Colin Ferguson
- Category : 1958-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 3/6 - Martyr / Role Model
- Definition : Split - Small (17)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Maya 4
Biography
American multiple homicide killing five and wounding 18 in a crowded commuter train at Garden City, NY. On 12/07/1993 he boarded the Long Island railroad at Pennsylvania station at 5:33 PM, carrying a 9-millimeter pistol and 160 rounds of ammo. He rose in the moving train, shooting strangers.
Ferguson was one of five sons with a privileged childhood in Jamaica. When his folks died in 1969 and 1970, the family scattered. Colin emigrated to the U.S. September 1982 where he worked at menial jobs. He made a marriage on 5/13/1986 that was stormy enough to have to cops interfere on occasion, a marriage that fell apart in late 1987.
Working as a clerk, Colin fell off a stool, hurting his neck and back, making him eligible for disability. Attempting to gain an education, he fought with teachers, a paranoid racist. His life on the whole seemed to be going downhill.
In a bizarre trial, Colin acted as his own attorney, repeating his claim that the shooter was a white guy who stole Colin's gun from his bag while he slept. In spite of likening himself to a martyred saint, the jury sentenced him to life on 3/22/1995.