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Music Influences a Teen Killer

"I used to think, This ain't affecting me, you'd have to be weak-minded to let this stuff affect you, and the whole time it affected me."

—Jamie Rouse commenting on how music affected his behavior without being aware of it. Jamie Rouse is the student who on November 15, 1995, walked into his Lynnville, Tennessee, high school carrying a .22 caliber rifle and killed a teacher and student.

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