On the evening of May 7, 1981, a sense of leisure filled the Oregon Museum Tavern in Salem, Oregon, as patrons enjoyed a ladies' night event. Among them was John W. Cooper, a 27-year-old White male who was a partner in his family's tool grinding business and a graduate of McNary High School. The lively atmosphere of the tavern was irrevocably shattered at approximately 10:30 p.m. when a man entered and, without a word, began shooting.
The gunman, later identified as 25-year-old Lawrence W
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