8. Barry Dale Loukaitis (born – 1981)
In 1996, the Frontier Middle School witnessed the death of two students and a teacher in the algebra class. 14-year-old boy Barry Dale Loukaitis, suffering delusional and messianic thoughts went on a shooting spree. He was dressed up like a gunslinger from the Wild West in a black duster, and armed with as many as 3 guns (a .30-30 caliber rifle, a .357 caliber pistol and a .25 caliber pistol) all of which belongs to his father. The students in the class were held hostage for 10 minutes before a gym coach outwitted Loukaitis.
It was also reported that when Loukaitis saw his classmates panic he said “This sure beats algebra, doesn’t it?” The quote is from Stephen King’s novel – Rage, in which the protagonist kills two teachers and takes his algebra class hostage. Barry was convicted to two life sentences, and in addition to that 205 more years in prison.
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