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HUNTSVILLE, AL -
Madison County District Judge Ruth Ann Hall has determined there is enough evidence in the case for Dr. Amy Bishop Anderson to remain in custody, without bond. The former UAHuntsville professor appeared in court Tuesday morning for her preliminary hearing. Dr. Bishop Anderson is accused of shooting six of her colleagues on February 12 during a faculty meeting.
The state called just one witness to the stand in this morning's hearing, Charlie Gray, a homicide investigator with the Huntsville Police Department.
The case will now go before a Madison County grand jury, which will decide whether or not to indict Bishop Anderson, that is, to send her case to trial.
Bishop Anderson wore a red jail jumpsuit in court Tuesday, and her hands were cuffed in front of her. She arrived about 10 minutes before the hearing started, and was brought in from a side room, adjacent to the courtroom. Jailers escorted her in. She sat down next to her attorneys.
Bishop Anderson's appearance hasn't changed much since her initial arrest. Her brown hair still has a blunt cut, but it is about one or two inches longer. She was alert during the hearing, but did not show much emotion. She talked with her attorneys, but otherwise looked at the floor or at the witness during testimony.
Bishop Anderson's husband, James Anderson, was not present. There didn't appear to be any observers from UAHuntsville, or families of the victims. Most of the people in the courtroom appeared to be sheriff's deputies, jailers, reporters, and other lawyers who wanted to observe.
District Attorney Rob Broussard called Gray to the stand. Gray has worked in the homicide division for eight years, and has been with the Huntsville Police Department for a total of 22 years.
Gray said he was called to investigate a multiple homicide at UAHuntsville on February 12, 2010. Gray said he first heard about the murders on Huntsville Police radio traffic. The radio traffic indicated there had been a shooting at the Shelby Center, and the dispatcher called multiple units to the scene. Gray was the on-call homicide investigator. He said he was called to the scene about 4:10pm that day.
Once Gray arrived, he found there had been a shooting in the Shelby Center. Six people had been shot in the biology department's faculty meeting. Three were dead, and three were taken to Huntsville Hospital. There were six survivors. Gray said he interviewed them to determine what happened at the meeting.
During Gray's testimony, Amy Bishop Anderson looked at the floor and at Gray, but appeared focused on the testimony.
The faculty meeting began at 3:00 p.m., Gray said. Approximately 50 minutes in, Bishop Anderson stood up and pointed a handgun at people in the room. Gray said she shot six people and then left. The remaining faculty members barricaded the door, tended to the victims and called 911.
Three people died inside the meeting room. Gray said their causes of deaths were ruled to be gunshot wounds to the head, and the manner of death was homicide. The faculty members who died were Dr. Adriel Johnson, Dr. G.K. Podila, and Dr. Maria Ragland Davis.
Dr. Bishop Anderson is also charged with three counts of attempted murder, which Gray said corresponds with the three surviving faculty members who were shot. Two were shot in the head, and one was shot in the chest area, Dr. Luis Cruz-Vera. Gray said that person's wound was almost a head shot, but the bullet appeared to glance the person's head and go into the chest.
Dr. Joseph Leahy and Stephanie Monticciolo were both shot in the head. They are still recovering from their wounds.
Gray said he, Huntsville Police Investigator Kathy Pierce and UAHuntsville Police Investigator James Watkins directly investigated the case. Gray said witnesses described Dr. Bishop Anderson as being in very close proximity to the victims. Gray said the three faculty members who were killed sat directly beside her on both sides of the room.
A UAHuntsville police officer arrested Bishop Anderson at approximately 4:09 p.m., Gray said. She was in the northwest corner of the Shelby Center, near the loading dock, a maintenance-type area. It was not a student entrance. Gray said she was not armed at that time.
Police found the weapon, a 9 millimeter P85 semi-automatic Ruger, in the women's bathroom on the second floor. The faculty meeting was on the third floor.
Bishop Anderson looked at Investigator Gray as he testified. She seemed alert and aware, but never showed emotion.
Gray said Bishop Anderson had left the faculty meeting to make a phone call. That was later determined to be a call to her husband's cell phone.
The state called just one witness to the stand in this morning's hearing, Charlie Gray, a homicide investigator with the Huntsville Police Department.
The case will now go before a Madison County grand jury, which will decide whether or not to indict Bishop Anderson, that is, to send her case to trial.
Bishop Anderson wore a red jail jumpsuit in court Tuesday, and her hands were cuffed in front of her. She arrived about 10 minutes before the hearing started, and was brought in from a side room, adjacent to the courtroom. Jailers escorted her in. She sat down next to her attorneys.
Bishop Anderson's appearance hasn't changed much since her initial arrest. Her brown hair still has a blunt cut, but it is about one or two inches longer. She was alert during the hearing, but did not show much emotion. She talked with her attorneys, but otherwise looked at the floor or at the witness during testimony.
Bishop Anderson's husband, James Anderson, was not present. There didn't appear to be any observers from UAHuntsville, or families of the victims. Most of the people in the courtroom appeared to be sheriff's deputies, jailers, reporters, and other lawyers who wanted to observe.
District Attorney Rob Broussard called Gray to the stand. Gray has worked in the homicide division for eight years, and has been with the Huntsville Police Department for a total of 22 years.
Gray said he was called to investigate a multiple homicide at UAHuntsville on February 12, 2010. Gray said he first heard about the murders on Huntsville Police radio traffic. The radio traffic indicated there had been a shooting at the Shelby Center, and the dispatcher called multiple units to the scene. Gray was the on-call homicide investigator. He said he was called to the scene about 4:10pm that day.
Once Gray arrived, he found there had been a shooting in the Shelby Center. Six people had been shot in the biology department's faculty meeting. Three were dead, and three were taken to Huntsville Hospital. There were six survivors. Gray said he interviewed them to determine what happened at the meeting.
During Gray's testimony, Amy Bishop Anderson looked at the floor and at Gray, but appeared focused on the testimony.
The faculty meeting began at 3:00 p.m., Gray said. Approximately 50 minutes in, Bishop Anderson stood up and pointed a handgun at people in the room. Gray said she shot six people and then left. The remaining faculty members barricaded the door, tended to the victims and called 911.
Three people died inside the meeting room. Gray said their causes of deaths were ruled to be gunshot wounds to the head, and the manner of death was homicide. The faculty members who died were Dr. Adriel Johnson, Dr. G.K. Podila, and Dr. Maria Ragland Davis.
Dr. Bishop Anderson is also charged with three counts of attempted murder, which Gray said corresponds with the three surviving faculty members who were shot. Two were shot in the head, and one was shot in the chest area, Dr. Luis Cruz-Vera. Gray said that person's wound was almost a head shot, but the bullet appeared to glance the person's head and go into the chest.
Dr. Joseph Leahy and Stephanie Monticciolo were both shot in the head. They are still recovering from their wounds.
Gray said he, Huntsville Police Investigator Kathy Pierce and UAHuntsville Police Investigator James Watkins directly investigated the case. Gray said witnesses described Dr. Bishop Anderson as being in very close proximity to the victims. Gray said the three faculty members who were killed sat directly beside her on both sides of the room.
A UAHuntsville police officer arrested Bishop Anderson at approximately 4:09 p.m., Gray said. She was in the northwest corner of the Shelby Center, near the loading dock, a maintenance-type area. It was not a student entrance. Gray said she was not armed at that time.
Police found the weapon, a 9 millimeter P85 semi-automatic Ruger, in the women's bathroom on the second floor. The faculty meeting was on the third floor.
Bishop Anderson looked at Investigator Gray as he testified. She seemed alert and aware, but never showed emotion.
Gray said Bishop Anderson had left the faculty meeting to make a phone call. That was later determined to be a call to her husband's cell phone.
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