The San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre occurred on July 18, 1984. The perpetrator, 41-year-old James Huberty, fatally shot 21 people and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sniper. At the time, the massacre was the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history. The motive for the shooting is still unknown, but is believed to have been related to Hubery’s previous mental health issues.
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The San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre occurred on July 18, 1984. The perpetrator, 41-year-old James Huberty, fatally shot 21 people and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sniper. At the time, the massacre was the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history, being surpassed seven years later by the Luby’s shooting. In his possession were a 9mm Browning HP semi-automatic pistol, 9mm Uzi carbine, a Winchester 1200 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, a box and a cloth bag filled with hundreds of rounds of ammunition for each weapon. A total of 45 customers were present inside the restaurant when the gunman opened fire. As the gunman pulled the trigger, the manager of the restaurant inspected his gun, believing the incident to be a distasteful joke. Immediately after shooting, Neva Caine, 22, left her eye beneath her left eye and died minutes later. The gunman then referred to the all present in the restaurant as ‘dirty’ and ‘dirty people’ The gunman’s last words to his wife, Etna, were: ‘I want to kiss you goodbye. I won’t be back. I want to go hunting for humans’ He then walked toward the front door of the family home and said, ‘Goodbye, Zelia, as he walked toward his elder daughter,. I’ll be back’ The shooting took place in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego, California, about 3:56 p.m.
(8:56 a.M. ET) The gunman was shot dead by police sniper Ronald McIlroy, who was on duty at the time of the shooting. The shooting was captured on video. The motive for the shooting is still unknown, but is believed to have been related to Hubery’s previous mental health issues. The shooter was never charged with any crime. The case remains under investigation by the California Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office (D.C. Office of Criminal Complaints). The D.A. is still investigating the shooting and the death of Huberies’ wife and two daughters, aged 4 and 7. The DSCO has not ruled out the possibility of a wrongful death lawsuit against the gunman. The Uzi was used as a weapon of choice in the shooting, but was later replaced by a different weapon. The gun was later used to shoot a customer in the head, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The weapon was also used to kill the manager, Guillermo Flores, when he tried to inspect his gun after the gunman shot him in the face. The restaurant’s manager was shot in the arm by the gunman, who then fled the scene. The suspect was later found dead in the parking lot of a U. S. Post Office branch in Big Bear, California.
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