Date June 22, 1980 Deaths 5 | Attack type Mass murder | |
Location Daingerfield, Texas, United States Weapons M1 carbine with bayonet
Colt AR-15 with telescopic sight and bayonet
Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38-caliber revolver
Röhm RG-10 .22-caliber revolver Non-fatal injuries 11 (including the perpetrator) | ||
The Daingerfield church shooting was a mass murder that occurred at the First Baptist Church in Daingerfield, Texas, United States on June 22, 1980. Alvin Lee King III, a former high school teacher, armed with a scoped, semi-automatic AR-15, an M1 carbine, and two revolvers, killed five people and wounded 10 others, after members of the church had declined his request to appear as character witnesses in a trial in which he was charged with raping his daughter. King was arrested after shooting himself and charged with five counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder, but committed suicide in his prison cell on January 19, 1982, before he could be convicted.
Victims
Among those wounded were: Jack Dean and Laverne McDaniel, 51. Faye Moore Grove