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Robert Visconti

Case from Hackettstown, NJ dated Aug 26, 1977

Victim Details

Robert Visconti

Male

White / Caucasian

Hackettstown

NJ

1977-08-26

35

Robert

Visconti

07/07/2026

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On a late summer day in 1977, the quiet community of Hackettstown, New Jersey, was irrevocably shattered by a sudden and unforeseen act of violence. Robert Visconti, a 35-year-old male from the neighboring town of Great Meadows, found himself tragically caught in the path of a deadly rampage on August 26th. That afternoon, a local 20-year-old, Emile Benoist, armed with a. 44-caliber rifle, began a senseless shooting spree along the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad tracks that wound through the town and ...
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  • Robert Visconti, age 35 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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    I was reading through some old articles about the Hackettstown shooting in '77, and I came across so... ...Read More
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