On a spring evening, the Oregon Museum Tavern in Salem was filled with the sounds of conversations and laughter during its popular ladies' night. Among the patrons was Allen L. Wilcox, a 24-year-old White male who worked at a local auto parts store and was a graduate of McNary High School. The lively atmosphere of May 7, 1981, was shattered when a 25-year-old unemployed mill worker named Lawrence William Moore entered the establishment. Without a word, Moore began firing a 9mm Browning handgun,
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