26-year-old Kelvin Ray Love, who was struggling academically, entered Garland Community College in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and shot dead his teacher, William ‘Buddy’ Putnam, 38, and a fellow student, Donald Schamp, 34, with a .357 magnum revolver. Love fired six shots during the incident before taking a female student hostage and forcing her to flee with him in her car. During the ensuing 125-mile high-speed chase, Love exchanged shots with pursuing patrol officers but no one was injured. The pursuit came to an end after Love crashed through a police roadblock and wrecked his vehicle; both he and his hostage survived unharmed. Love was later found guilty of two counts of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
