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Patrick Henry Sherrill

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Patrick Henry Sherrill Veteran

Birth
Watonga, Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
20 Aug 1986 (aged 44)
Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Watonga, Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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The Edmond post office shooting occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma on August 20, 1986. During a deadly rampage that lasted less than fifteen minutes, postal worker Patrick Sherrill pursued and shot twenty co-workers, killing fourteen of them, before committing suicide. Sherrill's attack inspired the American phrase "going postal".
Killed[edit]
Patricia Ann Chambers, 41, part-time clerk
Judy Stephens Denney, 41, part-time clerk
Richard C. Esser Jr., 38, supervisor
Patricia A. Gabbard, 47, clerk
Jonna Gragert Hamilton, 30, clerk
Patty Jean Husband, 48, supervisor
Betty Ann Jarred, 34, clerk
William F. Miller, 30, rural carrier
Kenneth W. Morey, 49, rural carrier
Leroy Orrin Phillips, 42, rural carrier
Jerry Ralph Pyle, 51, rural carrier
Paul Michael Rockne, 33, letter carrier
Thomas Wade Shader Jr., 31, part-time clerk
Patti Lou Welch, 27, clerk
The Edmond post office shooting occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma on August 20, 1986. During a deadly rampage that lasted less than fifteen minutes, postal worker Patrick Sherrill pursued and shot twenty co-workers, killing fourteen of them, before committing suicide. Sherrill's attack inspired the American phrase "going postal".
Killed[edit]
Patricia Ann Chambers, 41, part-time clerk
Judy Stephens Denney, 41, part-time clerk
Richard C. Esser Jr., 38, supervisor
Patricia A. Gabbard, 47, clerk
Jonna Gragert Hamilton, 30, clerk
Patty Jean Husband, 48, supervisor
Betty Ann Jarred, 34, clerk
William F. Miller, 30, rural carrier
Kenneth W. Morey, 49, rural carrier
Leroy Orrin Phillips, 42, rural carrier
Jerry Ralph Pyle, 51, rural carrier
Paul Michael Rockne, 33, letter carrier
Thomas Wade Shader Jr., 31, part-time clerk
Patti Lou Welch, 27, clerk

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US Marine Corps



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