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Maryland Releases Wallace's Shooter

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By RICHARD A. SERRRANO, Los Angeles Times

Published: November 10, 2007

WASHINGTON - Arthur Bremer, who as a young loner 35 years ago made a bold grab for notoriety by shooting four people - including Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace - in a suburban Maryland parking lot, was released from state prison early Friday morning after officials said he had turned himself into a "model prisoner."

Now 57, the man who put Wallace in a wheelchair was set free by a Maryland state law mandating his supervised release because he had amassed a large number of credits for good behavior behind bars.

Authorities cautioned that Bremer must adhere to strict guidelines, never leave the state and "stay away from any local, state, federal or foreign official or office holder, as well as a current candidate."

"I would describe Arthur Bremer as a model prisoner," said Rick Binetti, spokesman for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. "He kept to himself. He stayed out of trouble."

Wallace's son, George Wallace Jr., said, "I don't believe that given the suffering my father endured all those years from the gunshots and the constant paralysis - I don't think Arthur Bremer's incarceration comes close to that type of suffering."

Bremer, a former busboy and janitor from Milwaukee, didn't speak to reporters and doesn't want to, prison officials said.

"He's kept a decidedly low profile," state Parole Commission Chairman David R. Blumberg said. "He's turned down all requests for notoriety and interviews, including some that had money attached to them."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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