| 1965 Highway 101 sniper attack | |
|---|---|
| Location | Orcutt, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 34°49′55″N120°21′58″W / 34.832°N 120.366°W |
| Date | April 25, 1965 |
| Target | Motorists traveling along U.S. Highway 101 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, triple murder, murder-suicide |
| Weapons |
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| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 10 |
| Perpetrator | Michael Andrew Clark |
Early on the Sunday morning of April 25, 1965, 16-year-old Michael Andrew Clark opened fire on cars traveling along U.S. Highway 101 just south of Orcutt, California from a nearby hilltop. Three people were killed and ten were wounded before Clark committed suicide upon arrival of police.
Late on the night of April 24, 1965, Michael Andrew Clark, who lived in Long Beach, California, left home in his parents' car, without their permission. In the back of the car, he had a Swedish Mauser military rifle equipped with telescopic sight and a pistol he had removed from his father's locked gun safe along with a large quantity of ammunition. Early the next morning, he climbed to the top of a hill overlooking a stretch of Highway 101 near Orcutt. As the sun came up, Clark began shooting at automobiles driving down the highway. [1] [2] [3]
Two men were killed and six more people were wounded as the shooting continued for hours before Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office deputies rushed the hill and Clark committed suicide as they closed in. [4] [5] A five-year-old boy wounded in the head died a day later, bringing the total to three dead for the rampage. [6]
Reportedly the two men killed in the shooting were attempting to assist others who were trapped in a vehicle which had been hit by the gunfire. [7]
Those killed were: [8]
Those wounded were: [9]
A lawsuit was eventually brought to the courts by victims William, Lucille, and Kim Reida, complaining that parents Forest and Joyce Clark were negligent in two counts: "failure of the Clarks to train, control, and supervise son Michael" and also, "failure of Forest Clark to keep the rifle out of Michael’s hands." The case was decided in favor of the Clarks and generally upheld on appeal, although the appeals court found negligence on the part of father Forest Clark for not adequately securing the weapons. [10]
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