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Elmer Weaver

Case from Lock-haven, PA dated Oct 23, 1967

Victim Details

Elmer Weaver

Male

White / Caucasian

Lock-haven

PA

1967-10-23

37

Elmer

Weaver

07/10/2026

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On a tragic day in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 37-year-old Elmer Weaver was one of several victims in a horrific shooting spree that unfolded on October 23, 1967. The male victim lost his life to gun violence that day.

The perpetrator was identified as 40-year-old Leo Held, a coworker of some of the victims. Armed with two pistols, Held began his rampage at the Hammermill Paper Company, his place of employment. It was there that he shot and killed his boss and then proceeded to a second-flo ...
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  • 1967 Clinton County, Pennsylvania shootings - Wikipedia
  • Elmer Weaver, age 37 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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