San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
1984 mass shooting in San Diego, California, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The San Ysidro McDonald's massacre was an act of mass murder which occurred at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California, on July 18, 1984. The perpetrator, 41-year-old James Huberty, fatally shot 21 people and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sniper approximately 77 minutes after he had first opened fire.[3][4][5]
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Location | San Ysidro, San Diego, California, U.S. |
Coordinates | 32°33′21.2″N 117°03′15.0″W |
Date | July 18, 1984; 39 years ago (1984-07-18) c. 4:00 – 5:17 p.m. (PDT (UTC−07:00)) |
Target | Staff and customers at McDonald's |
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Deaths | 23 (including the perpetrator and an unborn child) |
Injured | 19 |
Perpetrator | James Oliver Huberty |
Motive | Inconclusive[1] (possibly rage, suicidal ideation, and/or revenge)[2] |
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At the time, the massacre was the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history, being surpassed seven years later by the Luby's shooting.[4] It remains the deadliest mass shooting in California's history.[6]