WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.160 We have an active shooter. 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:03.879 We have an acre Shooting's go ahead of the quay 3 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:04.879 with a mass casualty. 4 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:11.960 Welcome to Active Shooter, a podcast that covers the whys, 5 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:16.280 the hows, and the aftermath of active shooter and mass 6 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:24.600 casualty events. I have an active shooter and a building 7 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:29.719 a teching call. That's our big attack of the shots. 8 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:33.159 We got chuck fire at four fifteen as broaching ninety one, 9 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:49.560 so I'd like, oh, I'm at a fire, active shooter. 10 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:53.200 It's of an active shooter, active shooter, active shooter. 11 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:58.000 And mass casualty incidents. Thank you for listening. 12 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.280 You are listening to Active Shooter, a podcast that may 13 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.519 contain adult themes, explicit language, and graphic depictions of violence. 14 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.239 Portions of this show may be traumatic for those under eighteen. 15 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.159 Listener discretion is advised. 16 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.040 His ay, it's Carlos A. Mesco was among the first 17 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:22.120 reporters on the scene. He's been providing live reports for 18 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:24.079 the past five and one half hours. We go to 19 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:26.359 him now for his report on what happened. 20 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:27.319 Carlos Marty. 21 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:29.920 As we arrived shortly after the incident began, the scene 22 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.680 was one of absolute confusion. Shots were ringing, out the 23 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:38.920 nightmare was unfolding. Make sure you approach you from the 24 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:41.760 south and the CP is at three hundred West. 25 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:44.599 The shooting suspect is the inside of the McDonald He 26 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:47.560 is contained moving around in there, still suing fired. 27 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:57.359 The shooting at Sammy s Drew McDonald's was the deadliest 28 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:01.079 shooting at the time and remain so until the shooting 29 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:05.120 at Luby's Cafe, which we covered in episode number eight, 30 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:10.639 and it remains the deadliest shooting in California's history. It 31 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:14.919 was a highly traumatizing attack that survivors continue to grapple 32 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:20.400 with to this very day. The shooting recently passed the 33 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:24.680 fortieth anniversary, yet it is completely unknown to many and 34 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:28.879 transpired during a time where these types of occurrences weren't 35 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:33.479 covered incessantly on the news media. Few shooters committed these 36 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.599 types of crimes for the fame or infamy that followed. 37 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:41.840 Today's case is dedicated to the nineteen injured survivors and 38 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:46.360 the twenty two deceased victims. Most news accounts of the 39 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:49.919 shootings report twenty one deceased victims, but one victim was 40 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.080 pregnant when she was murdered. It's for this reason that 41 00:02:53.120 --> 00:03:06.360 we are acknowledging all twenty two Active Shooter. The podcast 42 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:09.840 is a High five Holly production, and I'm your host JT. 43 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:13.639 If you've listened to our prior episodes, you know that 44 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:17.199 the Active Shooter podcast team has taken the no notoriety 45 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.240 pledge and we will not be sharing the real name 46 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:23.879 of the shooters that we cover. We will be giving 47 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:26.479 the shooters a pseudonym and refer to them by that 48 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:30.280 name throughout the episode. This will help in clearing up 49 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:33.159 any confusion in the story while remaining true to our 50 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.639 pledge and not naming the shooter by their actual name. 51 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:53.639 We will refer to today's shooter as How. On Sunday, 52 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:58.159 July fifteenth, nineteen eighty four, Hal confided to his wife 53 00:03:58.159 --> 00:03:59.879 that he was worried he was suffering from a mental 54 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:05.639 health break of sorts. Whatever conversation or action ensued isn't known. 55 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:11.120 Two days later, on Tuesday, July seventeenth, How contacted a 56 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:16.199 San Diego mental facility inquiring about help for himself. Hal 57 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:19.600 spoke with a receptionist and asked for an appointment. He 58 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:22.959 left contact information with the person he spoke with, and 59 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.959 they responded that someone would contact Hal back within a 60 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:29.680 few hours. His wife later reported that Hal sat next 61 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:34.879 to the telephone for several hours, waiting and willing the 62 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:39.240 phone to ring. It never did. The person How talked 63 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.519 to would later report that How seemed calm when they spoke, 64 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.800 and he indicated that he was never hospitalized for mental 65 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:49.000 health issues in the past. As a result, the call 66 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:53.000 was flagged as a non crisis inquiry, which was to 67 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.680 be handled within forty eight hours, and not the several 68 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:59.800 hours that How believed it would be. After staring blankly 69 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:04.360 at the phone for a very long period, Hal got up, 70 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:09.079 exasperated and walked out of the house. He hopped atop 71 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.279 his motorcycle, rolling away. His family had no idea where 72 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:21.800 he was going, but eventually he returned and things seemingly improved. Wednesday, 73 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.680 July eighteenth, nineteen eighty four, was cloudy most of the day, 74 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.439 although temperatures varied from the high seventies to the low eighties. 75 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:35.800 The days started so normal and typical that the juxtaposition 76 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:40.680 of how the day ended defies description. How his wife 77 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:43.439 and their kids went to the San Diego Zoo. The 78 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.720 couple talked about How's breakdown the previous day, and he 79 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.839 told her that he thought his life was over. He 80 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:53.480 was clearly depressed, so they left the zoo, stopping for 81 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:57.120 a quick bite at a McDonald's in the Claremont neighborhood 82 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:01.199 of San Diego. They drove home and after a bit, 83 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:04.759 How went into his and his wife's bedroom, where she 84 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:08.120 was sitting on the bed. Hal leaned down and kissed her, 85 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:10.639 saying that he came in because he wanted to kiss 86 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:14.360 her goodbye. She asked where he was going, saying that 87 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:18.959 she was going to be preparing dinner soon. He looked 88 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:22.639 at his wife and replied that he was quote going hunting, 89 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:44.399 hunting for humans. How wore a maroon T shirt and 90 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:48.000 camouflage pants and had a gun slung over his shoulder. 91 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:50.920 He carried a box of ammunition in some sort of 92 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:54.879 package that was wrapped in a checkered blanket. Exiting the bedroom, 93 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.519 How was walking towards the front door when he caught 94 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:01.800 sight of his daughter. He looked over and said, goodbye. 95 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:07.199 I won't be back. Hal drove a Mercury Marquis carrying 96 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:11.120 a nine millimeter Browning HP, a nine millimeter semi automatic 97 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.560 long barrel Uzi, and a twelve gage Winchester twenty one 98 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:19.360 hundred pump action shotgun. He was prepared for a one 99 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:23.199 man war, and hunting humans is exactly what he was 100 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:28.720 prepared to do. McDonald's, situated at five point twenty two 101 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:33.360 Sanya Sidro Boulevard, was a busy franchise located in the 102 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:37.199 Sanya Sidro neighborhood of San Diego. There were about forty 103 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:41.720 five people inside of the restaurant eating. Hal entered and 104 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:45.560 walked towards the counter. He was approximately fifteen feet from 105 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:50.399 sixteen year old John Arnold, when, without hesitation, he aimed 106 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:57.040 and fired, only nothing happened. Thinking this was some sort 107 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:59.920 of sick joke, John started retreating back to the ca 108 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:04.040 where twenty two year old store manager Neva Cain stood. 109 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:08.399 Hal took out the ouzi and shot Neiva, hitting her 110 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.959 in the face just below the left eye. She passed 111 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:16.120 moments later. Hal then shot John, hitting him in the 112 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:20.759 arm and chest. For nearly two full hours, John laid motionless, 113 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:26.199 pretending to be dead until he could be saved. Initially, 114 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.439 he thought they were merely being robbed and the shooter 115 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:32.919 would leave. John never expected that the place he worked 116 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:35.919 and felt pretty safe for the most part, would be 117 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:40.360 under attack for nearly two hours. Besides initially hollering for 118 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:46.080 everyone to get on the ground, how made many other comments, 119 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:50.440 including racist epithets and yelling that he had quote killed 120 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:53.720 a thousand and planned to kill quote one thousand more. 121 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.519 A restaurant patron, twenty five year old Victor Rivera, tried 122 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:00.600 to intervene, imploring how not to shoot any anyone else. 123 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:07.519 His efforts were met with gunshots. Hal repeatedly uttered shut up, 124 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:12.840 shut up, as he fired fourteen bullets into Victor. The 125 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:15.559 initial nine to one one calls began streaming in only 126 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:19.120 minutes after the first shots. Early reports indicated that there 127 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:21.759 was a child shot, but the child was raced next 128 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:28.120 door to the post office. The dispatcher accidentally sent officers 129 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:30.679 to another McDonald's that was about two miles away from 130 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:34.559 where the shooting actually was, thereby delaying the police response 131 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:39.000 by several crucial minutes. Nearly ten minutes after the first 132 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:42.480 nine to one to one call, police finally arrived. Officer 133 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:46.120 Miguel Rosario cruised up to the restaurant and was immediately 134 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:51.919 fired upon by hol On set for two forty five 135 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.519 at four hundred question as he took four calls on 136 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:57.039 it three reporter was two forty five, shooting a victim 137 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.080 of small child, a little girl. 138 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.879 Being taken into the first at the crush from McDonald's. 139 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:06.639 At four forty were police locked down the area surrounding 140 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:11.200 the McDonald spreading out about six blocks around the restaurant. 141 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.039 In the beginning, police weren't sure how many shooters were inside, 142 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.720 especially due to the rapid fire from different firearms that 143 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.600 they could hear. Most of the windows had broken by 144 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:24.559 that point, making it actually more difficult to see inside 145 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:27.279 because of the way the light hit random shards of glass. 146 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.840 A command post was set up about two blocks away, 147 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:36.080 and overall police response was massive. A one hundred and 148 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:40.440 seventy five law enforcement officers were installed at various strategic locations. 149 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.440 At one point, an employee from the restaurant was able 150 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.120 to escape through the back door and managed to communicate 151 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:49.600 to police that there was only one shooter. They were 152 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:53.720 very well armed and shot with abandon. No one was safe, 153 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:59.120 not children or elderly, or men or women. House shot 154 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:04.360 anyone and everyone he could. And he was not holding hostages. 155 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.879 This was not a robbery. This was a madman with 156 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:20.080 a purpose, but plenty of determination. I'm taking around tanport. 157 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:27.120 Where are you? I am a part McDonald shot Stampire 158 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:27.919 now at. 159 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:32.440 Banner. 160 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.879 It was later reported that Hal brought a portable radio 161 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:40.639 with him, which he set on the service counter. He 162 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:43.679 turned the radio on at one point and fiddled with 163 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:50.559 the tuner, seemingly looking for a news report of the shooting. Finally, instead, 164 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:55.720 he chose a music station, and inexplicably, he began dancing 165 00:11:55.759 --> 00:12:00.799 around the store while simultaneously shooting at innocent petrified customers 166 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.919 and employees. Periodically, How would shout about how he didn't 167 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:07.639 deserve to live and how he served time in Vietnam, 168 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:10.919 although it was later reported that he hadn't actually ever 169 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:14.320 served in any branch of the military. It must have 170 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:20.039 been so eerie seeing the psychotic man with several guns 171 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:25.720 dancing around the McDonald's, shouting that he didn't deserve to live, 172 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.639 all while shooting innocent people inside of the restaurant who 173 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:35.440 did a little over an hour after the madness ensued, 174 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.639 police were given authorization to take out the shooter if 175 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:42.840 they were able to obtain an unobstructed shot. At approximately 176 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:46.080 five seventeen pm, How walked from around the service counter 177 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.320 towards the front door, entrance, which was near the drive 178 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:53.600 through window. Outside, twenty seven year old SWAT team member 179 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.519 Charles Foster managed to catch a clear sight of how 180 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:00.200 firearm poised and ready to shoot. Foster peered into his 181 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:04.039 scope and he could see Hal's neck and torso perched 182 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:06.399 atop a post office next to the McDonald's, he drew 183 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:12.360 a single, deep breath and fired a single round from 184 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:18.440 about thirty five yards away. The bullet struck Hal in 185 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:22.000 the chest, severing his order just below the heart before 186 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:26.559 exiting out through his spine. It was a precisely executed, 187 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:32.639 deadly shot. Moments later, a police sergeant entered the restaurant, 188 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:37.159 his service weapon raised and pointed towards Hal. He glanced 189 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:40.200 over seeing a female shooting victim who was alive, and 190 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:43.720 asked her if Hal was the shooter. She simply nodded 191 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:49.559 in the affirmative, and with that, seventy seven minutes of 192 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:57.840 sheer terror was over. How fired at least two hundred 193 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:01.519 and fifty seven rounds, that is just over an average 194 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.519 of three bullets per minute for seventy seven minutes. The 195 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:08.240 shooting might have ended, but the trauma of surviving such 196 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:13.679 an attack seems nothing short of insurmountable. There were only 197 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:17.360 ten patrons inside who were left untouched by gunfire, six 198 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.720 of which were hiding in the basement of the restaurant. 199 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.320 Many of the injured victims were using McDonald's napkins to 200 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:27.039 self treat their injuries. Seventeen people were murdered inside of 201 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:31.399 the restaurant, including an unborn child, and four were murdered 202 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.440 just outside of the restaurant near the entrance. Of the deaths. 203 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.159 Thirteen were gunshot wounds to the head, seven were gunshot 204 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:43.639 wounds to the chest, and one, eight month old, Carlos Reyes, 205 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:48.279 was killed by a gunshot wound to his back. The 206 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:51.360 scene looked like a war zone, and even the sight 207 00:14:51.399 --> 00:15:12.360 of it from outside witnesses was highly traumatizing. Twenty two 208 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:16.759 year old Paulina Aquino was from Chula Vista, California. A 209 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.799 native of Tijuana. She lived in the United States for 210 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.440 about four years prior to the shooting and worked at 211 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:27.039 McDonald's for about five months before she was murdered. Lawrence 212 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:31.559 Hermann vs Leuis, nicknamed Captain, moved to Chula Vista from 213 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:34.840 Iowa in the late nineteen forties. The sixty two year 214 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:38.159 old was once stationed at Pearl Harbor during World War Two. 215 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.120 Nineteen year old Elsa Borboa was from Sandy Sidro and 216 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:47.399 a very recent graduate of Southwest High School. She was 217 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:52.000 working at McDonald's to earn money for college. Twenty three 218 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:55.120 year old Neva Cain was from San Diego and was 219 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:58.559 the manager at McDonald's. She was married only one month 220 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:04.440 before she was killed. Maria Alna Colmenero Silva was an 221 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.399 eighteen year old eleventh grader. She was at McDonald's because 222 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:12.120 it was her very favorite restaurant to d at. Eleven 223 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:15.480 year old David Flores was a great student from Sandy 224 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.320 Seidro who loved to play sports. He was at McDonald's 225 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:23.799 with his friends Omar and Joshua. Joshua was injured, but 226 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:28.679 Omar was also murdered along with his best friend. Eleven 227 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:32.240 year old Omar Hernandez was fluent in both English and 228 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:36.440 Spanish and was a fifth grader at Sunset Elementary School 229 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:42.159 who was described as an outgoing, brilliant young boy. Thirty 230 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:47.360 one year old Blythe Reagan Herrera was a housewife from Orange, California. 231 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:51.639 She was at McDonald's with her husband, son, and son's friend. 232 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:56.440 Her husband and son's friend were injured but survived. Her son, Matteo, 233 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:01.399 was killed with his mother, six month old was left 234 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:05.920 at home with her parents. Matteo Herrera was eleven years 235 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:10.359 old born on June twenty sixth, nineteen seventy three in 236 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:14.839 Los Angeles County. He was buried near his mother at 237 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:20.319 Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cyprus, California. Twenty two year 238 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:24.680 old Gloria Lopez Gonzalez was born on October eleventh, nineteen 239 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:30.160 sixty one, and was from Rosato, Mexico. Jose Rubin Losano 240 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:34.480 Perez was born on April third, nineteen sixty five, in California. 241 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:39.240 The nineteen year old was buried in Tijuana, Mexico. Nine 242 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:42.240 year old Claudia Perez was from Sandy Sidro and had 243 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:46.039 recently completed the third grade at Willow Elementary School. She 244 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:51.119 loved all sports, but most especially softball. Claudia was a happy, 245 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:54.880 yet quiet young girl that was incredibly close to her 246 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:58.799 fifteen year old sister, who was also shot but survived. 247 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.480 Eighteen year old Jackie Wright Reyes was a housewife from 248 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:06.359 San Ya Sidro who was the youngest of five sisters 249 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:09.599 and a brother. Her little boy, Carlos was with her 250 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:14.640 and he was also shot and killed. Jackie was pregnant 251 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:17.759 at the time, and her unborn child was also killed. 252 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:23.920 Nearly an entire family was taken from this world in 253 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:29.200 the blink of an eye November fifteenth, nineteen eighty three 254 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:32.880 in Chula Vista. The infant was buried with his mother 255 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:38.680 and unborn sibling at La Vista Memorial Park. Twenty five 256 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:42.279 year old Victor Maximilian Rivera was born in Mexico but 257 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:45.079 raised in San Diego after moving to the United States 258 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.559 when he was four. The young man loved playing softball 259 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:51.279 and was at McDonald's with his wife and two daughters, 260 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:56.319 who each survived the shooting. Margherita Padilla was from San 261 00:18:56.359 --> 00:19:00.880 Diego and a recent Sweetwater High School graduate who absolutely 262 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.359 loved children. The eighteen year old was planning to attend 263 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:08.319 Southwest College in the fall. Forty six year old Hugo 264 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:11.920 l of Alasquez was from Mexico City and was serving 265 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:15.720 as the supervisor of provincial banks for Banamex when he 266 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:18.880 was killed. He was also a temporary manager of the 267 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:24.799 Tijuana District Banks. Aida Velasquez Victoria was a sixty nine 268 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.799 year old woman who was born on June twenty sixth, 269 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:33.400 nineteen fourteen, in Tijuana, Mexico. Seventy four year old Miguel 270 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:38.160 Uloa Victoria was born on November sixteenth, nineteen o nine, 271 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:41.920 and he was from Tijuana. He was married to Aida, 272 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:45.240 who was also murdered, and the one comfort is that 273 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:49.920 they were together, clutching on to each other into eternity. 274 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:55.839 Thirty one year old arist Delci Vuelvas Vargas was from Tijuana. 275 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:58.960 He survived the shooting for about twenty four hours after 276 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:02.119 being rushed to the Universe of California Medical Center in 277 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:07.400 San Diego. The family made Aristolcey's kidneys available for transplant, 278 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:12.319 thus likely saving another life despite their own devastating loss. 279 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:17.839 Michelle Dianne Carncross was born in Orange County, California, on 280 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:22.839 April second, nineteen sixty six. She was buried at Magnolia 281 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:31.400 Memorial Park in Garden Grove, California. Forty one year old 282 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:35.880 Hal was born on October eleventh, nineteen forty two, in Canton, Ohio, 283 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:39.400 the second of two children. His father was a quality 284 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:43.079 inspector and his mother was a homemaker. Howe's folks were 285 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:47.119 both quite religious, and the family regularly attended services at 286 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:51.680 the local Methodist church. When he was three, Hal contracted polio, 287 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:54.000 which caused him to have to wear steel and leather 288 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:58.519 braces on each leg. While he eventually made a full recovery, 289 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:01.680 How walked a slighth limp for the remainder of his life, 290 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:07.839 a constant reminder of his childhood illness. In nineteen fifty, 291 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:10.640 How's father purchased a one hundred and fifty five acre 292 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:14.920 farm in Mount Eaton, Ohio, which is an extremely rural 293 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:19.079 area that is mostly populated by the Amish and Mennonites. 294 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:23.640 How's mother was incensed that her husband would make such 295 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:27.039 a purchase. She wasn't at all interested in living that 296 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:31.519 life and flatly refused to even visit the property, and 297 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:36.920 she eventually abandoned her family altogether. She moved to Tucson, Arizona, 298 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:41.880 where she performed sidewalk preaching as a Pentecostal missionary. As 299 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:46.000 you can imagine, How was very negatively impacted by his 300 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:50.000 mother's casting a side of her family. As a young boy, 301 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:53.880 he couldn't understand how or why she would leave him. 302 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:56.559 There was a time when How's father reported that he 303 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:01.000 found How near the chicken coop sobbing hysterically. While his 304 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:07.480 father eventually remarried, How really wasn't the same after she left. 305 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:10.759 How wasn't known to have many friends, and indeed, during 306 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:13.440 those times, he likely was outcast due to his own 307 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:18.559 health issues, and his behavior was described as sullen. During 308 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:21.160 the seventh grade, How was the only boy who didn't 309 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:24.559 play for the school's football team, which was clearly due 310 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:27.319 to his illness, but it was yet one more thing 311 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:30.759 to cause the other children to view him as different. 312 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:35.160 When he was in high school at Waynedale High, How 313 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:39.319 was bullied and teased on a near daily basis. He 314 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:42.440 was an easy target with his limp, his family's deep 315 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:46.079 religious beliefs, and his lack of interest in sports, friends, 316 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:49.240 or anything that other high schoolers of that era did. 317 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:52.599 In fact, the only real interest Hal seemed to have 318 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:57.200 was in target shooting. He loved target practice and it 319 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:59.359 was the only thing that seemed to bring him joy. 320 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:03.039 A family friend later said that Hal was a strange 321 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:07.119 boy who could always be found practicing target shooting. When 322 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:09.400 he was a teen, Hall was already something of a 323 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:12.200 gunsmith because of how much time he spent with firearms. 324 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:15.960 He graduated high school in nineteen sixty fifty first out 325 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:19.200 of the seventy seven students in his class. In nineteen 326 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:23.799 sixty two, Hal enrolled at Malone College intending to study sociology, 327 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:26.920 but he changed course and enrolled at Pittsburgh Institute of 328 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:31.480 Mortuary Science. How excelled there and graduated in nineteen sixty 329 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:36.039 four with honors, earning himself a funeral director's license. The 330 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:40.680 following year, he obtained an embalmer's license. How met a 331 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:43.960 woman while he was attending classes at Malone College, and 332 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:47.160 the two began dating. They married in nineteen sixty five, 333 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:49.960 and not long after, Hal landed a job with a 334 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:54.960 funeral home in Canton, Ohio. The job went not great. 335 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:58.759 Hal didn't interact well with others. He was an introvert, 336 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:01.519 which isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but 337 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:06.119 Hal was very quiet and he really didn't like other people. 338 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:10.160 He was an excellent embalmer, but he was a terrible director. 339 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:15.319 As such, He encountered many meetings with his supervisor, meetings 340 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:19.160 that weren't positive and never went well for Hal. He 341 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.720 stuck it out for about two years before quitting and 342 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:26.079 choosing a whole other profession entirely. He became a welder 343 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:29.640 working for a local company before being hired by another 344 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:33.000 company for a higher wage in June of nineteen sixty nine. 345 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:38.799 Though his personality wasn't friendly, Hal was a good worker, reliable, 346 00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:43.599 and always working over time when asked. He earned several 347 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:47.720 promotions and made about twenty five to thirty thousand dollars annually, 348 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.319 which is about the equivalent of one hundred and forty 349 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:53.200 two to one hundred and seventy thousand dollars annually in 350 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:58.079 today's world. In other words, he was financially successful. Hal 351 00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:00.559 and his wife moved to a beautiful, threat three story 352 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:21.079 home and a wealthy neighborhood of Masalon, Ohio. Hal and 353 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:24.240 his wife moved to a beautiful three story home in 354 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:29.799 a wealthy neighborhood of Massillon, Ohio. Their lovely home was 355 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:34.960 destroyed by a fire on February first, nineteen seventy one. 356 00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:38.039 The fire originated in the ductwork of the kitchen stove, 357 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:42.279 and it quickly spread. The couple loved the neighborhood so 358 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:44.799 much that they ended up purchasing a new home on 359 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:49.759 the exact same street. Hal enjoyed privacy buying a home 360 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:53.599 that sat behind several very large trees. He installed heavy 361 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:56.319 drapes on all of his windows and kept them shut, 362 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:59.000 and even implemented a triple lock system on each of 363 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:01.519 the heavy doors that went in and out of his home. 364 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:06.480 The couple continued their success by later purchasing and renting 365 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:10.960 out an entire complex of apartments. They managed the building, 366 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:14.319 which seemed to do very well for them. In nineteen 367 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:17.799 seventy two and nineteen seventy four, each of their two 368 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:21.400 daughters was born. On the surface, he seemed to have 369 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:24.799 everything going for him, but there was a dark side 370 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:28.839 to hal. He had numerous domestic violence incidents with his 371 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:32.880 family and was known to punch, slap, and threaten his 372 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:36.519 daughters by holding a knife to their throat. The abuse 373 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:40.519 was not limited to the children. He often hurt his wife, 374 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:43.359 and one such incident caused her to file a police 375 00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:46.680 report with the Canton Police and Children and Family Services, 376 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:51.359 claiming that how injured her jaw. She reported later that 377 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:55.559 he only hit her once. We urged listeners not to 378 00:26:55.599 --> 00:27:00.759 blame her or question why she wouldn't just leave. Domestic 379 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:04.519 abuse is a systematic breakdown of a person, and abusers 380 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:08.400 typically gained power over their victims by means of controlling finances, 381 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:14.759 the children, the home, everything, leaving victims and survivors with 382 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:19.839 few resources or places to go but back. How's wife 383 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:24.200 tried to get him into therapy or counseling, but he refused, 384 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:27.000 so she did what most women do in her situation. 385 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:30.200 She tried her best to never agitate him or make 386 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:33.880 him angry. Brilliantly, she managed to convince How that she 387 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:37.279 could tell his future by reading tarot cards, and somehow 388 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:40.400 this seemed to calm Hell enough to follow her advice. 389 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:44.960 How's criminal behavior was not limited to assaults against his family. 390 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:48.960 In nineteen eighty, he was arrested her disorderly conduct, which 391 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:53.279 coincidentally is the only actual conviction on his criminal record, 392 00:27:53.319 --> 00:28:00.240 despite his abhorrent behavior. The incident involved in argument with 393 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:03.960 a gas station worker. He pleaded no contest on October fifteenth, 394 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:07.519 nineteen eighty and was eventually found guilty in order to 395 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:12.640 pay fines and costs. In November of nineteen eighty two, 396 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:15.720 How was laid off from his job, causing him to 397 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:19.200 become consumed with fear of his financial situation and the 398 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:23.279 ability to provide for his family. His fear manifested an 399 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:27.519 anger and self loathing and one coworker recalled Hal saying 400 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:29.720 that if he couldn't take care of his family, he 401 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:34.680