Jorg Wenz

Death by Force

Jorg Wenz, a 21-year-old doorman at the Ramrod, a popular gay leather bar in Greenwich Village, New York City, tragically lost his life on November 19, 1980. The incident, which became infamously known as the "West Street Massacre," occurred when Ronald K. Crumpley, a former transit police officer, went on a shooting spree targeting gay men. Crumpley, armed with an Uzi submachine gun and other firearms, opened fire on patrons outside the Ramrod, killing Wenz and another man, Vernon Kroening, an ...Read More

Jorg Wenz (1956-1980) - Find a Grave Memorial

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