San Antonio parade shooting
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san-antonio-parade-shooting-166-12895927
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San Antonio parade shooting
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On April 27, 1979, 64-year-old Ira Attebury opened fire on the spectator crowd at the Battle of Flowers parade in San Antonio, Texas, killing two and injuring several dozen, including several police officers. It proceeded into a siege for over an hour, before the perpetrator then killed himself. Attebury, a WWII military veteran, was on drugs during the shooting, and believed he was being persecuted by the police. On the 40th anniversary of the shooting, KSAT described it as the worst mass shoot
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1979 mass shooting in San Antonio, Texas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_parade_shooting
date created:
2024-01-21T20:24:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T00:01:12Z
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