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Cause of death
  
Suicide

Killed
  
2

Injured
  
11

Weapons
  
Pistol

Name
  
Russell Smith


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Full Name
  
Russell Lee Smith

Date
  
May 24, 19751:30 a.m. – 2:22 a.m.

Location(s)
  
Died
  

Russell Lee Smith (February 6, 1947 – May 24, 1975) was an American spree killer who killed two people and wounded nine others in Dayton, Ohio, United States on May 24, 1975. He also took two women hostage and raped them before committing suicide.

Victims

  • Joan Marie Gatewood, 16, Smith's girlfriend
  • Paulette Couch, 25
  • Those wounded were:

    James Bailey, 27, Charles Baltozer, 38, Carole Baltozer, 38, Charles Baltozer Jr., 17, Heather Baltozer, 6, George Christopherson, 28, Ocie Curry, 27, Joseph Pickett, 29, Ann Wenclewicz, 19

    References

    Russell Lee Smith Wikipedia


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