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On February 5, 2001, William Allen Garcia, a 44-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically killed in a mass shooting at the Navistar International Corp. diesel engine plant in Melrose Park, Illinois. The perpetrator, William Daniel Baker, a 66-year-old former employee of the plant, entered the facility armed with multiple weapons, including an SKS rifle concealed in a golf bag. Baker had been fired from Navistar in 1994 for conspiring to steal truck engines and parts, and was due to begin a prison s ...Read More
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William Allen Garcia
Male
Hispanic / Latino
Melrose-park
IL
2001-02-05
44
William
Allen Garcia
11/18/2025
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I’ve been reading through the details of the Navistar shooting, and I can't stop ... ...Read More
05/17/2024
I’ve been reading through the details of the Navistar shooting, and I can't stop ... ...Read More
05/17/2024
I’ve been thinking a lot about the security measures (or apparent lack thereof) at Navistar during... ...Read More
03/31/2024
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