A man accused of sexual abuse gunned down 4 people outside the courthouse where he was standing trial, leaving one woman dead.
41 year old Bartholomew Granger (SEEN ABOVE), shot his 20-year-old daughter and her mother as he went on a rampage during the lunch recess of the trial at Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont, Texas.
His daughter Samantha Jackson, who testified against him yesterday, was in critical condition after the shootout, and a 79-year-old bystander was dead.
After the shooting Granger ran to a nearby building and took several folks hostages but the hostages turned on him and took away his gun.
Minnie Ray Seabolt, 79, was shot as she tried to escape Granger’s onslaught by running in to the courthouse, and died of her wounds.
As the gunman fled the scene, he ran over his own daughter with a pickup truck, sending her to hospital where she remains in a critical condition.
The other two victims – Granger’s ex-wife and another bystander – were treated at hospital but released later in the day.
Cops say 41 year old Bartholomew Granger, was on trial at Jefferson County Courthouse in Texason charges of sexually assaulting a female relative.
The 41-year-old has a lengthy criminal history that includes convictions for possession of marijuana and unlawfully carrying a firearm, according to police reports.
via BlackMediaScoop
