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Dr. Ernest Trout, a 67-year-old male physician from Springfield, PA, tragically died on October 30, 1985, as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during a shooting rampage at the Springfield Mall. The incident occurred when Sylvia Seegrist, a 25-year-old woman diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, opened fire on shoppers with a semiautomatic rifle. Dr. Trout, who was a gynecologist at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, was one of nine people shot during the attack. He sustained bullet wounds to ...
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  • Dr Ernest Earl Trout (1916-1985) - Find a Grave...
  • 2 KILLED IN SHOPPING MALL AS WOMAN FIRES ON CROWD (Published 1985)
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