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April 8, 1993 Page 12 Shooting ■ From Page 1 and the screams of panicked customers and immediately thought the store was being robbed. Glancing at the check-out lanes and seeing no one, she bolted through the lanes and out the doors without looking back. “When I heard the gunshots, 1 thought, ‘Oh my god, it’s a robbery. I’m going to be trapped in the store,’” Lailas said. “I thought my heart was about to . snap out through my mouth.” One employee of Winn Dixie at the New Market Shopping Center was killed and two others wounded before Burlington police arrived and killed the gunman around 3 p.m. A customer who was shopping at the time of the shooting also remains in serious condition after suffering a heart attack. Winn Dixie employee Gerald ..Howard Snead, 38, of Burlington, entered the store just before 3 p.m., approached the deli counter and shot and killed fellow worker Pamela D. Pike, 28, of Graham. Medical Examiner Dr. Debra Radisch of the state medical examiner’s office told Burlington Times-News that Pike was shot six times in the left side of the head and was dead on the scene. According to Police Chief John Glenn, Snead shot at least 25 rounds of gunfire in less than 10 minutes from his .357-caliber Dan Wesson revolver. Snead was shot twice at close range by a Burlington police officer after Snead aimed his gun at police, officials said. Store employees Susan Rowland, 48, and Edna Inman, 55, were treated for gunshot wounds at Alamance County Hospital and released Thursday night. Rowland was also treated for hypothermia, after hiding from the gunman in a freezer. The bullet she sustained pierced the metal freezer door to wound her right leg. The customer. Rev. William Pulkingham, 66, of Austin, TX, is in serious condition after suffering a heart attack during the shoot-out. He and his' wife were in town visiting relatives. While the police have not yet determined what nriotivated the shooting spree, mqqy employees'0f.Winn Dixie fwif ir. was a case of unrequitted love. “He has admired Pam for a long time,” said deli worker Marianna Wright. “He’d ask her out, she’d turn him down. They’d joke around and Gerald would kind of take her seriously, I guess. But she was never serious about going out with Gerald.” In fact, the six year employee of Winn Dixie had been engaged for two years and according to fellow workers, never returned Snead’s advances. Store employees also saic that Snead was manic-depressive and had stopped taking his medication more than a month ago. “He told me... that he had to have his medicine every day or he said, ‘I might just get in my car and drive across the country,’” said Wright, who was scheduled to work that afternoon but left early before Snead’s arrival. “Thank God 1 got out when I did. He may have shot me too.” Cashier Norma Salas, a store employee for three months, was scheduled to work at 4:30 on Thursday. “I was really scared of him (Snead),” Salas said. “He just looked like the type. He just looked scary.” Funeral services for Pike were held Sunday afternoon. “She (Pike) was training me in the kitchen last night,” said deli worker Teresa Saunders, who began working at the store a little over a week ago. “She was a lovely person. She was full of laughter and was as friendly and sweet as she could be.” Shaken by the death of her friend and co-worker, Wright became emotional over the loss. “I am very much in a sense of shock,” Wright said. “It’s just not going to be the same without her.” Meanwhile, the small, peaceful town of Burlington has also been shaken by a crime most thought could only happen in the nation’s larger cities. “This is very frightening,” said one Winn Dixie shopper, also a New York native. “Only in New York things like this happen and they don’t even put it in the newspaper. But things like this here, I thought I got away from it. It seems like you can’t.” Now known around campus since her daring escape as the “Winn Dixie girl,” Lynne Lailas is still recovering from the shock of that fateful afternoon. “Eventually I’ll go back there (Winn Dixie), but for now I’m going to shop at Harris- Teeter.” CELEBRATION! 1 Every 3i-incleiy 1 1 :OOam Wlnitley Auditorium Music, Drama, and the Word in a Contemporary Service Pj^stpr Siinriav Service "RAGMAN" - A dramatic look at the resurrection, by Prof. Mark Fox I Worship led by Mark Stewart, and ^ special music by other Elon Students (Jood I riday Scr\icc I'riday, April at 7 pill in Lar^e I.oiiiif'o of 1 onj; FOR MORE INFO CONTACT MARK STEWART (584-1909) ; MONDAY, APRIL 12TH 12:00 - Luncheon "Under the Oaks" 3:00 - Banner competitions 4 - 7:00 - Football (firehouse fileds) 8:30 - 9:30 - Speaker Jeanne Swanner Robertson 10:30 - Bowling (Country Club Lanes) TUESDAY, APRIL 13TH 3 - 5:00 - Basketball - men at East Gym women at Joe Davidson Park 5:30 - Hot Shot and Free Throw 5:30 - Tennis at Powell Tennis Center 8:00 - Volleyball - women at Elon Homes men at East Gym WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14TH 3 - 5:00 - Soccer - men at Joe Davidson Park Basketball - women at East Gym 8:00 - Softball at Burlington City Park Fields 1,2,3,4 ???? - Golf THURSDAY, APRIL 15TH 3:00 - Horseshoes 4:00 - 6:00 • Basketball Finals in East Gym 8:00 - Lip Sync in Whitley FRIDAY, APRIL 16TH 2:00 - Trivia Bowl 2:30 - Big Wheel Race, Jello Eating, Pizza Eating in Greek Courtyard 4 - 6 - Soccer Finals at Joe Davidson Park 8:00 - Softball Finals at Burlington City Park field #1 SATURDAY, APRIL 17TH 9:00 - March of Dimes Walk starts 12:00 - Track Events 2:00 - Field Events at Firehouse Field 4 - 6 - Fooseball - women at Lighthouse men at Greek Houses Pool - men at Lighthouse women at Greek House Armwrestling - Lighthouse 7:00 - Dance Contest in Whitley If your faculty advisor altends reccive 5 pis. 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