Event

1965 Highway 101 sniper attack

25 Apr 1965 · 34.83° N, 120.37° W

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When
25 Apr 1965
Kind
Event
Coordinates
34.83° N, 120.37° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1965 Highway 101 sniper attack.

Summary

Sixteen-year-old sniper Michael Clark kills 3 and wounds others, shooting at cars from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Orcutt, California. Clark kills himself as police rush the hilltop.

1965 Highway 101 sniper attack

Sniper shooting on Highway 101

Early on the Sunday morning of April 25, 1965, 16-year-old Michael Andrew Clark opened fire on cars traveling along U.S. Highway 101 just south of Orcutt, California, United States, from a nearby hilltop. Three people were killed and ten were wounded before Clark committed suicide upon arrival of police.

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