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Neal Summers

Case from Seattle, WA dated Jan 31, 1994

Victim Details

Neal Summers

Male

Seattle

WA

1994-01-31

45

Neal

Summers

06/27/2026

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In the pre-dawn quiet of a Monday morning in Seattle, on January 31, 1994, Neal Summers, a 45-year-old male teacher, arrived at Whitman Middle School. As he was about to enter the building around 6:20 a.m., the calm was shattered by the sound of a rifle blast. Other employees arriving for the day discovered Summers lying in a school hallway near a door with a gunshot wound to his back. His final words to a colleague were a question, "I heard an explosion... What was it?". He was rushed to the ho ...
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  • Teacher Slain At Seattle School -- Man, 45, Shot In Back As He Came In Door At Whitman | The Seattle Times
  • Spokesman.com: Jury Convicts Man Of Killing Teacher Ex-Student Says Sex Abuse By Victim Cause Of Shooting
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