- GMAC massacre
On
June 18 ,1990 ,James Edward Pough walked into theGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation Office, Jacksonville,Florida and killed nine employees and customers. He then killed himself. Four people were injured. The firearms used in the crime were a Universal .30 caliberM1 rifle and a.38 revolver. [ [http://vpc.org/studies/wgun900618.htm VPC - Where'd They Get Their Guns? - GMAC office, Jacksonville, Florida] ]Pough was upset because his 1988
Pontiac Grand Am was repossessed. He purchased the car for $9,700 in September 1988. Pough gave the car back to GMAC in January 1990. His anger had been stoked by repeated letters from GMAC requesting a payment of $6,394. This was the remaining loan balance after the car was sold.Pough was also suspected in the
robbery of aconvenience store , ahit-and-run against apedestrian , shooting two people, and the murder of two people onJune 17 , 1990.The GMAC office was located at 7870 Baymeadows Way. It never reopened in this location. The GMAC building was renovated and is now occupied by the
Florida Telco Credit Union .ee also
*
List of massacres References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.