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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&params=41.1682_N_80.0702_W_type:event_region:US-PA"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°10′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">80°04′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.1682°N 80.0702°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.1682; -80.0702</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">2000 mass shooting in Pennsylvania, U.S.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the 2000 racially motivated shooting spree. For the 2016 mass shooting, see <a href="/wiki/2016_Wilkinsburg_shooting" title="2016 Wilkinsburg shooting">2016 Wilkinsburg shooting</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:125%;">2000 Wilkinsburg shooting</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Allegheny_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Wilkinsburg_highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Allegheny_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Wilkinsburg_highlighted.svg/220px-Allegheny_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Wilkinsburg_highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Allegheny_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Wilkinsburg_highlighted.svg/330px-Allegheny_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Wilkinsburg_highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Allegheny_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Wilkinsburg_highlighted.svg/440px-Allegheny_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Wilkinsburg_highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="741" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Wilkinsburg highlighted in a map of Allegheny County</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny County, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&params=41.1682_N_80.0702_W_type:event_region:US-PA"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°10′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">80°04′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.1682°N 80.0702°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.1682; -80.0702</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">March 1, 2000 <br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 11:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">ET</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Target</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White people</a><sup id="cite_ref-msp1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spree_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Spree shooting">Spree shooting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">hate crime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States" title="Mass shootings in the United States">mass shooting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.22_caliber" title=".22 caliber">.22 caliber revolver</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Injured</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrator</th><td class="infobox-data">Ronald Taylor</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On March 1, 2000, a <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racially motivated</a> shooting spree occurred in <a href="/wiki/Wilkinsburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania">Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania</a>, when 39-year-old Ronald Taylor, a black man who embraced <a href="/wiki/Reverse_racism" title="Reverse racism">anti-white</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-semitic" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-semitic">anti-semitic</a> ideologies, shot and killed three white men and wounded two others within an eight block radius, primarily at local <a href="/wiki/Burger_King" title="Burger King">Burger King</a> and <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> restaurants.<sup id="cite_ref-msp2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hours later, Taylor surrendered to police and was tried, convicted, and <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">sentenced to death</a> the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-msp3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was incarcerated at <a href="/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_%E2%80%93_Phoenix" title="State Correctional Institution – Phoenix">SCI Phoenix</a> in eastern Pennsylvania until his death in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-death_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Details">Details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shooting_begins">Shooting begins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Shooting begins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At about 9 a.m. on March 1, 2000, two maintenance workers, John Dewitt and 55-year-old John Kroll, arrived at the apartment of 39-year-old Ronald Taylor to replace Taylor's door.<sup id="cite_ref-msp5_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp5-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Taylor answered the door, he began taunting both with insults about them being white, according to Dewitt, who claimed Taylor said "You white, racist, pig".<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the two began work. At around 10:30 a.m., after removing the old door, Dewitt and Kroll started installing the new door, while Taylor continued harassing them. Eventually, Dewitt told Taylor, "Why don't you just shut up." Taylor responded to Dewitt, "You're dead."<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the job was almost done, a woman downstairs from Taylor called upstairs and asked if one of the maintenance workers could come and help her with a locked bedroom door. Dewitt said he could and walked downstairs, while Kroll finished the job. Kroll then went downstairs to meet a coworker named Andrew Williams. </p><p>At just about 11:15 a.m, Taylor grabbed his .22 caliber revolver and set his apartment couch on fire.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armed with the gun, he confronted Kroll and Williams downstairs and reportedly told them "I don't like white people", then proceeded to shoot Kroll in the neck.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams rushed to Kroll's side while Taylor decided not to shoot Williams, likely because Williams was black, but instead demanded to know where Dewitt was. Dewitt, who was in the parking lot putting tools away, walked back into the building to get Kroll when he noticed Taylor with a gun, so he took cover.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minutes later, he saw Williams covered in blood walking with Kroll in his arms, and as Taylor was not in sight, he rushed over to Williams and asked what was going on. </p><p>Williams told Dewitt that Taylor shot Kroll and was looking for him.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two then put Kroll in the back of the employee pickup truck and drove to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_Hospital" title="Western Pennsylvania Hospital">Western Pennsylvania Hospital</a>. Police and firefighters were contacted and rushed to Taylor's apartment, but by that time, Taylor had fled.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About five minutes later Taylor walked two blocks to <a href="/wiki/Burger_King" title="Burger King">Burger King</a> at Penn and Pitt avenues, where he fatally shot 71-year-old Joseph Healy, a former <a href="/wiki/PNC_Financial_Services" title="PNC Financial Services">PNC Bank</a> employee and <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-msp5_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp5-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterwards, Taylor approached a <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a>, and shot multiple times at the van belonging to 56-year-old Richard Clinger as he waited in the <a href="/wiki/Drive-through" title="Drive-through">drive-through</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some shots hit Clinger, and his stepdaughter Cindy Zambo ran to a nearby <a href="/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts" title="Dunkin' Donuts">Dunkin' Donuts</a> where she alerted people there about her dad being shot. Meanwhile, Taylor entered the McDonald's and shot the manager, 25-year-old Steven Bostard.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor then returned to the parking lot and shot 20-year-old Emil Sanielevici, who was waiting to pick up food. Sanielevici later died, while Clinger and Bostard survived after being treated at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh_Medical_Center" title="University of Pittsburgh Medical Center">UPMC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-msp7_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 11:51 a.m., Kroll, who was awaiting surgery, died from his bullet wound.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shooting_ends">Shooting ends</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shooting ends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At around 12:00 p.m., police cornered Taylor at a residential building, where Taylor took refuge in an empty room.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sgt. John Fisher began communicating with Taylor and begged him to surrender. Taylor told the officer that he was going to commit <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a> because he did not want his mother to see him in jail.<sup id="cite_ref-msp8_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp8-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two hours, Fisher was able to convince Taylor to surrender, and at around 2:15 p.m., Taylor handed over his gun and was arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-msp6_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victims">Victims</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Victims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Killed">Killed</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Killed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Emil Sanielevici, 20.</li> <li>John Kroll, 55.</li> <li>Joseph Healy, 71.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Injured">Injured</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Injured"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steven Bostard, 25.</li> <li>Richard Clinger, 56.</li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-msp7_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Richard Clinger would suffer permanent brain damage and was paralyzed on his right side as a result of his wound(s).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Perpetrator">Perpetrator</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Perpetrator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Ronald Taylor</b> (September 30, 1960 – April 2, 2024),<sup id="cite_ref-msp4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-death_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the shooter, had no prior criminal record.<sup id="cite_ref-msp11_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp11-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor grew up in the predominantly African-American <a href="/wiki/Hill_District_(Pittsburgh)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill District (Pittsburgh)">Hill District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-msp9_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he was young, he was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Asthma" title="Asthma">asthma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-msp9_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Avenue_High_School" title="Fifth Avenue High School">Fifth Avenue High School</a> until it closed in 1976; afterwards he attended Letsche Education Center until dropping out.<sup id="cite_ref-8ygrr_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8ygrr-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-msp10_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp10-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the shooting spree, Taylor lived in the Woodside Garden Apartments and was <a href="/wiki/Unemployed" class="mw-redirect" title="Unemployed">unemployed</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-msp27_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp27-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> living on <a href="/wiki/Supplemental_Security_Income" title="Supplemental Security Income">Supplemental Security Income</a> and food stamp benefits which totaled between $600 and $700 a month.<sup id="cite_ref-msp9_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a search of Taylor's apartment police found writings that signified Taylor's anti-white beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-msp14_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp14-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were also <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">anti-semitic</a> writings with excerpts such as "big thumbs up to <a href="/wiki/Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitler">Hitler</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-msp18_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp18-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor had written a <a href="/wiki/Suicide_note" title="Suicide note">suicide note</a> which investigators found after the shooting. The note read as follows; </p> <dl><dd>"I'm sorry, mother, for taking my own life with your gun that I sneaked for the second time in two years. Try to understand when a person is physically suffering for a long time and I'm treated by racist, biased doctors and nurses who so often give me generic, cheap medication that is ineffective [and] causes return visits to emergency rooms [that] frustration so often sets in.<sup id="cite_ref-msp17_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp17-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> I get fed up with doctors treating black patients differently from whites in terms of unfairness, unequally and like dirt. <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a> made a very costly mistake putting white people on the face of the earth.<sup id="cite_ref-msp18_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp18-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> I'll see all of my enemies in hell. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."<sup id="cite_ref-msp8_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp8-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Friends of Taylor reported that they were stunned to hear that Taylor had committed the shootings. David Ellis, an acquaintance of Taylor, said that Taylor "never caused any trouble I knew of". They also reported to be shocked about the accusations of Taylor being racist.<sup id="cite_ref-msp9_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neighbors of Taylor described him as "quiet" and someone who "didn't start any trouble".<sup id="cite_ref-msp28_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp28-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor rarely met with his family members and spent a large amount of time in isolation.<sup id="cite_ref-msp29_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp29-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor did have a history of mental illness and one professional, Dr. Horacio Fabrega, who would testify for Taylor's defense, described Taylor as "<a href="/wiki/Delusional" class="mw-redirect" title="Delusional">delusional</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-msp16_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp16-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fabrega also said that Taylor had once burned an image of Jesus Christ under the belief that <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> "turned bad".<sup id="cite_ref-msp19_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp19-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor had stolen the revolver he used in the shootings from his mother, who had purchased it in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-msp13_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp13-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the wake of the shooting, President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> responded by expressing sorrow for the victims' families, stating, "We owe the families of the victims, the communities, our prayers and the best wishes".<sup id="cite_ref-msp22_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp22-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Clinton also used the case as an example as to why stricter gun laws should be implemented; "We don't know all the facts yet, but it was a bad situation.... These incidents, particularly the one <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland" title="Killing of Kayla Rolland">yesterday in Michigan</a>, call on us to recognize the fact that we simply haven't done everything we can do to keep guns away from criminals and children".<sup id="cite_ref-msp23_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp23-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pennsylvania governor <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ridge" title="Tom Ridge">Tom Ridge</a> said he "expressed sorrow at the horror in Wilkinsburg. Our <a href="/wiki/Thoughts_and_prayers" title="Thoughts and prayers">thoughts and prayers</a> are with the victims, their families and the entire Wilkinsburg community".<sup id="cite_ref-msp22_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp22-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilkinsburg mayor Wilbert Young held multiple <a href="/wiki/Vigil_(liturgy)" title="Vigil (liturgy)">vigils</a> the night after the shooting to honor the victims.<sup id="cite_ref-msp24_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp24-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_proceedings">Legal proceedings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Legal proceedings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2000, <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny County</a> Judge Jeffrey A. Manning ruled Taylor <a href="/wiki/Competence_(law)" title="Competence (law)">incompetent</a> to stand trial, despite a psychiatrist's ruling that he was.<sup id="cite_ref-msp15_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp15-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prosecuting attorneys argued for another psychiatric examination after one hired by Taylor's defense in June claimed he suffered from <a href="/wiki/Schizophrenia" title="Schizophrenia">schizophrenia</a>. Following another evaluation by Dr. Michael Welner, Taylor was ruled competent, and in September prosecutors announced that they were seeking the death penalty.<sup id="cite_ref-msp15_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp15-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2001, Taylor was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County_Jail" title="Allegheny County Jail">Allegheny County Jail</a> in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Pittsburgh" title="Downtown Pittsburgh">downtown Pittsburgh</a> to await trial, which began on November 1.<sup id="cite_ref-msp15_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp15-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor pleaded <a href="/wiki/Not_guilty_by_reason_of_insanity" class="mw-redirect" title="Not guilty by reason of insanity">not guilty by reason of insanity</a>, citing years of mental illness.<sup id="cite_ref-msp32_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp32-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prosecutors argued that Taylor was not as mentally unwell as he let on and was diverting blame away from himself.<sup id="cite_ref-msp32_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp32-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dr. Horacio Fabrega argued that on the day of the shooting Taylor had been under large amount of <a href="/wiki/Stress_(biology)" title="Stress (biology)">stress</a>, including worries that the lease at his apartment would not be renewed. Fabrega also testified that Taylor believed there was a conspiracy against blacks and other minorities. Combined, Fabrega said this created a "psychotic storm".<sup id="cite_ref-msp19_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp19-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fabrega, however, did acknowledge that Taylor was aware of the severity of his actions, but claimed that Taylor believed they were the right things to do under his imagined circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-msp19_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp19-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 8, Taylor was convicted on 46 criminal charges; three counts of <a href="/wiki/Murder" title="Murder">first-degree murder</a>, nine counts of <a href="/wiki/Aggravated_assault" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggravated assault">aggravated assault</a>, four counts of <a href="/wiki/Terroristic_threats" class="mw-redirect" title="Terroristic threats">terroristic threats</a>, two counts of <a href="/wiki/Unlawful_restraint" class="mw-redirect" title="Unlawful restraint">unlawful restraint</a>, four counts of <a href="/wiki/Simple_assault" class="mw-redirect" title="Simple assault">simple assault</a>, 16 counts of <a href="/wiki/Endangerment" title="Endangerment">reckless endangerment</a>, one count of <a href="/wiki/Arson" title="Arson">arson</a>, one count of catastrophe, one count of risking a catastrophe, one count of carrying a gun without a license, and for perpetrating a <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">hate crime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-msp19_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp19-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jurors were then left to decide whether Taylor should be sentenced to death or to life in prison. </p><p>In an attempt to sway the jury away from imposing the death penalty, the defense brought in Taylor's family to testify on his behalf. Taylor's brother Charles testified under <a href="/wiki/Oath" title="Oath">oath</a> that their father abused and threatened young Ronald.<sup id="cite_ref-msp20_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp20-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charles stated the emotional trauma stayed with Ronald growing up. Their mother Shirly testified that "Ron is not a racist. I did not raise my children to hate white people".<sup id="cite_ref-msp20_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp20-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead she stated her son suffered in social situations, rather spending his time confined and that the "noise got to him".<sup id="cite_ref-msp20_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp20-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two jurors were reportedly overheard crying during the testimony.<sup id="cite_ref-msp20_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp20-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor's defense argued multiple factors that weighed against the death penalty, including his lack of a criminal record and previous mental health issues.<sup id="cite_ref-msp30_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp30-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two days of deliberating, the jury unanimously came to the decision to sentence Taylor to death. He showed no emotion as the verdict was read.<sup id="cite_ref-msp21_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp21-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor was formally sentenced to death on January 11, 2002. Judge Lawrence O'Toole rejected requests from Taylor's attorneys that he overturn the jury's verdict due to speculation Taylor was mentally ill.<sup id="cite_ref-msp1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A month after Taylor's killing spree, a white man named <a href="/wiki/Richard_Baumhammers" title="Richard Baumhammers">Richard Baumhammers</a> shot to death five minorities in a racially motivated shooting spree in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to the close proximity, timing, and overall similarities media outlets compared Taylor and Baumhammers during multiple news reports.<sup id="cite_ref-msp12_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp12-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Related to the Baumhammers case, Baumhammers' father, who opposed the death penalty, attended Taylor's trial.<sup id="cite_ref-msp31_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp31-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Supreme Court">Pennsylvania Supreme Court</a> upheld Taylor's death sentence and rejected a new trial.<sup id="cite_ref-msp25_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp25-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2006, Pennsylvania Governor <a href="/wiki/Ed_Rendell" title="Ed Rendell">Ed Rendell</a> signed a <a href="/wiki/Death_warrant" class="mw-redirect" title="Death warrant">death warrant</a> ordering Taylor to be executed on February 28 of that year via <a href="/wiki/Lethal_injection" title="Lethal injection">lethal injection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-msp26_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp26-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For unknown reasons, the execution was halted. </p><p>Taylor was incarcerated at <a href="/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_%E2%80%93_Phoenix" title="State Correctional Institution – Phoenix">State Correctional Institution – Phoenix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-msp4_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msp4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 2, 2024, he died of natural causes at age 63.<sup id="cite_ref-death_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kroll's widow was ecstatic and relieved upon hearing the news but added that Taylor's death ultimately did not change anything.<sup id="cite_ref-death_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baumhammers" title="Richard Baumhammers">Richard Baumhammers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Collier_Township_shooting" title="2009 Collier Township shooting">2009 Collier Township shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Pennsylvania_Turnpike_shootings" title="1969 Pennsylvania Turnpike shootings">1969 Pennsylvania Turnpike shootings</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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title="2001 Navistar shooting">Melrose Park, IL</a> (Feb. 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Santana_High_School_shooting" title="2001 Santana High School shooting">Santee, CA</a> (Mar. 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Sacramento_shootings" title="2001 Sacramento shootings">Sacramento, CA</a> (Sep. 8–9)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Appalachian_School_of_Law_shooting" title="2002 Appalachian School of Law shooting">Grundy, VA</a> (Jan. 16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Los_Angeles_International_Airport_shooting" title="2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting">Los Angeles, CA</a> (Jul. 4)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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href="/wiki/Trolley_Square_shooting" title="Trolley Square shooting">Salt Lake City, UT</a> (Feb. 12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_New_York_City_shooting" title="2007 New York City shooting">New York City, NY</a> (Mar. 14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting" title="Virginia Tech shooting">Blacksburg, VA</a> (Apr. 16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crandon_shooting" title="Crandon shooting">Crandon, WI</a> (Oct. 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_SuccessTech_Academy_shooting" title="2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting">Cleveland, OH</a> (Oct. 10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westroads_Mall_shooting" title="Westroads Mall shooting">Omaha, NE</a> (Dec. 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Colorado_YWAM_and_New_Life_shootings" title="2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings">Arvada & Colorado Springs, CO</a> (Dec. 9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Carnation_murders" title="2007 Carnation murders">Carnation, WA</a> (Dec. 24)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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