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South Pasadena Junior High School shooting

1940 · 39.83° N, 98.58° W

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When
1940
Kind
Shooting
Coordinates
39.83° N, 98.58° W
Description
1940 mass shooting in California, U.S
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1940 South Pasadena shootings

Spree shooting in California, U.S.

On May 6, 1940, recently dismissed 37-year-old principal Verlin Spencer killed three of his former colleagues at the South Pasadena Unified School District headquarters. He then drove to South Pasadena Junior High School, where he murdered two additional staff members before shooting himself in the abdomen and being arrested.

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