Anthony Barbaro
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| “ | I guess I just wanted to kill the person I hate most myself. | „ |
| ~ Anthony in a note. |
Anthony F. Barbaro (September 9th 1957 - November 1st 1975) was an American man who in December 1974 killed 3 people and wounded 11 with a rifle at high school Olean, New York.
Biography edit
Born September 9, 1957 in Olean, New York, to parents Nazzareno and Helen Barbaro was the oldest of three siblings and attended Olean High School, where he was described as quiet, but was a good student, even an honor student and earned one of the highest academic scores. He joined his school's rifle team where he was a star shooter. Police found no possible motive a fellow member of the rifle team said Barbaro to wanting to hold up the Olean Armory and confront the police.
Shooting edit
On December 30, 1974 Barbaro armed with a .30-6 rifle with telescopic sight, a 12 gauge shotgun and smoke bombs left his home with his mother's car upon arrival at 14:50 p.m. He entered the school building through an open side entrance and went to the third floor where he blew up a coke bottle filled with gasoline and a fuse. In a hallway he encountered janitor Earl Metcalf and when confronted Barbaro shot him in the chest with the 12 gauge shotgun then took up a sniper position at a window on the third floor of the school and began shooting at people passing by in and around the street as firefighters and police arrived Barbaro continued to fire, keeping them at bay. police soon surrounded the building and at one point they entered the building throwing tear gas and found Barbaro unconscious. Barbaro was transported in an ambulance and examined uninjured and taken to the Olean City Jail.
Barbaro fired 31 shots and killed 3 people and wounded 11 others.
Victims edit
Killed
- Earl Metcalf, 63
- Neal Pilon, 58
- Carmen Wright, 25
Wounded
- William Robert Fromme, 35
- David A. Grosse, 28
- Albert J. Abdo, 37
- Wayne L. Dutton
- Wayne Dutton's son
- Herbert Van Elmore, 43
- Earl R. Weidt, 23
- George H. Williams
- Julius A. Wright, 12
- Joseph John Snopkowski, 55
- Captain Raymond C. Limerick, 40
Aftermath edit
Barbaro was being held in the Olean City Jail on three counts of murder, six counts of assault and five counts of reckless endangerment, and was subsequently transferred to the Cattaraugus County Jail. Barbaro pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but was found competent to stand trial. On November 1, 1975, Barbaro hanged himself in his cell with a bedsheet at the Cattaraugus County Jail. but not before leaving three suicide notes.
