1974 Olean High School shooting

1974 Olean High School shooting
LocationOlean, New York, United States
DateMonday, December 30, 1974
2:50 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. (EST)
Attack type
School shooting, mass shooting
Weapons
Deaths3
Injured11
PerpetratorAnthony F. Barbaro
MotiveUnknown[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Charges (Charges dropped after perpetrator's death)

The Olean High School shooting was a school shooting that occurred on December 30, 1974, at Olean High School in Olean, New York. The gunman, 17-year-old Anthony F. Barbaro, an honor student and member of the school's rifle team, indiscriminately shot at people on the street from windows at the third floor of the school building. Three people were killed and another 11 people were injured during the shooting.[7][1]

On November 1, 1975, Barbaro hanged himself in his cell at the Cattaraugus County Jail.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ a b Usiak, Richard (December 31, 1974). "Teen sniper kills three, 11 wounded". The Bryan Times.
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  7. ^ Usiak, Richard (December 31, 1974). "Sniper at high school kills 3 and wounds 11". St. Petersburg Times.
  8. ^ "Upstate Youth in Sniper Trial a Suicide". The New York Times. November 2, 1975.
  9. ^ "He regretted his life". St. Petersburg Times. November 5, 1975.
  10. ^ "Young man found dead in jail cell". The Register-Guard. November 2, 1975.