Amy Bishop Shot Her Brother Dead Before She Shot Her Colleagues

The Braintree Massachusetts Police Chief, Paul Frazier, acknowledged that Amy Bishop, the assistant Professor, who shot several of her colleagues, killing three, and wounding three, at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, shot her teenage brother dead in 1986.

The Police Chief at the time, John Polio, claims that "every indication at this point in time leads us to believe it was an accidental shooting."

According to him, "while Amy Bishop was handling the weapon, it fired, wounding Seth Bishop in the abdomen. He was pronounced dead at a hospital 46 minutes after the Dec. 6, 1986 shooting."

He denies there was a cover-up, claiming that he followed department procedures, and the District Attorney at the time, William Delahun, conducted an inquiry, and a decision was made not to file charges.

Police Chief Paul Frazier disputes this account. He says that the media has been "fed an incorrect story."  In his words, the shooting evolved from an argument, and Amy Bishop fired the shotgun three times, one shot went through her wall, and another entered her brother's abdomen.

In addition, Amy Bishop fled her parent's home, still armed with the shot gun, and used it in an additional crime, assault with a deadly weapon, when she pointed it at a motorist, in an attempt to carjacking his automobile.

Police Chief Frazier said that Amy Bishop was arrested at gun point, and she was taken to the police station to be booked, when the Police Chief, at the time, Polio, ordered that she be released to her mother.

Frazier account is based on "the memories of one of his officers who was with the department at the time and had arrested Bishop." He said the records from the case have been missing since at least 1988.