On July 18, 1984 one of America’s most horrific and shocking killings took place in San Ysidro, California. A man originally from Ohio committed the fourth-deadliest shooting massacre by a single perpetrator in United States history, killing twenty-one and wounding nineteen others. The “McDonald’s Massacre”, as it came to be called, was a tragic event in a San Ysidro McDonalds.
James Oliver Huberty was born on October 11, 1942, in the large city of Canton, Ohio. In year three of his life James had gotten polio, and progressively recovered leaving him with permanent walking difficulties. In the fifties, James’ father bought a farm in Pennsylvania. James’ mother refused to move to an Amish area and then left her family; following a southern Baptist organization as a sidewalk preacher. After James’ mom left, he became withdrawn.
In 1962 at a Jesuit Community College, James earned his degree in sociology. Later, James got a license for embalming at the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. James ended up marrying a woman named Etna in 1965 that he met at school. They had two children together; Zelia and Cassandra. James began working in a funeral home in the town of Massillon, Ohio where he and his family had moved to. The family was forced to move soon after in 1971 when their house in Massillon burned down. This event also left him jobless because of the move. James did find work in Canton, Ohio where the family moved to in 1971. James found a job as a welder for Union Metal Inc.
The Huberty family was full of violence. Once, at a birthday party, Etna told her daughter Zelia to attack a girl. The girl’s mother confronted Etna at which point Etna threatened her with a 9mm pistol. Police were called and Etna Huberty was placed u...
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...is event was a tragic one that left the world shocked that anyone could just walk into a restaurant and start shooting. Known as “The McDonald’s Massacre”, this horrible shooting took the lives of twenty-one innocent people and took a father away from his two daughters. That day will always be remembered as one of the most deadly in United States history. James Huberty will always be remembered as the one who did it.
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Jesse Woodsen James was born on September 5, 1847 to Robert Sallee James and Zerelda Elizabeth Cole James. He was born in Kearney, Missouri, but back in his time it was known as Clay County. Jesse had one brother named Franklin "Frank" James and a sister named Susan Lavenia James. He also had another brother, but he died thirty-three days after he was born. His parents were married on December 28, 1841. His father continued his schooling and graduated from Georgetown College. When his father graduated, he moved his family to the Centerville area of Clay County. Robert, Jesse's dad, became a pastor, he was a well-liked and well-respected man. Robert was also a founder of William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri. Zee, Jesse's mother, was a hard-working woman who was very strong willed. James's father served as a chaplain on a wagon train headed to California in search of gold. He left the farm on April 12, 1850. While in California, he contracted a disease and died. He was buried in an unmarked grave that Jesse would try to find but was unsuccessful ("Jesse James. The Biography