William Waterhead Allen, a 22-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically killed on July 4, 1979, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Allen was a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Gang and was on guard duty at the gang's clubhouse on Allen Road when he was fatally shot. The incident was part of a larger massacre that claimed the lives of four other Outlaws members and a visiting friend.
The crime scene was discovered by William Kincaid "Chains" Flamont, the group's leader, who found Allen dead on the front porch with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Police reports indicate that two suspects, armed with a 9mm and a .223 semiautomatic, fired approximately 40 shots at the clubhouse. The massacre was believed to have been carried out by the rival Hell's Angels motorcycle gang, as tensions between the two groups were high at the time.
Despite extensive investigations, the case remains unsolved. The suspects, Gregory Scott Lindaman and Randy Allen Pigg, were identified but never charged due to insufficient evidence. Lindaman died in a car accident in 1990, and Pigg passed away from liver failure in 2007. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department eventually cleared the case by "Death of Offender" in 2015.
The tragic event had a profound impact on the community, with hundreds of Outlaws from across the country attending the funerals of their slain friends. The case remains a dark chapter in Charlotte's history, frequently referred to as the worst mass murder in the city's history.
