Patrick Purdy

Infobox Mass Murderer
name = Patrick Purdy


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birthname = Patrick Edward Purdy
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birth = 1965
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death = January 17 1989
deathplace = Stockton, California, United States
cause = Suicide
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date = January 17 1989
locations = Stockton, California, United States
fatalities = 5
injuries = 30
weapons = Pistol (9mm)
Type 56 assault rifle

Patrick Edward Purdy (? – January 17 1989) was a mass murderer who killed 5 children, all Southeast Asian refugees, and wounded 30 otherscite news |title=Slaughter in A School Yard |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,151105,00.html |publisher=Time Magazine |date=2002-06-24 |accessdate=2007-08-13] in the Stockton massacre at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, on January 171989. After perpetrating the shooting, he shot himself to death. He was a drug addict with a long history of criminal offenses and mental disturbance.

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NAME= Purdy, Patrick Edward
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Spree killer
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DATE OF DEATH= January 17 1989
PLACE OF DEATH= Stockton, California, United States