Luigi's Restaurant shooting

Shooting in Fayetteville, North Carolina

35°04′37″N 78°57′14″W / 35.0769°N 78.9539°W / 35.0769; -78.9539DateAugust 6, 1993 (1993-08-06) (UTC−04:00)

Attack type

Mass shooting, mass murder, hate crimeWeapons

Savage 67 12-gauge pump-action shotgun
12-gauge shotgun
.22-caliber rifle

Deaths4Injured8 (including the perpetrator)PerpetratorKenneth Junior FrenchMotiveOpposition to President Bill Clinton lifting the ban on homosexuals to serve in the military

On August 6, 1993, 22-year-old Fort Bragg soldier Kenneth Junior French, armed with two shotguns and a rifle, opened fire inside a Luigi's restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina, killing four people and injuring seven others. The case was featured in the 1997 documentary film Licensed to Kill.^[1]^[2]

Shooting

At around 10 p.m., French drove to the restaurant in a black truck. Wearing shorts and a fishing vest, French exited the truck carrying a pump-action shotgun. French then entered the restaurant through the kitchen at the back of the building and then began to yell about politics and homosexuality before opening fire indiscriminately, raising the death toll to four and the injured to seven. He was then shot and wounded by a police officer who was not on duty at the time of the shooting.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Victims

The victims that were killed were:

Wesley Scot Cover, 26
James F. Kidd, 46
Pete Parrous, 73 (the restaurant owner)
Ethel Parrous, 65 (Pete's wife)

References

^ "Soldier Kills 4 People and Hurts 6 In a Restaurant in North Carolina". The New York Times. 8 August 1993. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
^ "PHOTOS: 25th anniversary of the Luigi's restaurant shooting". The Fayetteville Observer. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
^ "Army Sergeant on Rampage Kills 4, Hurts 7". Los Angeles Times. 8 August 1993.
^ "4 Killed, 7 Hurt when Gunman Opens Fire in N.c. Restaurant". 8 August 1993.
^ "Case 2: Kenneth Junior French | High School Curriculum on the Death Penalty". deathpenaltycurriculum.org.

External links

Luigi's Shooting: Fayetteville, North Carolina - News Report
Gunman Who Killed Four in Restaurant Escapes Death Sentence
LIFE TERM GIVEN IN 4 SLAYINGS
Hero cop retires from Fayetteville police force
26 YEARS LATER, FAYETTEVILLE MAN RECALLS DAY FORT BRAGG SOLDIER OPENED FIRE ON RESTAURANT, KILLING OWNERS
FROM THE ARCHIVES: 26 years ago today, tragedy at Luigi's
August 6, 1993: 'Thank God,' a policeman is remembered, 'he took him down'
Deadly shootings bring back memories of Aug. 6, 1993, at Luigi's
Fayetteville's infamous crimes, Part 2: Local cases that have garnered worldwide attention
"Heavily armed man kills 4, injures 7 in restaurant". The Blade. AP. August 8, 1993. p. 1 – via Google News Archive.
"FAYETTEVILLE RAMPAGE: 'Mama, I don't know why'". The Dispatch. Vol. 112, no. 82. The Associated Press. 1993-08-09. p. 1 – via Google News Archive.
"Restaurant killings stun cops". The Mount Airy News. Vol. 113, no. 189. AP. 1993-08-09. p. 5 – via Google News Archive.
"Friends say accused killer troubled". Times-News. Vol. 116, no. 228. The Associated Press. 1993-08-16. p. 5A – via Google News Archive.
"French to plead for his life". Morning Star. Vol. 127, no. 151. 1994-04-08. p. 2B – via Google News Archive.
"Man sentenced to life in prison for four murders". Herald-Journal. Associated Press. 1994-04-16. p. B2 – via Google News Archive.