Dean A. Mellberg – Fairchild Air Force Base 1994 Shooting Rampage
Overview
On June 20, 1994, 20-year-old former Airman Dean A. Mellberg carried out a deadly shooting rampage at the Fairchild Air Force Base hospital annex and main hospital in Spokane County, Washington. Armed with a Chinese-made MAK-90 (a variant of the AK-47) fitted with a 75-round drum magazine, Mellberg killed several individuals—including his own mental health evaluators—and wounded many others before being shot and killed by a responding Air Force Security Police officer .
Sequence and Details of the Rampage
Mellberg arrived at the hospital around 2:45 p.m., exiting a taxicab from a Spokane motel. Dressed in all black with a large duffel bag, he entered the annex and immediately targeted the two mental health officers who had recommended his discharge . Then he moved through the building, shooting indiscriminately, entered the main hospital and cafeteria, and finally continued the attack outside in the parking lot .
Victims – Names, Ages, Date, and Location
- Major Thomas E. Brigham, age 31 (psychiatrist)—killed in the annex office alongside Captain London.
- Captain Alan W. London, age 40 (psychologist)—killed in the annex office alongside Major Brigham.
- Christin (Christine) F. McCaren, age 8—killed in the hospital cafeteria while visiting; she was the only child fatality inside the building .
- Anita L. Lindner (sometimes “Linder”), age 39 or early 40s—shot and killed in the hospital parking lot as she tried to flee .
- Dean A. Mellberg, age 20—the perpetrator, shot and killed by Air Force Security Police officer Andrew P. Brown in the parking lot after refusing to drop his weapon .
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