Gordon Knott, aged 42, tragically lost his life on March 2, 1975, in Smith River, California. The incident occurred at the Ship Ashore motel, where Knott was the manager. On that fateful night, a guest at the motel, Robert Paul Sander, 21, from Cincinnati, Ohio, went on a shooting spree with a high-powered rifle. The chaos began when Sander opened fire from a balcony overlooking the ocean, killing Barbara Harmon and critically wounding her husband, Percy. He then proceeded to the motel office, w
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