From our local paper:
A Tuckers Town resident worth an estimated $100 million was shot in the parking lot of his Massachusetts company, Cambridge Executive Enterprises, on Friday.
John. J. Donovan Sr., 63, and a former electrical engineering and management professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was recovering at his Hamilton, Massachusetts home on Sunday, according to the American press.
Mid-Ocean Club past-president Michael Dunkley said Mr. Donovan was a part-time resident in Bermuda.
"I always thought he was a very pleasant guy," Mr. Dunkley said. "I used to see him around and never had any reason to dislike him."
A Tucker's Town resident said last night Mr. Donovan owned Winsor House, near Ross Perot's house in Tucker's Town, but did not live on the Island and rented it out to people from MIT.
A total of four shots were fired at Mr. Donovan, three bullets hit him and a fourth deflected off his belt buckle, it said.
"It's a rough world," Mr. Dunkley.
"Thank God we don't have guns in Bermuda."Police said the shooting did not appear to be at random and Police investigated a possible attempted break-in at Mr. Donovan's home about 30 minutes before he was shot.
Donovan described the shooter only as a white male.
(IMAGINE THAT!!!)
A shooter had not yet been apprehended by press time last night.
A statement issued on Saturday by Donovan's family – who are embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with him – said they were "shocked and saddened" by the shooting.
"It raises concerns about the safety of all of our family members," they said. "We are cooperating with the investigation, and we have no further information at this time."
In 2003, Donovan reported someone fired a rifle into his home.
The multi-millionaire was embroiled in a bitter legal feud with his five children.
In 2002, one of Donovan's daughters, who was not identified, alleged in a court affidavit that Donovan sexually abused her as a child, however, Donovan responded in his own affidavit that the allegation was absolutely false.
Donovan left teaching to go into private business, where he started several technology-related companies.
Cambridge Executive Enterprises trains executives how to use technology in business.
He has written several books and The New York Times once called Donovan the "Johnny Carson of the training circuit".
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He should have stayed here and lived...might have lived a bit longer without holes in his body.
