1996 — Feb 9, Fired city worker shoots five former coworkers, self, Fort Lauderdale FL-5-6

–6  Associated Press. “Man kills five, himself.” Joplin Globe, MO, 2-10-1996, p. 1.

–6  Blanco, Juan Ignacio. “Clifton McCree.” Murderpedia. Accessed 12-11-2017.

Narrative Information

Feb 10: “Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — More than a year after being fired and vowing revenge, a one-time member of the city’s beach cleanup detail came back with two guns and shot fire former co-workers to death Friday [Feb 9] then killed himself.

“Clifton McCree, 41, barged into the small blue-and-white municipal trailer where he had once worked and said ‘All of you (expletive) are going to die,’ said Nancy Ellers, who barely escaped. ‘I turned and ran to the door,’ Ellers said. ‘He took a shot at me, I felt it going by.” McCree opened fire with a 9 mm handgun, pausing once to reload.

“Exactly 14 months earlier, McCree had been fired for flunking a drug test, harassing and threatening co-workers and being rude to the public. Maj. Al Ortenzo said McCree had been on the job for 18 years.

“The attack took place at 5 a.m., at a building set back a few yards from the palm-fringed Intracoastal Waterway, which separated Fort Lauderdale Beach from the mainland. Five parks workers were killed and a sixth was critically wounded. McCree shot the workers as they sat at a conference table to receive their daily assignments picking up litter from beaches and parks….He fired at least 14 shots, never touching a pistol in a shoulder holster under his jacket, before he turned the gun on himself. McCree carried a suicide note, but police said they would not divulge the contents….” (Assoc. Press. “Man kills five, himself.” Joplin Globe, MO, 2-10-1996, p. 1.)

Source

Associated Press. “Man kills five, himself.” Joplin Globe, MO, 2-10-1996, p. 1. Accessed 12-10-2017 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/joplin-globe-feb-10-1996-p-1/

Blanco, Juan Ignacio. “Clifton McCree.” Murderpedia. Accessed 12-11-2017 at: http://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mccree-clifton.htm