In 1979, 16-Year-Old Brenda Spencer Killed 2 People.
In 1979, 16-Year-Old Brenda Spencer Killed 2 People. When Asked Why She Did It? “I Don’t Like Mondays.” Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3, 1962) is a convicted American murderer who carried out a shooting spree from her home in San Diego, on January 29, 1979. San Diego police officers Patty Bernathy and Ted Kasniak escort Brenda Spencer to homicide investigators after the shootings at Cleveland Elementary School in 1979.(Barry Fitsimmons/San Diego Union-Tribune)During the shooting spree, she killed two people and injured nine others at Cleveland Elementary School, which was located across the street from her home. Spencer is best known for her quote “I don’t like Mondays,” which inspired the song “I Don’t Like Mondays” by The Boomtown Rats. The song was a UK number one single for four weeks in mid-1979. School shooting inspired Bob Geldof, lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, to pen hit song “I Don’t Like Mondays.” (Fin Costello/ Redferns/Getty Images) Born in San Diego, California, Spenc...