Braintree Native Apologizes for College Shooting

A Braintree native who pleaded guilty to killing three and wounding three more during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama-Huntsville has apologized for the first time.

Amy Bishop, 50, who was a biology professor at the school, pleaded guilty to the crime in exchange for life in prison according to NBC News but has made several appeals stating that she was mentally ill when she made her plea.

In a new 50-page court filing, Bishop calls the shootings a “terrible crime” in a handwritten note, adding she was “terribly sorry for the victims and their families, and my family.”

A Harvard-trained neurobiologist, this isn’t the first time Bishop has been connected to a homicide. In 1986, Bishop was involved in the killing of her brother at their Braintree home. Investigators concluded that the shooting was an accident. After the Alabama shooting, the case was reopened, but the statue of limitations had expired, preventing authorities to peruse the case.