McDermott, 42, insisted that he was using his three guns — an AK-47 assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol — to shoot Nazis, under instructions from a heavenly voice. Among those killed were several co-workers involved in processing garnishment of his wages pursuant to an Internal Revenue Service levy for $5,586 in back taxes.
The challenge for McDermott’s defense attorney (who would mount an insanity defense) and for prosecutors (who would argue that McDermott acted in cold blood) was to convey the factual and legal issues, while avoiding a gruesome spectacle for the jurors, witnesses and bereaved family members participating in the trial of Commonwealth v. McDermott, No. 2001-163, Middlesex Co., Mass. Superior Ct. Jury selection began on April 1, 2002.
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