfriend was Debbie Mathews, widow of Robert Jay Mathews.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "Buford Furrow Jr. Timeline". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/furrtime17.shtml.[dead link]
- ^ a b "JCC shooter Furrow renounces past beliefs". Los Angeles Daily News. September 6, 2009. http://www.dailynews.com/ci_13279689. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
- ^ "American Furrow pleads guilty to shootings, will avoid death penalty, get life without parole". CNN. January 24, 2001. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/01/24/furrow.plea.crim/.
- ^ "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. http://www.cnn.com/US/9908/11/california.shooting.04/. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
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