Buford O. Furrow, Jr.

Buford O. Furrow, Jr.

Buford O'Neal Furrow, Jr. (born November 25 1961 [ [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/furrtime17.shtml Buford Furrow Jr. Timeline ] ] ) perpetrated the August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting on August 10, 1999, when he attacked a day care center at the North Valley Jewish Community Center. The shooting injured three children, and a receptionist. He also shot dead US Postal Service carrier Joseph Ileto who was Filipino American. Furrow was a member of the white-supremacist group Aryan Nations in 1995.

On January 24, 2001 Furrow pleaded guilty 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.cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/01/24/furrow.plea.crim/|date=2001-01-24|title=American Furrow pleads guilty to shootings, will avoid death penalty, get life without parole|publisher=CNN]

Furrow was also an engineer who worked for several years on the B-2 stealth bomber project for Northrop Grumman. "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. ]

Furrow's former girlfriend was Debbie Mathews, widow of Robert Jay Mathews. [cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9908/11/california.shooting.04/| title=L.A. shooting suspect surrenders in Las Vegas | publisher=CNN |date= 1999-08-11 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17]

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