They killed Killing an MIT policeman , kidnapped Kidnapping a man in his car , and had a shootout Use_firearm with the police in nearby Watertown , during which two officers were severely injured Bodily_harm , one of whom died Death a year later .

Philip Gale ( November 15 , 1978 – March 13 , 1998 ) was an American pioneering Internet software developer , computer prodigy , and sophomore student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) .

He was notable for having written Total Access while at MIT , and was hired Employment by EarthLink at the age of 16 to work on its development .

He returned Arriving to MIT in 1996 and became Becoming a music major .

After complaints of boredom and depression , on March 13 , 1998 , Gale jumped Body_movement to his death from a classroom on the 15th floor of a building on the MIT campus .