encyclopedic value is negligible you're talking absolute crap the wikipedia page on the shooting is over words long and the article on the trial is well over you're also pretty ignorant if you think it's only been reported in the us it's been getting coverage on the bbc daily i'd love to know how you tell a media hype up from a 'real' story but i'm guessing you've never thought that long about it at all as often happens when people just open their mouths and let any old crap fall out