Tyler courthouse shooting | |
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Location | Tyler, Texas, United States |
Date | February 24, 2005 (UTC-6) |
Target | Perpetrator's ex-wife, responding law enforcement officers |
Attack type | Murder, resisting arrest, mass shooting |
Weapons | Norinco MAK-90 semi-automatic rifle |
Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 4 |
Perpetrator | David Hernandez Arroyo, Sr. |
On February 24, 2005, a man shot his ex-wife and son outside the courthouse in Tyler, Texas, then engaged police and court officers in a shootout. David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. opened fire in front of the courthouse with a Type 56S rifle, killing his ex-wife, and wounding his son. A downtown resident, Mark Alan Wilson, attempted to intervene but was fatally shot. Arroyo was fatally shot by police after a high-speed pursuit.