Herkimer County shootings

Herkimer County shootings
Herkimer County shootings
Part of mass shootings in the United States
Location	Mohawk and Herkimer, New York, United States
Date	March 13, 2013 (UTC-05)
Attack type	Spree shooting, mass murder
Deaths	5 (including the perpetrator) ;
Injured	2
Perpetrator	Kurt Myers
Motive	Unknown

The Herkimer County shootings were a shooting spree that took place on March 13, 2013, in Herkimer County, New York.

Incident[]

Kurt Myers, a 64-year-old resident of the village of Mohawk, set fire to his apartment before 9:30am and proceeded to a barber shop in Mohawk. Myers briefly spoke to the barbershop owner John Seymour before opening fire, killing two customers and injuring Seymour and another customer. He proceeded to a car wash in the nearby village of Herkimer, where he killed an employee and a customer.^[1]^[2]

Myers was pursued by police and eventually cornered in an abandoned bar in Herkimer. The standoff lasted overnight. Police entered the building around 8am the next day. Myers shot and killed a police dog named "Ape" and the police returned fire, killing him.^[2]^[3]

Investigation[]

No motive for the shootings is known. At the time of the shooting, Myers had no savings, no job, and was maxed out on all his credit cards: he also had very little furniture in his apartment.^[4] Myers had no previous criminal record aside from a 1973 arrest for drunken driving. Neighbors said he never had visitors or friends: the few who were familiar described him as an "odd little man" who rarely spoke.^[2]

The shootings occurred a few months after the signing of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, or NY SAFE Act. The act was discussed in the light of these shootings, and vice versa.^[2]^[5]

References[]

^ Huh, Roomie (March 14, 2013). "Upstate New York Shooting Update: Kurt Myers, suspected gunman, killed by police in shootout". CBS News. Retrieved August 10, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carpenter, Jake (March 14, 2013). "Four killed in upstate New York shootings, police say". CNN. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^ Rondenelli, Jim (March 12, 2014). "Remembering Ape One Year Later". Big Frog 104. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^ "Police: Suspect in Herkimer Co. shooting rampage was penniless". Times Telegram. March 18, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^ Fries, Amanda (April 4, 2013). "Despite shootings, Herkimer County remains pro-gun". Times Telegram. Retrieved August 10, 2020.

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[cbs-1] Huh, Roomie (March 14, 2013). "Upstate New York Shooting Update: Kurt Myers, suspected gunman, killed by police in shootout". CBS News. Retrieved August 10, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[cnn-2] Carpenter, Jake (March 14, 2013). "Four killed in upstate New York shootings, police say". CNN. Retrieved August 10, 2020.

[3] Rondenelli, Jim (March 12, 2014). "Remembering Ape One Year Later". Big Frog 104. Retrieved August 10, 2020.

[4] "Police: Suspect in Herkimer Co. shooting rampage was penniless". Times Telegram. March 18, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2020.

[5] Fries, Amanda (April 4, 2013). "Despite shootings, Herkimer County remains pro-gun". Times Telegram. Retrieved August 10, 2020.

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