Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another. At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.

John B. Heckathorne Jr., age 63

Fatally shot on August 20, 2016 in Franklin, Pennsylvania.

John killed his wife, then himself.

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One other person also died in this incident.

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