What the records say
- When
- 18 Feb 1983
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 13
- Coordinates
- 47.60° N, 122.32° W
- Description
- mass murder that occurred in the Wah Mee gambling club in 1983
Wah Mee massacre
1983 mass shooting and robbery in Seattle
The Wah Mee massacre was a mass shooting that occurred during the night of February 18–19, 1983, in the Wah Mee gambling club at the Louisa Hotel in Seattle, Washington, United States. Fourteen people were bound, robbed and shot by three gunmen, 22-year-old Kwan Fai "Willie" Mak, 20-year old Keung Kin "Benjamin" Ng and 25-year-old Wai Chiu "Tony" Ng.
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