Olean High School shooting

Name: Olean High School shooting
Start: 1974

1974 CE.

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The Olean High School shooting was a school shooting that occurred on December 30, 1974, at Olean High School in Olean, New York, United States. The gunman, 17-year-old Anthony F. Barbaro, an honor student and member of the school's rifle team, indiscriminately shot at people on the street from windows at the third floor of the school building. Three people were shot dead, including a pregnant woman with twins, and another 11 people were injured during the shooting. On November 1, 1975, Barbaro hanged himself in his cell at the Cattaraugus County Jail.

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