John Wilson, age 8
Lost to gun violence on September 6, 1949 in Camden, New Jersey.
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News sources:
- Criminal Minds Wiki: Howard Unruh
- Smithsonian Magazine: The Story of the First Mass Murder in U.S. History
- Howard Unruh - Wikipedia
Also killed were:
- Alvin Milton Day Jr., age 24
- Clark R.Hoover, age 45
- Dr. Maurice J. Cohen, age 40
- Emma Matlack, age 67
- Helen Matlack Wilson, age 36
- Helga Kautzsch Zegrino, age 29
- James Winfield Hutton, age 46
- John Joseph Pilarchik, age 27
- Minnie Cohen, age 63
- Orris Martin Smith, age 6
- Rose Fine Cohen, age 37
- Thomas Hamilton, age 2
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