1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings

The 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings was a spree shooting which occurred in the United States on September 25, 1982, carried out by George Emil Banks, a former Camp Hill prison guard. Banks fatally shot 13 people in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania.

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Notorious Wilkes-Barre Killer George Banks Dies in Prison After 43 Years Behind Bars

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