New Hampshire Wedding Shooter Uses Own Rap Music in Court as Insanity Defense Evidence

Convicted shooter Dale Holloway acts as own lawyer in bid to prove mental instability following 2019 church shooting, presenting his rap music as evidence of grappling with internal demons and voice hearing.

• Dale Holloway, the man convicted of shooting a bishop and assaulting a bride and groom at a New Hampshire wedding in 2019, used his own rap music in court in an attempt to prove his insanity. He stated that his music shows his struggle with internal demons and hearing voices, including Satan's.
• The 2019 shooting took place at New England Pentecostal Ministries nearly two weeks after Holloway's stepfather, a pastor at the church, was killed by the groom's son. Holloway asserted that the wedding was to take place on the same day as a separate celebration of life ceremony for his stepfather.
• Holloway, who is already serving a 7.5 to 15-year prison sentence for assaulting his lawyer, was found guilty on one of the two attempted murder charges alongside several assault charges. However, a jury acquitted him of an attempted murder charge in the shooting of the bride, Claire McMullen.
• In his closing arguments, Holloway questioned why the wedding wasn’t separated from his stepfather’s celebration of life ceremony and claimed the bishop and groom 'planned to stomp on his grave.'
• As part of his insanity defense, Holloway brought in a forensic psychologist who diagnosed him with post-traumatic stress disorder and paranoid personality disorder, based on childhood trauma. However, prosecution's psychologist diagnosed him with antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders, suggesting his actions weren’t the product of mental illness.

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