1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings

When

25 Sep 1982

Kind

Shooting

Killed

13

Coordinates

41.24° N, 75.88° W

Description

1982 spree shooting in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Injured

1

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Spree shooting in Pennsylvania, U.S.

The 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings was a spree shooting which occurred in the United States on September 25, 1982, carried out by George Emil Banks, a former Camp Hill prison guard. Banks fatally shot 13 people in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. The victims included seven children – five being his own – their mothers, their relatives, and one bystander.

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