The 1995 San Diego tank rampage was the theft of an M60A3 tank by Shawn Timothy Nelson and his destruction of cars and utilities in suburban San Diego, California, United States. Nelson was a native Californian and United States Army veteran with unusual habits that drew the attention of his neighbors.

On May 17, 1995, a distressing event unfolded in San Diego, California, involving Shawn Nelson, a troubled US Army veteran, and a stolen M60A3 Patton tank.

2022年12月7日 · But, for around a half-hour on May 17, 1995, Shawn Nelson took his rage out on the city traffic of San Diego. Nelson speeding away in an M60A3 Patton Tank. The past few years of Nelson’s life were disastrous.

2015年5月16日 · Twenty years ago Sunday, Shawn Nelson stole a tank from a National Guard armory, rumbled across a San Diego neighborhood and into the realm of legend. A police helicopter and TV news crews...

2024年5月17日 · When he refused, Nelson was shot once. Despite immediate response from paramedics, the gunshot wound proved to be fatal and Nelson was pronounced dead.

SAN DIEGO — On May 17, 1995, a military tank terrorized San Diego for 23 minutes. The man inside the tank was 35-year-old Army veteran Shawn Nelson. The rampage started when Nelson drove his...

2022年11月2日 · US Army Veteran Shawn Nelson took an M60A3 Patton tank on a rampage across San Diego in 1995, at a time when his life was falling apart.