The Bandidos Massacre and Phu Lam

Motive and Opportunity

On this week's episode of Motive and Opportunity, Keith tells us the story of a gang-related killing of 8 men, whose bodies were found in a field, and Amanda tells the story of an awful mass shooter in Edmonton, Alberta.

Sources:

Keith:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/timeline-of-the-bandidos-massacre-1.777910

https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/the-bandidos-massacre-an-execution-assembly-line-wiped-out-the-toronto-biker-gang-10-years/article_4ef88983-e2f2-5382-ba5a-4e9c194fd010.html

https://lfpress.com/2016/04/07/the-six-jailed-bandidos-hoped-the-supreme-court-of-canada-would-let-them-appeal-their-eight-murder-convictions

https://london.ctvnews.ca/murder-convictions-in-mass-bandidos-biker-killings-upheld-by-ontario-court-1.2330447

Amanda:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/broken-pieces-a-year-after-edmontons-worst-mass-murder

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/a-timeline-of-events-for-the-senseless-mass-murder-in-edmonton

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/police-identify-victims-in-edmonton-mass-killing-as-shooters-wife-her-parents-and-sister-two-children-and-a-friend-2

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/what-made-edmonton-shooter-phu-lam-so-angry-that-he-killed-eight-people

https://edmontonsun.com/2015/01/06/funeral-held-in-edmonton-for-six-victims-of-mass-killing

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