Kinkel v. Long

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON KIPLAND KINKEL, Case No. 6:11-cv-06244-AA Petitioner, OPINION AND ORDER v. GERALD LONG, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution, Respondent. _________________________________ AIKEN, District Judge. On May 20, 1998, petitioner Kipland (“Kip”) Kinkel, a fifteen-year-old high school student, shot and killed his parents at their home in Springfield, Oregon. The next morning, Kinkel armed himself with several semi-automatic firearms and drove to his high school. There, Kinkel opened fire in a hallway and the cafeteria, killing two…