Ceremony honors 21 victims who died in 1984 McDonald's massacre
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- July 18 marked 40 years since the mass shooting at a McDonald’s in San Ysidro.
On July 18, 1984, a lone gunman walked into the McDonald’s on San Ysidro Boulevard and opened fire killing 21 people, and injuring 19 others. At the time it was the deadliest mass shooting in United States history.
The ordeal lasted over 77 minutes before the gunman was fatally shot by a police sniper.
To honor the victims, a ceremony was held at the Southwestern College Higher Education Center, which now sits on the former McDonald’s property.
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I never forgot the little boy who was dead next to his bike near the door of that McDonald's. I read that he wanted to go get himself an ice cream Sunday. I cried when I read that and it'll always be a memory that I won't forget.
As a frequent McDonald's customer it does send chills that such a thing could happen especially at a fast food joint, Respect to all victims
I also remember that, the picture of the bike lying on its side was on the front page of the LA Times it broke my heart 😢
I also remember watching a documentary about this almost 2 years ago and his friend who was with him at the time of the shooting said when he got shot he cried for his mother…😢
There’s video of inside and out form the police I believe, the massacre you could see was sad, the boys on the bike, the baby was lifeless on one his parents, and just blood everywhere, such a senseless act and terrible
Thats heartbreaking 😢
It's so sad to look at that photo of the infant and think that they should be about 41 years-old today, maybe with their own family, but he or she never got to live past being just a baby. That's so messed up.
Maybe it was fate.. you never know what lied in it's future, maybe he wouldn't have had a good one.
Or maybe the baby would have done something amazing and the devil didn't want that @SVAsianPhilippinesGo6858
This is my first time hearing about this, may they all rest in peace. I’m so sorry for those lives who were lost.
40 Years??? Rest In Peace to those whom lost their life
😞😞😞🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💐💐💐
I was living in SD when this happened and remember the horror of it. It's wonderful to see that the victims have not been forgotten. ❤
I was living in S.D. when this happened! I was 24 and couldn't beleive what was unfolding on the news! Now, sadly, mass shootings have become a regular thing. At the time this was an extremely shocking event!
I remember that one. It was national news and I was living near Philadelphia
Yup.
I remembered this horrific tragedy in the news at the time. It's so sad that so many lives were lost. May they rest in eternal peace.
I remember when this happened and seeing the pictures of the victims, is as heartbreaking today, as it was back then. Rest in peace, to them ❤️🕊️
Wow- 40 years! Unbelievable!
I saw the documentary and boy I cried when it showed the victims and the baby
Yeah, I cried when I saw that little baby.
I was born two days before this happened. When I heard about it and saw the baby, it made me so sad. He should have grown up with me. He should have been turning 40 this year with me.
This happened when I was 2 days old. Every year on my birthday, I think of the baby and the unborn baby that died. They would have been my age. They would have grown up with me.
I remember this so well. I turned 14 that summer. Situations like that were unheard of back then. It was a further step towards our society loosing our innocence. It was so shocking and sad for all those victims including children that lost their lives. 😢
RIP to all the 21 victims.🙁🙏
I was small when this happened but I remember my mom crying for these people we live in Texas, I just remember seeing bodies in the news, later as an adult I saw a documentary of this it was horrific seeing that baby killed traumatized me. Poor victims. 😢
So close; so tragic. I still recall watching news about this cruel act of violence in 1984.
The killer even told his wife he was gonna go hunt humans and left with guns.
Cruel act of violence.
😂
Why did he go and kill in the first place? I forgot.
Did that animal end an actual baby???? Disgusting.
RIP to the victims and the family that miss them dearly.
Some of my High School classmates were working at that McDonalds that day, and one of them was shot too and thankfully recovered.
It was so sad to see all the innocent victims who died in the mass shootings 40 years ago. It was just awful for their families who lost their loved ones and the survivors today.
I never heard this story in my life until now.
Yeah wtf
So sad, RIP
You could almost feel the sadness in the July summer breeze that afternoon., Tears being wept .
Watch 77 minutes the full documentary. Shows the full horrific crime scene with none of the bodies moved. Even a baby and her parents lying on the ground next to each other....
Yes, that was hard to watch
no one wants to watch that
I had to stop watching it at a certain point because it felt intrusive for me to be seeing what is on those videos 💔
I don’t recommend anyone to watch that it is truly horrific.
As someone who now works at a Maccas and has to deal with lots of aggressive customers, that is one of my biggest nightmares.
I can‘t believe why people can be so cruel towards innocent others.
May all the victims rest in peace. 🕯️
This year Marks the 40th Anniversary of this Event.
40 years ago, and the shootings have only gotten worse. I pray things will only get better
Rest in peace to the 21 victims who died that tragic day.
l never forget that day of this tragedy. 40 years ago. l still remember when l saw the news of the event. l was shock. seeing those images of that boy laying there next of friends dead. it was awful. lts a beautiful memorial. May they rest in peace and we well never forget.
I don't remember this...but so tragic and sad😢😢😢
Wow, I was only a week old when this happened. 😢 My deepest condolences goes to the families of this senseless tragedy. May all of the souls that happened departed rest in peace 😢🙏🏽🕊️💔💐
Wow, it’s been 40 years already! 😢
I was 3 years old, living in National City, CA (San Diego County), when this tragedy occurred. I was a very inquisitive child- I saw the news, heard it from neighbors speaking to my mother about it, and my mother and aunt speak about it in our household.
I heard a comment from mom, that the police, then the SWAT team failed to act quickly. Either the Gunman shot many people, before the police arrived, or the police, SWAT team failed to act speedily.
We lived 25 minutes north of San Ysidro, however would always travel through this city to access Tijuana, B.C., Mexico.
I remember vaguely the McDonalds, I think it was small, and recall when my Uncle purchased a hamburger for me there in 1983, or 1984, a little before the tragedy.
Rest in Peace to all victims.
Greetings!! from Anchorage, Alaska.
Such a horrible thing! May they Rest In Peace🙏🏾🕊
Back during the early 2000s,cable tv channels(like Discovery or History)aired one hour documentaries about mass shooting/killing sprees of the 20th Century and this was mention that happen in 1984.
Y tf do ppl wanna spend their lives ruining others?
I’ll never forget the picture of the baby. 😭
Prayers up for families! Seems like yesterday
I was 6 months old when this happened
I never knew about this massacre glad there is a memorial ceremony for it.
R.I.P. to the peoples that lost their lives in that McDonald's shooting.
The documentary on this is mind blowing. Shows real ass footage
So sad for the pregnant woman, unborn child, kids, and customers and workers trying to get by
rip to those that were lost..it was a long time ago but these people should never be forgotten.
My dad would’ve been 3 years old cuz he was born in 81 but ofc never forget ❤
So how did your Dad have you since he never hit puberty?
@@gabrielt.1678 lol my dad hit puberty alright. I was born in 2007 my mom had me young at the age of 19
This is the first time im hearing of this and it’s truly heart breaking reading about it i cant imagine the horror at the time
Omg I never heard of this tragedy. May they continue to rest in peace 🪦 💐
to think that this was 40 years ago, and then many years later there's probably anniversary of similar tragic events every year around the country.. the situation now is just keep getting worse, it's like we're clueless on what to do to prevent this
I’m angry 😡 at the gunman his wife his daughter the dispatcher and the san ysidro health center. Because this tragic massacre could of been avoided smh 🤦 tsk tsk rip 🪦 for this innocent people and for the love ones im sending a big hug 🤗 to you guys
Wow i came across this about a month ago fo the first time randomly...this was to tragic and horrific the details were so disturbing r.i.p to all those victims
40 years ago... seems like yesterday. I can clearly remember watching the news reports on this.
Never forgotten
Wow this is a shocking story. Of all the well known mass shootings in history, I feel like this one doesn’t get brought up enough. Never heard of it until now.
Can anyone recommend a good documentary on this?
I was born in 84. I never heard about that 😮
Horrible day 😢
A horrific event. May they all Rest in Peace. 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
I saw the docu of this. It was so horrific.
This and the 1989 Stockton school shooting were like the El Paso and Sandy Hook shootings of 80s California.
I'm still sad to see so many people lose their lives on that day.
And not much has changed. Sad.
The song "The Warrior" was attached to that tragedy. I think the murderer had been listening to it or was during the incident.
And it took police over an hour to take him out smh then they say the police went to the wrong Mc Donald’s at first smh they failed so many people that day, RIP to all the victims 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I was exactly 2 months old then
This impacted so many lives throughout our country.
Thank you, for memorializing the lives of theses beloved family members.
But, for the Grace of God went our children that day.
The gunman survived the Vietnam War, but did.... this! 😢
Never knew this happened
Aww
I was born in 1979. I remember.
Did we ever get a motive?
he had a psychotic break. he told his wife he was leaving to hunt and kill people and she didn’t even try to stop him or get him help
@@GraceLove33 but why did this person decided to go to this McDonald's and murder so many innocent lives?
@@billyevans4929 it’s just where he decided to go, he saw it was busy and had a lot of people inside it, he lived right by this mcdonald’s so he just drove down the street and decided to go there. Google is free not trying to be mean.. but if you research the case you will find out all the little details you’re wondering about. He originally stopped at another location but left
He despised Mexicans
I remembet this l live in Los Angeles, that was such a lost.
What happened to them
You didn't have to live in San Isidro or San Diego, If you were anywhere in southern California that afternoon you would remember it. I lived in Ontario CA, and remember that afternoon I was 29, hard to believe is been 4 decades, almost as old as the shooter was at the time, may god bless the victims, remember it well.
I never even knew this ever happened. How crazy.
It was big news but since the media was smaller back then I don’t think it was that heavily exposed since cable TV News was not a huge thing
What became of the shooter??
He shot 40 ppl - 40 years ago
That's crazy!
I wonder if today this would be considered a hate crime since the shooter was a disgruntled white man and so many of the victims were Latino?
I watched a true crime video about this massacre awhile ago. Rob Gavagan covered it. Love his vids. RIP to the victims.
I was just thinking of when Rob covered this. He made a video on this back in May or April of 2016 if I’m not mistaken.
Rest In Peace! Heartfelt condolences for all the family and friends. A moment in time that is not forgotten by me.
I remember too I was living close by at San Ysidro McDonald's what happened
40 years on and nothing’s changed!
This should get itself a movie! I think it deserves a documentary movie.
There is. Its on here
@@rocknroller77 I mean something like Hollywood’s style version .
@@rodgodx345 I rather not watch a movie based on this event or any massacre. It feels like it sensationalizes the shooter/murderer than the victims.
yikes
I lived directly across the freeway from this, if the freeway wasn't there, i would have been directly across the street, very sad day, what is even sadder was what happen after, when joan k, the owner of mcdonald did to help the shooter family, very sad.
Because the killer went to a different McDonald’s for lunch hours before the massacre with his family.
Check out the documentary "77 Minutes" (2016) about this incident.
I've seen it. So sad, especially little Omar lying dead next to his bike.💔🥺
Rip preyers for the family's
My ex-wife whom I'm still good friends with today was 14 years old having breakfast with my ex-in-laws and visiting relatives at that particular restaurant that early morning prior to planning to visit TJ in the afternoon. They had long been away from that restaurant hours before the Massacre. There all thankful to still be here but had prayed and offered condolences of the lives lost during that time. May THE LORD had welcomed the lost souls in heaven who are looking down upon us letting us know in our hearts that they'll see us all again when we all get there. Prayers to also their loved ones here on earth who missed them as well.
😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤
Rip
I was in high school when this happened 😢.
I wasnt born until 89😮
Peace and love paz y amore ( peace is better said then done but hate is a conscious choice) ❤❤❤❤
🙆🏾♀️🕊️RestIn👑PARADISE🙇🏽HALLELUJAH~AMEN✝️
I think they made a movie about this? Remember that guy how wanted breakfast for lunch
RIP🇺🇸🌹🕊
war criminals with crocodile tears
We love him(God) because he first loved us ❤️ ❤❤❤
This happened 2 days before I turned 3 years old in 1984
I was 9
What became of the gunman? In jail? Dead?
He was killed by a police sniper
40 years and nothing has changed. Thanks a lot NRA.
30 years ago?
40, if it was 2014, which it's not, it would have been 30 years
@@AiHoshino-tl1ik oh i thought it was the 90s, sorry
Nothing change
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Sooo sorry for all GUN LOSS all over America 😢😢😢
Why no picture of the perpetrator was this racially motivated?
This is wild. My first time hearing of this. I didn’t know mass shooting were a thing before Columbine.
May they all rest in peace
This happened a week before my 5th birthday