1986 — Aug 20, Postal worker Pat Sherrill Mass Shooting, US Post Office, Edmond, OK–14

 

–14  Bovsun. “Mailman massacre: 14 die after Patrick Sherrill ‘goes postal’…” 8-15-2010.

–14  Minshew, Charles.  “The worst mass shootings in U.S. history.” Denver Post, 7-20-2012.

–14  UPI. “14 Die in Oklahoma Shooting Spree.” Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, IN, 8-20-1986, 1

 

Narrative Information

 

Bovsun:  “On the morning of Aug. 20, 1986, part-time letter carrier Patrick Sherrill, 44, barged through the back door of the post office in Edmond, just north of Oklahoma City. A quarter of an hour later, 14 people were dead and six wounded. By the time the SWAT team stormed the place, Sherrill had put a gun to his own head and pulled the trigger.”  (Bovsun, Mara. Daily News, NYC. “Mailman massacre: 14 die after Patrick Sherrill ‘goes postal’ in 1986 shootings.” 8-15-2010.)

 

UPI, Aug 20: “Edmund, Okla, (UPI) — A disgruntled postal worker, reprimanded for poor job performance, burst into a post office and opened fire with two pistols today, killing 14 people and injuring at least four others before he shot himself to death, authorities said. The gunman, identified as Patrick Sherrill, 42, barged through the back door of the suburban Oklahoma City post office at about 7 a.m., and employees ‘scattered like flies,’ a witness said.

 

“District Attorney Bob Macy said 13 people were killed inside the post office as Sherrill opened up with two automatic pistols. Another victim was found outside the building. Sherrill shot himself in the head about two hours later when police swarmed the building. ‘A lot of them were just gathered up in a booth,’ Macy said of the carnage inside the U.S. Postal Service building in the suburb north of Oklahoma City….

 

“Furlong [USPS survivor] said the man [Sherrill] apparently locked all the back doors before starting the shooting spree….”

 

Sources

 

Bovsun, Mara. “Mailman massacre: 14 die after Patrick Sherrill ‘goes postal’ in 1986 shootings.” Daily News, NYC. 8-15-2010. Accessed 2-28-2013 at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mailman-massacre-14-die-patrick-sherrill-postal-1986-shootings-article-1.204101

 

Minshew, Charles. “Interactive timeline: The worst mass shootings in U.S. history.” Denver Post, 7-20-2012. Accessed 7-22-2012: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21123777

 

United Press International. “14 Die in Oklahoma Shooting Spree.” Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, IN, 8-20-1986, p. 1. Accessed 12-31-2016 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/logansport/logansport-pharos-tribune/1986/08-20?tag