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The 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings was a spree shooting which occurred in the United States on September 25, 1982, carried out by George Emil Banks, a former Camp Hill prison guard. Banks fatally shot 13 people in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. The victims included seven children – five being his own – their mothers, some of ...
The double murder-suicide unfolded on the icy streets of a quiet community north of Wilkes-Barre Monday morning, while most East Coast residents were digging themselves out after the weekend’s ...
Shot while pointing shotgun at officers while approaching them. Police were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance. They found Mauro on the porch of the home with a shotgun taped to his throat. A standoff ensued. [2] 1999-12-27 Unnamed man: Georgia (Summerville) [3] 1999-12-24 Unnamed man: California (Walnut Creek) [4] 1999-12-11
Jon Carman was born in December 1944 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to Jack and Loretta Carsman. By age eight, Carsman's parents approached Niccolo Cortiglia (1893–1982), a local artist and art instructor to provide lessons for their prodigious son. Cortiglia described the young Carsman as having, "golden fingers." [2] [1]
Nov. 10—WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Army Veteran Ronald Skamanich, volunteer curator of memorabilia at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, said veterans come up to him all the time and say they have ...
Mar. 26—WILKES-BARRE — A heavy police presence is on the scene along the North Cross Valley Expressway at Exit 1, Route 315, responding to a report of a body found in a wooded area behind the ...
In 1941, Davis stopped painting, as she believed it did not feel appropriate during wartime. [4] At some point in the 1970s, Clark began to do yard work for Davis. On February 16, 1980, Clark attacked Davis with a knife outside her home. He sexually assaulted her and stabbed her to death, and later hid her body in the woods behind her home. [3]
The shooter in an apparent murder-suicide that stemmed from an argument over shoveling snow in Pennsylvania last week was at one point a member of the U.S. Navy, according to an obituary.