San Ysidro McDonald's massacre

San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
LocationSan Ysidro, San Diego, California, U.S.
Coordinates32°33′21.2″N 117°03′15.0″W / 32.555889°N 117.054167°W / 32.555889; -117.054167
DateJuly 18, 1984 (1984-07-18)
c. 4:00 – 5:17 p.m. (PDT (UTC−07:00))
TargetStaff and customers at McDonald's
Attack type
Weapons
Deaths23 (including the perpetrator and an unborn child)
Injured19
PerpetratorJames Oliver Huberty
MotiveInconclusive[1] (possibly rage, suicidal ideation, and/or revenge)[2]

The San Ysidro McDonald's massacre was an act of mass murder, which occurred at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California, on July 18, 1984.[3] The perpetrator, 41-year-old James Huberty, fatally shot 22 people, including an unborn baby, and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sniper approximately 77 minutes after he had first opened fire.[4][5][6]

At the time, the massacre was the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history, being surpassed seven years later by the Luby's shooting.[5] It remains the deadliest mass shooting in California.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sut-aug-2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mass Murderers, pp. 113-114.
  3. ^ Crea, Jackie (July 17, 2024). "Survivors Remember San Ysidro McDonald's Mass Shooting 40 Years Later". KNSD. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  4. ^ Scott, Marvin (July 19, 2014). "Legacy of 1984 McDonald's Massacre: Failure to Control Gun Violence Haunts America 30 Years On". WPIX 11. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Mass Murderers. True Crime. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books. 1993. ISBN 978-0783500041. Retrieved December 3, 2015. huberty.
  6. ^ Holguin, Richard (November 16, 1986). "Police Snipers Get Only One Chance to Be on the Mark". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Rosenblatt, Kalhan (October 2, 2017). "Las Vegas Shooting is Deadliest in Modern U.S. History". NBC News. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
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