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
LocationFayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
DateAugust 6, 1993 (1993-08-06) (UTC−04:00)
Attack type
Mass shooting, Hate crime
Weapons
Deaths4
Injured8 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorKenneth Junior French
MotiveOpposition to President Bill Clinton lifting the ban on homosexuals to serve in the military.

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