Mass Killer Case Files.
Classification: Mass murderer
Characteristics: Sergeant E-5 in the Army
Number of victims: 4
Date of murders: August 6, 1993
Date of arrest: Same day (wounded by police)
Date of birth: January 15, 1971
Victims profile: Wesley Cover, 26; James Kidd, 46; Ethel Parrous, 65; Pete Parrous, 73
Method of murder: Shooting (pump shotgun)
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Status: Sentenced to 4 consecutive life terms plus 35 years, 1994
The Crime
On the night of August 6, 1993, a man stepped out of a truck near Luigi's Restaurant and the Kroger supermarket in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The man carried a pump shotgun and was wearing shorts, a T-shirt and a hunting vest. A witness stated that there appeared to be a bottle of beer in his hunting vest. The man suddenly began firing in the direction of the Kroger store. He then walked to the back of the restaurant and entered through the kitchen area.
He then went to the restaurant proper, hollering "freeze." Patrons began running out the door and hiding under the tables. The man walked through the restaurant and killed four people and wounded numerous others, often firing right in people's faces after they asked for mercy.
A Fayetteville police officer who was working as an off-duty guard for Kroger's, heard the shots and, after calling for backup, entered the restaurant and shot the man holding the gun. When another officer approached, the man with the gun raised it and the officer fired twice. Finally, an officer removed the shotgun and placed the man under arrest. He was taken to a hospital for surgery.
Characteristics: Sergeant E-5 in the Army
Number of victims: 4
Date of murders: August 6, 1993
Date of arrest: Same day (wounded by police)
Date of birth: January 15, 1971
Victims profile: Wesley Cover, 26; James Kidd, 46; Ethel Parrous, 65; Pete Parrous, 73
Method of murder: Shooting (pump shotgun)
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Status: Sentenced to 4 consecutive life terms plus 35 years, 1994
The Crime
On the night of August 6, 1993, a man stepped out of a truck near Luigi's Restaurant and the Kroger supermarket in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The man carried a pump shotgun and was wearing shorts, a T-shirt and a hunting vest. A witness stated that there appeared to be a bottle of beer in his hunting vest. The man suddenly began firing in the direction of the Kroger store. He then walked to the back of the restaurant and entered through the kitchen area.
He then went to the restaurant proper, hollering "freeze." Patrons began running out the door and hiding under the tables. The man walked through the restaurant and killed four people and wounded numerous others, often firing right in people's faces after they asked for mercy.
A Fayetteville police officer who was working as an off-duty guard for Kroger's, heard the shots and, after calling for backup, entered the restaurant and shot the man holding the gun. When another officer approached, the man with the gun raised it and the officer fired twice. Finally, an officer removed the shotgun and placed the man under arrest. He was taken to a hospital for surgery.
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