1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings

The 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings was a spree killing in the United States carried out by George Emil Banks (born June 22, 1942). A former Camp Hill prison guard, Banks shot 13 people to death on September 25, 1982 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and Jenkins Township, including seven children – five being his own – their mothers, some of their relatives, and one bystander.

1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings

The 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings was a spree killing in the United States carried out by George Emil Banks (born June 22, 1942). A former Camp Hill prison guard, Banks shot 13 people to death on September 25, 1982 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and Jenkins Township, including seven children – five being his own – their mothers, some of their relatives, and one bystander.