| 14 Jan 1958 |
Colin Ferguson born, Jamaica. |
| ???? |
Attends Calabar High School, Kingston Jamaica. |
| 16 Apr 1978 |
Father, Von Herman Ferguson, dies in an head-on automobile collision with a bus. |
| Aug 1979 |
Enrolls, Institute of Management and Production, Kingston Jamaica. |
| Oct 1982 |
Moves to United States. |
| Nov 1984 |
Robbed at gunpoint, while working the register at a liquor store. |
| 1985 |
Mother dies in Jamaica. Colin does not attend her funeral. |
| 13 May 1986 |
Marries Audrey Warren. |
| May 1988 |
Audrey Warren files for divorce, obtains custody of their only child. |
| 18 Apr 1989 |
Injured at work, as he falls from a stool. |
| 1990 |
Enrolls at Adelphi University. |
| Jun 1991 |
Suspended from Adelphi University. |
| Feb 1992 |
Arrested on New York City Subway, harassment of a woman passenger. |
| Sep 1992 |
Receives a $26,250 workers compensation settlement. |
| 9 May 1993 |
Purchases a 9mm Luger P89, $299.99. Also buys four boxes of hollowpoint bullets. |
| 7 Dec 1993 |
Kills 6 people, wounds 18 others, on the Long Island Railroad. |
| 1994 |
Fistfight in prison with murderer Joel Rifkin over whose killings were better. |
| 4 Mar 1996 |
A meritless lawsuit filed by victims' families against Olin, manufacturer of Black Talon ammunition, and Ruger, manufacturer of the gun Ferguson used in the killings, is dismissed because it would involve a wholesale expansion of tort law. McCarthy v. Sturm, Ruger and Co., Inc., 916 F.Supp. 366 (S.D.N.Y. 1996) |
