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|Image = Nathan Dunlap.jpeg | |||
|fullname = Nathan Jerard Dunlap | |||
|alias = | |||
|origin = Chicago, Illinois, United States | |||
|occupation = Employee at Chuck E. Cheese's (former) | |||
|type of villain =Vengeful Murderer | |||
|goals = Get revenge on his co-workers for firing him (partially successful) | |||
|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>Armed robbery<br>Drug dealing | |||
|hobby = }}'''Nathan Jerard Dunlap''' is an American man currently incarcerated for perpetrating a [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant that he formerly worked at in Aurora, Colorado in 1993, that resulted in the deaths of four people. | |||
Aurora, Colorado would also be the site of the Century 16 movie theater shooting perpetrated by [[James Holmes]] in 2012. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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==Shooting== | ==Shooting== | ||
On December 14, 1993, four employees were shot and killed and a fifth employee was seriously injured at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Aurora, Colorado, five months after his firing, Dunlap returned to Chuck E. Cheese's around 9:00 p.m. He ordered a ham and cheese sandwich and played an arcade game until 9:50 p.m., when the restaurant was nearing closing time. He then went and hid in the bathroom until the establishment was closed. Around 10:05 p.m., Dunlap re-emerged from the bathroom and withdrew a .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol. | |||
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19-year-old Sylvia Crowell was cleaning the salad bar when Dunlap shot her in the right ear, claiming her as his first victim. He next killed 19-year-old Ben Grant, who was vacuuming, by shooting him under the left eye. Dunlap moved on to 17-year-old Colleen O'Connor, who fell to her knees and begged for her life. Dunlap coldly executed her with a shot through the top of the head. | 19-year-old Sylvia Crowell was cleaning the salad bar when Dunlap shot her in the right ear, claiming her as his first victim. He next killed 19-year-old Ben Grant, who was vacuuming, by shooting him under the left eye. Dunlap moved on to 17-year-old Colleen O'Connor, who fell to her knees and begged for her life. Dunlap coldly executed her with a shot through the top of the head. | ||
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Dunlap was expected to be executed in mid-August of 2013, nearly twenty years after the killings. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper decided to postpone the execution. It is unlikely that Dunlap will be put to death as long as Hickenlooper is in office. Today, Nathan Dunlap remains on death row. | Dunlap was expected to be executed in mid-August of 2013, nearly twenty years after the killings. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper decided to postpone the execution. It is unlikely that Dunlap will be put to death as long as Hickenlooper is in office. Today, Nathan Dunlap remains on death row. | ||
On November 6, 2018, Jared Polis was elected as Governor of Colorado. During the campaign, Polis said he intends to sign a bill repealing the death penalty in Colorado. Regarding the Dunlap case, Polis said he had no problem following the current law, and that he didn't think it was appropriate to comment on a specific case during a campaign, before actually becoming governor and reviewing the case to make an informed decision. | |||
On March 23rd, 2020, the death penalty was abolished when Governor Polis signed the bill that abolished it, and Nathan Dunlap's death sentence was commuted to life without Parole, alongside two other men that were on death row. | |||
==Victims== | ==Victims== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[James Holmes]], the perpetrator of a 2012 mass shooting, also in Aurora, Colorado. | *[[James Holmes]], the perpetrator of a 2012 mass shooting, also in Aurora, Colorado. | ||
[[Category:Male | *[[Gary Montez Martin]], another perpetrator of a work-related mass shooting, in the similarly-named Aurora, Illinois. | ||
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[[Category:Murderer]] | [[Category:Murderer]] | ||
[[Category:Living Villains]] | [[Category:Living Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Homicidal | [[Category:Homicidal]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Vengeful]] | ||
[[Category:List]] | [[Category:List]] | ||
[[Category:Modern Villains]] | [[Category:Modern Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Imprisoned | [[Category:Imprisoned]] | ||
[[Category:Young villains]] | [[Category:Young villains]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Mass Shooters]] | ||
[[Category:Criminals]] | |||
[[Category:Suicidal]] | |||
[[Category:Tragic]] | |||
[[Category:Mentally Ill]] | |||
[[Category:Thief]] | |||
[[Category:Thugs]] | |||
[[Category:Drug Dealers]] | |||
[[Category:Wrathful]] | |||
[[Category:Emotionless Villains]] | |||
[[Category:Sadists]] | |||
[[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | |||
[[Category:United States of America]] | |||