Wednesday, January 2, 2013

May 6, 1940

Location: South Pasadena Junior High School, South Pasadena, California
Victims: Five
Wounded: One

Former principal of South Pasadena Junior High School, Vieling Spencer, walked into the school and shot six school officials, killing five of them, before shooting himself in the neck.

Motives: Revenge perhaps? Spencer had recently been let go from his job. Were his victims those who forced him out? Did he target them specifically or were they merely bystanders in a rampage? Unknown.

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