Gunner Lindberg

Gunner Lindberg
Born
Gunner Jay Lindberg

(1975-03-01) March 1, 1975 (age 49)
Orange County, California, U.S.
Criminal statusImprisoned at San Quentin State Prison in California[2]
Conviction(s)First degree murder
Criminal penaltyDeath
Date apprehended
March 2, 1996[1]

Gunner Jay Lindberg (born March 1, 1975)[3] is an American convicted murderer on death row in California. Lindberg, a Neo-Nazi, was convicted of the 1996 murder of 24-year-old Vietnamese American Thien Minh Ly in Tustin, California.[4][5]

Lindberg wanted to celebrate that evening's Super Bowl XXX victory by the Dallas Cowboys by finding "a Jap". Lindberg and an accomplice, 17-year-old Domenic Michael Christopher, encountered Ly, who was rollerblading around the tennis courts at Tustin High School. Lindberg and Christopher trapped Ly on the courts, beat him, kicked him, and then stabbed him many times. Prosecutors also charged Lindberg with a hate crime and bullying.[6] Before that, Lindberg served most of a five-year prison sentence for another first-degree assault after shooting an 11-year-old boy three times with a pellet gun in 1992.[7]

On August 29, 2008, the Supreme Court of California affirmed Lindberg's convictions and death sentence.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Blanchard, Geoff; Filkins, Dexter (March 3, 1996). "Police Say Suspect Organized Gangs in Two States". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Inmate Information: LINDBERG, GUNNER JAY. CDCR Number: K79300. Current Location: San Quentin State Prison. Information current as of: 07/12/2019
  3. ^ "The First Non-White,White Supremicist on Death Row-Wanna be his Pen Pal??? I Think Not". Unreliably Yours. August 29, 2008. Archived from the original on November 18, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via WordPress.com.
  4. ^ Anton, Mike (August 30, 2008). "Death penalty upheld in O.C. hate killing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  5. ^ Boucher, Geoff; Filkins, Dexter (March 3, 1996). "Police Say Suspect Organized Gangs in Two States". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Moxley, R. Scott (August 28, 2008). "OC Hate Crime Killer Headed For Lethal Injection". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  7. ^ "?". Springfield News-Leader. February 5, 1992. p. 15. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.[author missing][title missing]