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.jpg) 2017 photograph of Imperial Palace, which replaced the Golden Dragon in the same space | |
  Golden Dragon Restaurant Golden Dragon massacre (San Francisco) | |
| Location | 818 Washington Street, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37°47′43″N 122°24′25″W / 37.79528°N 122.40694°W |
| Date | Sunday, September 4, 1977 02:40 a.m. (PST) |
Attack type | Gang shooting, mass murder, mass shooting |
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| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 11 |
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| Motive | Rivalry between Joe Boys and Wah Ching gangs |
The Golden Dragon massacre[1] was a gang-related mass shooting that took place on September 4, 1977, inside the Golden Dragon Restaurant at 822 Washington Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States. The five perpetrators, members of the Joe Boys, a Chinese youth gang, were attempting to kill leaders of the Wah Ching, a rival Chinatown gang. The attack left five people dead and 11 others injured, none of whom were gang members. Seven perpetrators were later convicted and sentenced in connection with the murders. The massacre led to the establishment of the San Francisco Police Department's Asian Gang Task Force, credited with ending gang-related violence in Chinatown by 1983. The restaurant itself closed in 2006.
- ^ (traditional Chinese: 金龍酒樓大屠殺; simplified Chinese: 金龙酒楼大屠杀; Jyutping: Gam1lung4 zau2lau4 daai6tou4saat3; pinyin: Jīnlóng Jiǔlóu Dàtúshā)Donat, Hank (2002). "Notorious SF: Golden Dragon Massacre". MisterSF. Retrieved July 14, 2017.