On May 29, 1972, Jacquelyn “Jackie” Wharton—a 47-year-old female—was shot and killed in the parking lot of the North Hills shopping center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Contemporary accounts and later retrospectives identify the incident as a sniper attack that unfolded around midday on Memorial Day, striking shoppers and campaign staff who were present for U.S. Senator B. Everett Jordan’s appearance at the mall. Multiple sources list Jacquelyn D. “Jackie” Wharton, age 47, among the
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