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Mass Shootings in the United States

Edmond Post Office Shooting

Wednesday Aug 20, 1986
Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.

The Edmond post office shooting occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma, on August 20, 1986. During a deadly rampage that lasted less than fifteen minutes, postal worker Patrick Sherrill pursued and shot twenty co-workers, killing fourteen of them, before committing suicide. Sherrill's attack inspired the American phrase "going postal".


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