Colin Ferguson (born July 22, 1972) is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer. He played the role of Burke Andrew in the 1993 TV mini series More Tales of the City, based on Armistead Maupins series of novels. He's charming, suave, rich, and his perfectly-groomed goatee and bespoke suits belie the fact he can often be ruthless when the situation calls for it. Ferguson's attack was as clearly premeditated as was. ; Adelphi Recalls a Student Driven by Rage and Suspended for Making Threats", "Sadness and Hope for Family of Victims of Train Shooting", "Man Accused in L.I.R.R. The train's cars were less than 10 years old when the shooting occurred. Newsday reports that the Long Island Rail Road train where Colin Ferguson opened fire on Dec. 7, 1993, still provides daily rides to hundreds of commuters. One man appeared annoyed by their unruliness and said, "Be calm," before they forced a train door open and fled into the station. He also used the sentencing as an opportunity to criticize New York's controversial Sentencing Cap Law, which would have capped each of Ferguson's sentences at 50 years and required that they all be served concurrently had no one died in the massacre, since all of the felonies he committed on the train were part of one occurrence. [10], Anthony J. Falanga was appointed Ferguson's attorney on December 11, 1993. He's shooting people! She had been married only three months when her husband died of cancer while waiting for a liver transplant. Neil Grayston Douglas Fargo/S.A.R.A.H. The suit sought $1 million for Dennis McCarthy's pain and suffering, $10 million for his death and for damages to survivors, and $25 million for injuries to Kevin McCarthy. At the time, lawyers and mental health experts said such a defense would be difficult because Ferguson appeared to have carefully planned the attacks, and because he said, "oh God, what did I do" after he was stopped. No, Eureka's real secret villain as Dr. Beverly Barlowe, the town's therapist and secret agent of the shadowy organization known as the Consortium. [44], After his sentencing, Ferguson was incarcerated for a time at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. He was also a guest presenter for sci-fi news show HypaSpace.[3]. That three-page record includes sanctions for failure to obey orders, violent conduct, harassment, unhygienic acts and rioting. [9], In April 1993,[10] Ferguson moved to California in search of new career opportunities. Though he keeps busy with all his guest roles, he's just as content to be a doting dad to his two kids and keeping active on social media. He's referring to white people when he said devils even tho one asian was one of his victims in the 1993 Long Island train shooting, but . [46][bettersourceneeded], Carolyn McCarthy whose husband Dennis McCarthy was killed by Ferguson, and whose son Kevin McCarthy was severely injured was subsequently elected to the United States Congress[47] on a platform of gun control. Six officers took Ferguson from the Nassau County jail in a three-car caravan that pulled away at 6:30 a.m. [56] The day after the shooting, Clinton announced he had asked Attorney General Janet Reno to review a proposal by New York City Mayor-elect Rudy Giuliani that would set up a national uniform licensing system for gun buyers. A suburban New York judge who presided over the 1995 trial of the Long Island Rail Road massacre shooter, sentencing Colin Ferguson to 315 years in prison, has died. Helping homeless kids. [1][2], Ferguson was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and is a graduate of Appleby College and McGill University. Nathan is still stuck in the void with William, Audrey and Duke must convince Haley to open the thinny before its too late for Nathan. On December 7, 1993, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train in Garden City Park, New York. As per our current Database, Colin Ferguson is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020). Then 6-foot, 200-pounds, he charged . [29], Kunstler and Kuby proposed an innovative defense: Ferguson had been driven to temporary insanity by a psychiatric condition they termed "black rage. Police officers remove a body from a Long Island Railroad car at the Merillon Ave. station in Garden City, N.Y. "[10] Ferguson started taking five showers a day and could be heard by neighbors repeatedly chanting at night "all the black people killing all the white people. Sound familiar yet? President George W. Bush in 2008 signed a bill she sponsored establishing a national database for criminal background checks on gun purchases, but other efforts at obtaining assault weapons bans, and limits on the sizes of ammunition clips, have not gained traction. As a fun character quirk, Larry was shown eating in almost every single scene he was in, no matter what was happening at the time. Beverly is usually the driver of the story behind the story, selling Eureka's secrets to her employers, and she makes a great villain thanks to Debrah Farentino's ability to be warm and inviting on the surface and cold-blooded in reality. [10] Ferguson moved back to New York in May 1993 because, as he told a friend, he did not like competing with immigrants and Hispanics for jobs. Reichman said Ferguson's assertions were "vague and somewhat evasive," in contrast to the normally detailed and highly focused nature of systematized paranoid delusional thinking. The shooting, which occured 20 years ago Saturday, was one of the worst mass killings of the time. the Human Torch, in Fantastic Four:World's Greatest Heroes, as Topher in the animated franchiseTotal Drama, and as the voice of Shinobu in the English dub ofBeyblade: Shogun Steel. As the train arrived at the Merillon Avenue station, passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol. Colin Ferguson (born July 22, 1972) is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer. [10] In January 2014, Ferguson became the newest "Maytag Man" where he plays the role of the appliance in the latest Maytag ad campaign. Ferguson was held down for several minutes; Andrew Roderick, an off-duty LIRR police officer who was picking up his wife from the train, then boarded the train and handcuffed him. Clinton cited the Ferguson murders as a factor in his support of the program, which would include background checks, tests and required renewals every two years. Ferguson started to claim he was not involved in the Long Island Rail Road shootings at all, and repeatedly refused to meet with a psychiatrist chosen by Kunstler and Kuby. Her son Kevin, who doctors initially feared might not survive, has largely recovered. He starred in 2013 in Haven and in 2014 in The Vampire Diaries. "These people had nowhere to go.". It was broadcast live by local media and Court TV, but was overshadowed by the O. J. Simpson murder case, going on simultaneously on the West Coast. A crazy man cannot defend himself. It injected more than a little humor into the show thanks to Chris Gauthier's timing. MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) _ Reality seemed to sink in Thursday for Colin Ferguson. A third pretended he had a gun and made a shooting motion with his fingers. . Colin Ferguson questions a witness at his trial in Mineola L.I. LIRR officials responded by noting that the rate of crime against passengers had dropped over the past few years before the shooting. She was a true feminist icon, as both the high-powered liaison between the Department of Defense and the law enforcement agencies regarding Eureka and Global Dynamics and as the mother of an autistic son. A lawyer would have merely served as the fig leaf. 176.9.64.114 People v. Ferguson (1998) 248 App.Div.2d 725, 670 N.Y.S.2d 327. She's even helmed episodes of half a dozen comic book series, winning theNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series in 2019 for her work on Marvel's Luke Cage. [15] During his first major speech since his election as mayor, Giuliani cited the Ferguson murders while he repeated his previous calls for the death penalty and a uniform gun licensing law. [54] LIRR officials also made counselors available for passengers who wanted one, and sent senior railroad officials out to trains to answer riders' questions. Killings Ruled Competent for Trial", "Jury Finds Ferguson Guilty Of Slayings on the L.I.R.R. According to Colin Ferguson the Maytag Man, a Maytag delivery is not just a delivery, "it's a deployment of dependability." As a seemingly endless supply of Maytag men are loaded onto delivery trucks and shipped out across the world, they pass one another on the street and greet each other with a friendly, "Maytag." When each Maytag man is properly installed in a customer's home, he disappears . Dave confronts Croatoan in his mind. In TV voice acting, you can hear him as the voice of Johnny Storm, a.k.a. The couple, from Hawthorne, N.J., decided to shift their focus, drawing on their daughter's own tragic past. Ferguson then punched Rifkin in the mouth. Colin Ferguson's rugged good looks anddown-to-earth demeanor served him well in the role, and fans of other series have since learned why Eureka fans loved him so much. [5], Ferguson showed no remorse during hours of questioning from the Nassau County District Attorney's Office. "I came to Congress following the LIRR shooting to help usher in commonsense reforms to prevent senseless tragedy in this country," she said, conceding there have been "modest steps" in that area. Ferguson claimed a police officer who escorted him from the Nassau County Jail said to him, "You realize someone else, in fact, was actually responsible for the shooting. And then there was the trial. [52], Many African-Americans expressed concern that the LIRR shooting would lead to a backlash of violence and racial animosities against the black community. A train car that became a massacre scene when a gunman killed six people and wounded 19 more is still in service 25 years after the deadly rampage. In one of the calls, he made reference to a massacre which occurred in California. Ferguson, who boarded the train in Queens, claimed that he waited to open fire until the train crossed over the New York City border out of respect for David Dinkins, the mayor at the time. [1][2] Since he was born and raised around Montreal, which predominantly speaks French, he is bilingual speaking both French and English. [5] The notes indicated Ferguson planned to wait to start the killings until he was beyond the New York City limit out of respect for outgoing Mayor David Dinkins and Police Commissioner Raymond W. (Mike Albans/AP). Your IP: Joyce Gorycki, whose husband, James, was killed, is now chairwoman of the Long Island chapter of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. Upon hearing the sentence, a courtroom full of train survivors applauded. : The Confrontation; 3 Credited In Capture Of Gunman", "Inmate Information NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision", "Death on the L.I.R.R. Joel Rifkin "Joel the Ripper" - ALIVE - Convicted of murdering 9 prostitutes between 1989-93 in New York City & Long Island, Rifkin was arrested on 28th June 1993 following a high-speed pursuit when officers spotted him driving without licence plates. 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