Luigi's Restaurant shooting
On August 6, 1993, 22-year-old Fort Bragg soldier Kenneth Junior French, armed with two shotguns and a rifle, opened fire on a restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina, killing four people and injuring seven others. The victims were Wesley Scott Cover, 26, James F. Kidd, 46, and the restaurant owners Peter and Ethel Parrous, ages 73 and 65. The case was featured in the 1997 documentary film Licensed to Kill.[1][2]
| Luigi's Restaurant shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Date | August 6, 1993 (UTC−04:00) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, Hate crime |
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| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 8 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Kenneth Junior French |
| Motive | Opposition to President Bill Clinton lifting the ban on homosexuals to serve in the military. |
References
- "Soldier Kills 4 People and Hurts 6 In a Restaurant in North Carolina". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- "www.fayobserver.com/photogallery/NC/20180806/NEWS/806009988/PH/1". fayobserver.com. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
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