San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
| San Ysidro McDonald's massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | San Ysidro, San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 32°33′21.2″N 117°03′15.0″W / 32.555889°N 117.054167°W |
| Date | July 18, 1984 c. 4:00 – 5:17 p.m. (PDT (UTC−07:00)) |
| Target | Staff and customers at McDonald's |
Attack type | |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 23 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 19 |
| Perpetrator | James Oliver Huberty |
| Motive | Inconclusive (possibly rage, suicidal ideation, and/or revenge) |
The San Ysidro McDonald's massacre was a mass murder, which occurred at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California, on July 18, 1984. The perpetrator, 41-year-old James Huberty, fatally shot 22 people, including an unborn baby, and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sniper approximately 77 minutes after he had first opened fire.
At the time, the massacre was the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history, being surpassed seven years later by the Luby's shooting. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in California.