Remembering 49th Street Elementary School: Los Angeles, California 1984
A shooter who was also a survivor of the mass suicide at Jonestown... so many missed signals. Date: February 24 Year: 1984 School: 49th Street Elementary School Location: Los Angeles State: California Wounded: 12 Fatalities: 2 Shots Fired: 39 AR-15/18 Shotguns (1 in 4.07 ratio) Time lapsed: 10 Police response time: 17, How ended: After a 3 and a half hour standoff, after tear gas was deployed by police, house was raided, shooter was found dead of an apparent suicide. Civilians involved: None known Perpetrator: Tyrone Mitchell Age: 28 Family history: Childhood history is scant, but it was reported that he had issues with anger even as a child. In school he was a popular student, active in sports. His childhood home had been torn down to make room for an addition to the school. He lived across the street from the school at the time. 5 1/2 years prior to the shooting, his family had joined the People's Temple and cult leader Jim Jones