Edmond post office shooting

Edmond post office shooting
Edmond post office shooting
Location	Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date	August 20, 1986 ; ~7:00 - 7:15 a.m. (UTC-05)
Target	Postal workers
Attack type	Mass shooting, mass murder, workplace shooting, murder-suicide
Weapons	Colt M1911 (.45 ACP) semi-automatic pistol; Remington M1911 (.45 ACP) semi-automatic pistol; Ruger MK II (.22-caliber) semi-automatic pistol;
Deaths	15 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	6
Perpetrator	Patrick Henry Sherrill
Motive	Revenge due to previous reprimands

The Edmond post office shooting was a mass shooting that occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma, on August 20, 1986. In less than fifteen minutes, 44 year-old postal worker Patrick Sherrill pursued and shot several coworkers, killing 14 and injuring another six, before committing suicide. It is currently the deadliest workplace shooting in U.S. history, as well as the deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in the state of Oklahoma.

The attack, among other similar incidences of violence perpetrated by postal workers, inspired the American phrase "going postal".

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