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1984...Democrat kills 22 at McDonalds

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Twenty-one people are shot to death at McDonald’s

James Oliver Huberty opens fire in a crowded McDonald’s 
restaurant in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people and 
wounding 19 others with several automatic weapons. Minutes 
earlier, Huberty had left home, telling his wife, “I’m going 
hunting… hunting for humans.”

Huberty, who had a history of mental problems, lost his job in 
Ohio the previous year. He brought his family to San Diego and 
worked as a security guard until he was fired again, a month 
before the shootings. His wife claimed that Huberty called a 
mental health clinic to make an appointment for counseling but 
was never called back. Huberty had a love affair with guns, 
keeping a small arsenal in his bedroom. Neighbors described him 
as very angry.

Bringing several of these guns, including a 9mm automatic pistol 
and semiautomatic rifle, into the McDonald’s two miles from the 
Mexican border, Huberty demanded that the 45 patrons get on the 
floor. He then walked around the restaurant, calmly shooting 
people. He killed 20 in the first ten minutes, including four 
who tried to escape. There were so many shots fired that the 
police first assumed that there was more than one gunman inside. 
Firing at a fire truck that responded to the scene, Huberty also 
grazed one firefighter with a bullet.

An hour after the shooting began, an employee managed to escape 
through the basement and inform the SWAT team that Huberty was 
alone and without hostages. With this information, sharpshooters 
were told to “take him out.” A marksman sent a shot through 
Huberty’s chest and killed him. After making sure that he was 
dead, police finally entered the restaurant. San Diego Police 
Chief William Kolender said, “I hope to God I never see such a 
thing again.”

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