id : 61

Case : ESL shooting

Location : Sunnyvale, California

Date : Feb 16, 1988 5:00:00 AM

Year : 1988

Summary : Former ESL Incorporated employee Richard Farley, 39, gunned down seven people at his former workplace. He was later arrested and now sits on death row at San Quentin.

fatal : 7

injured : 4

tot_vic : 11

Venue : Workplace

sign_men : Yes

men_healt : He stalked and harassed his colleague Laura Black for four years until she was granted a temporary restraining order aginst him. Before he was fired for his bizarre behavior, he was ordered to undergo psychological counseling.

legal : Yes

origin : Various sporting goods and gun stores in Northern California

weap_typ : Two semiautomatic handguns, one rifle, two revolvers, two shotguns

weapon : .380 ACP Browning, 9mm Smith & Wesson semiautomatic handguns; Ruger M-77 .22-250 bolt-action rifle with scope; Mossberg 12-gauge pump-action, 12-gauge Benelli semiautomatic shotguns; .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson, .22 Sentinel WMR revolvers

Race : white

Gender : Male

Sources : http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-18/news/mn-43514_1_mr-farley-richard-farley-sunnyvale-public-safety-department; http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uqxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sDIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=2425,5898911&dq=richard+farley+shooting&hl=en; http://news.google.c

hlth_src : http://books.google.com/books?id=JiQUkwBnzgYC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=richard+farley+ESL+psychological&source=bl&ots=PqxDlDtznK&sig=K-p8vEN7M2AEdRC0KpxVHjXZN7M&hl=en#v=onepage&q=richard%20farley%20ESL%20psychological&f=false; http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-su

lat : 37.3688301

long : -122.0363496