Monkseaton shootings

Monkseaton shootings
LocationMonkseaton, Tyne & Wear, England
Date30 April 1989 (1989-04-30)
c. 11:40 – c. 12:00
Attack type
Spree shooting, murder
Weapons12-bore double-barreled shotgun
Deaths1
Injured16
PerpetratorRobert Sartin

The Monkseaton shootings occurred on 30 April 1989 in Monkseaton, Tyne & Wear, England, when Robert Sartin killed one man and left 16 other people injured during a 20-minute shooting spree.[1][2]

  1. ^ Adrian Pitches (2 May 2009). "Town struggles to recall shooting". BBC News. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  2. ^ "'It still doesn't seem real' - 30 years on from Robert Sartin's shooting spree". 30 April 2019.