What the records say
- When
- 16 Feb 1988
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 7
- Coordinates
- 37.41° N, 122.01° W
- Description
- shooting in Sunnyvale, CA
Sunnyvale ESL shooting
Mass shooting in Sunnyvale, California, United States
On February 16, 1988, a mass shooting occurred at the headquarters of ESL Incorporated in Sunnyvale, California, United States, when 39-year-old Richard Farley shot and killed seven people and wounded four others. A former employee of the company, he stalked his co-worker Laura Black for four years beginning in 1984. Farley was convicted of seven counts of first degree murder and sentenced to death.
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