Fiesta Sniper: Remembering the 1979 Battle of Flowers Parade
2018年5月1日 · 39 years ago, on April 26, 1979, a mass shooting took place at the Battle of Flowers Parade in San Antonio. Leading up to the incident, the man who would soon be called the Fiesta sniper was only known as Ira Attebury. To local bank tellers, he was known as “Garlic Boy,” owing to his pungent odor.
San Antonio parade shooting - Wikipedia
On April 27, 1979, 64-year-old Ira Attebury opened fire on the spectator crowd at the Battle of Flowers parade in San Antonio, Texas, killing two and injuring several dozen, including several police officers. It proceeded into a siege for over an hour, before the …
Deadly Battle of Flowers parade shooting remembered 40 years …
On April 27, 1979, Ira Attebury turned a day of festivities into chaotic disarray, spraying bullets into crowds, killing two women and wounding more than 50 people, including six police...
40 years later: Officer who took down Fiesta sniper speaks with KENS 5
2019年4月27日 · After shooting the policemen, the gunman, Ira Attebury, began firing from inside a motor home into the crowd at Broadway and Grayson.
Photos look back at San Antonio Fiesta sniper tragedy 45 years later - mySA
2014年4月24日 · Two people were killed and 51 injured on April 27, 1979, when Ira Attebury opened fire from inside his mobile home on a festive crowd gathered to watch the Battle of Flowers Parade at the...
40 Years Later: Who was Ira Attebury, the Battle of Flowers …
Ira Attebury was described as a loner, a retiree who was very reclusive. Police said Attebury had an arsenal of weapons in his trailer parked on Broadway Str...
Remembering the 1979 Battle of Flowers Parade
Ira Attebury, a 64-year-old veteran, had stockpiled guns and ammunition in the motor home and began a shooting rampage that would last about 30 minutes. First, he shot six San Antonio police officers.
TWO SLAIN, 31 HURT BY SNIPER IN TEXAS - The New York Times
1979年4月28日 · SAN ANTONIO, April 27 — A heavily armed sniper opened fire at a festive crowd of parade spectators in downtown San Antonio today, killing two women and wounding five policemen and at least 26...
San Antonio's Police Seek Clues On Why Sniper Fired at Crowd
1979年4月29日 · A few minutes before the first marchers were scheduled to step off, Ira Attebury poked the barrel of an M‐16 rifle, the same weapon carried by American troops in the Vietnam War, through...
Texas Sniper Had Complained Police Were Persecuting Him
SAN ANTONIO, April 28, 1979 -- Ira Attebury, a quiet man whose deadly barrage of shotgun and rifle fire killed two people and wounded 31 others at San Antonio's annual Fiesta celebration,...