{"id":1189,"date":"2016-09-03T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2020-12-18T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T14:00:48","slug":"north-hills-sniper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/north-hills-sniper\/","title":{"rendered":"Sniper Attacks North Hills Mall – Memorial Day, 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last month, our attentions were commanded by a reported shooting and resulting major incident at Crabtree Valley Mall. No gunshot victims were found, but numerous medical emergencies presented during and after the evacuation. The resulting multi-patient incident brought dozens of EMS and fire units to the scene. But did you know that another Raleigh mall experienced a mass shooting over forty years ago?<\/p>\n

On Memorial Day in 1972, on May 29, a sniper killed three people and wounded eight others in front of North Hills Mall. (A fourth victim died at the hospital, days later.) The noon-hour shooting lasted just a few minutes. The victims were sitting on benches outside the main entrance, standing at or walking toward the entrance, or driving past the entrance in a car. There was also a US Senator in the line of fire, though the attack was unrelated to his visit.<\/p>\n

At about 12:05 p.m., from a spot between two parked cars about fifty feet from the front entrance, a tall man dressed in a suit began shooting in that direction.* He had a .22 caliber rifle and fired in bursts. The gunman was Harvey G. McLeod, a 23-year old Raleigh resident who worked as a high-school janitor. He purchased the rifle that morning.<\/p>\n

The twelve victims ranged from three to 77 years of age. They were transported to Rex and Wake Memorial hospitals. Three were dead on arrival. A fourth victim died five days later. The others had injuries ranging from minor to serious.<\/p>\n

Though we blogged about this in 2008<\/a>, let\u2019s take a longer look\u2026<\/p>\n

Read the detailed narrative as web page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read the detailed narrative as PDF file <\/a><\/strong>(2.2MB).<\/p>\n