Willie Woods 1995 Piper Technical Center Rampage
Overview
Willie Woods, a city electrician employed by Los Angeles’s General Services Department, carried out a shooting rampage on July 19, 1995, at the C. Edwin Piper Technical Center in downtown Los Angeles. After receiving a negative performance evaluation and fearing termination, he returned with a 19-shot Glock semiautomatic pistol and systematically killed four of his supervisors before being arrested later that same day.
Details of the Crime
Woods, reportedly calm before the attack, argued with one supervisor at around 10 a.m., then left the room and returned with a Glock 9 mm (19-shot) pistol. He went on to kill his supervisors in different locations within the building: two in cubicles, one in a hallway, and another in a separate office. He was arrested minutes later as he attempted to leave the building.
Victims
- Anthony J. Gain (also listed as Tony Gain or Anthony Gain), age 72 (some sources say 78) — senior communications engineer and one of Woods’s supervisors — killed July 19, 1995 at Piper Tech.
- Neil Carpenter, age 61 — supervisor in General Services Communications Department — killed July 19, 1995 at Piper Tech.
- James Walton (sometimes James Walton, age 60) — supervisor — killed July 19, 1995 at Piper Tech.
- Marty Wakefield, age 57 — supervisor — killed July 19, 1995 at Piper Tech.
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