Starburst Lounge shooting

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1980 El Paso shooting
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El Paso
El Paso (Texas)
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El Paso
El Paso (the United States)
Location5030 Fairbanks Drive,
El Paso, Texas,
United States
Coordinates 31°45′33″N106°29′19″W / 31.75917°N 106.48861°W / 31.75917; -106.48861
DateFebruary 3, 1980
~1:45 a.m. (MDT)
Attack type
Mass shooting, Mass murder
Weapons .22-caliber Marlin Model 60 semi-automatic rifle [1]
Deaths5
Injured3
Motive Thrill killing

On February 3, 1980, a mass shooting occurred at the Starburst Lounge bar in El Paso, Texas. 21-year-old Barry Chvarak, armed with a .22-caliber Marlin Model 60 semi-automatic rifle, [1] killed five and injured three others before being arrested. Chvarak was later sentenced to five consecutive life sentences. [2] [3]

It was the worst mass shooting in El Paso County until the 2019 El Paso shooting. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "A Story of Mass Violence". kxan.com.
  2. "Starburst Lounge mass shooting killed five in 1987 in El Paso bar". El Paso Times. February 11, 2020.
  3. "1980 Northeast El Paso shooting stands as one of Texas' first mass murders". ktsm.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  4. "Two mass shootings in one Texas town, decades apart". everythinglubbock.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019.