1996 Jackson firehouse shooting

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1996 Jackson firehouse shooting
LocationJackson, Mississippi
DateApril 24, 1996
Attack type
Mass murder, mass shooting
Weapons9 mm pistol, Rifle
Deaths5 (including the perpetrator's wife at home)
Injured3
PerpetratorKenneth Tornes
MotiveRevenge
VerdictDeath
ConvictionsCapital murder

The 1996 Jackson firehouse shooting was a

firehouse in Jackson, Mississippi in the United States
. Firefighter Kenneth Tornes fatally shot four of his supervisors, after killing his wife earlier that day.

Event

Early in the morning of April 25, 1996, Tornes went to the home of his estranged wife Glenda, 42. Neighbors heard gunshots, but weren't alarmed until they spotted Tornes washing blood off of himself in the home's carport.

As police approached the home, Tornes set out for fire department headquarters. He passed a coworker shouting "Lady, get back, I am going to blow the place up!" He was armed with a rifle and walked from office to office, killing four supervisors and wounding two others.

Tornes felt slighted by department officials, who had recently reprimanded Tornes multiple times, which Torned felt were undeserved. The firefighters' union chief said Tornes was a "a time bomb waiting to go off". Other coworkers expressed expectancy: "He's been talking about this for years... I'm surprised it took so long." Tornes specifically targeted his superiors; Tornes walked past one coworker who pleaded for his life, and told another to get themselves and their

fire-dog
out of the way.

Tornes victims were: Captain Merideth Moree, 49; District Chief Dwight Craft, 48; Captain Stan Adams, 45; and District Chief Rick Robbins, 47.[1]

After departing the fire station, Tornes led police officers on a high-speed chase to the parking lot of a nearby shopping center in

blood clot on death row in 2000.[3]

Perpetrator

Kenneth Tornes was a Jackson native, who neighbors and childhood friends had generally referred to as competent at his job. He was seen as broadly likable, though prone to mood shifts. Friends recalled his preoccupation with physical fitness, and his affinity for cartoons and

white supremacist shooter had shot multiple people at a Jackson mall, killing one. Tornes joined the discussion to say that someone might do something that drastic to the fire department soon. In the leadup, a neighbor described him as "like a nut" and "real moody". Police were called to the ex-couple's shared home on a domestic violence call, but no charges resulted.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Associated Press (April 25, 1996). "Fireman was 'time bomb waiting'". Deseret News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  2. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Hughes, Jay; Regland, Lee; Brooks, Tracyi (April 25, 1996). "5 killed in shooting rampage". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. pp. 1, 10. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  5. ^ Zimmer, Josh (April 25, 1996). "Friends, neighbors recall Tornes as moody". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. pp. 1, 10. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
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