Clark Hoover

Death by Force

On a quiet morning in Camden, New Jersey, the lives of many were irrevocably shattered by a neighbor's simmering rage. Clark Hoover, a 45-year-old male barber, was attending to a young client in his shop on River Road on September 6, 1949. In the midst of the haircut, a 28-year-old World War II veteran named Howard Unruh, who lived in the neighborhood, entered the barbershop. Without a word, Unruh, armed with a Luger pistol, opened fire, fatally shooting both Clark Hoover and the six-year-old bo ...Read More

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