Montanzima Banks, age 5

Lost to gun violence on September 25, 1982 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Photo sources:

• Times Leader: 35 years later, mass murderer George Banks remains on death row | Times Leader

News sources:

• 1982 — Sep 25, George Banks family shooting spree, Jenkins Twp./Wilkes-Barre, PA — 13 – Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-of-Life Events
• WILKES-BARRE KILLINGS: RACIAL PRESSURES CITED (Published 1982)
• 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings - Wikipedia

Also killed were:

• Boende Banks, age 3
• Dorothy Lyons, age 28
• Foraroude Banks
• Mauritania Banks
• Nancy Lyons, age 10
• Raymond F. Hall, Jr., age 24
• Regina Clemens, age 28
• Susan Yuhas, age 22

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