1995 Corpus Christi shooting

October 2025 Mass shooting in Texas, U.S. December 2025 October 2025 1995 Corpus Christi shooting 2535 Rand Morgan Road, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. Walter Rossler Co. 27.827022 -97.547919 type:event_globe:earth_region:US- ti 1995 04 03 Mass shooting, murder-suicide, mass murder * 9mm Ruger semi-automatic pistol .32-caliber revolver 6 (including the perpetrator) Unknown James Daniel Simpson On April 3, 1995, a mass shooting occurred at the Walter Rossler Co., a refinery inspection company in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. 28-year-old former employee James Simpson (who had quit a year prior), armed with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun & a .32-caliber revolver, killed five people before committing suicide.Ex-Worker Kills 5, Self in Shooting at Texas Company https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-04-mn-50876-story.html Los Angeles Times 10 June 2024https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/texas-gunman-kills-5-then-shoots-himself-3038016.php Texas Gunman Kills 5, Then Shoots Himself sfgate.com April 4, 1995https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/police-report-they-ve-found-no-motive-in-texas-3038633.php Police Report They've Found No Motive in Texas Shootings / Gunman killed 5, self at former office sfgate.com April 5, 1995https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/09/06/april-3-1995-a-day-of-infamy-for-corpus-christi/ April 3, 1995: A day of infamy for Corpus Christi ksat.com September 6, 2021 October 4, 2025 As of 2026, it remains the worst mass shooting in the history of Corpus Christi. Shooting At approximately 4:15 - 4:30 p.m. CST on April 3, 1995, 28-year-old James Daniel Simpson walked through the front doors of Walter Rossler Co. armed with two handguns (a 9mm Ruger semi-automatic pistol and a .32-caliber revolver). There were ten people present in the building of which five managed to escape unharmed (two escaped by crawling out the back door of the building).Hernandez Roslyn Jimenez, Erica 2021-09-06 April 3, 1995: A day of infamy for Corpus Christi https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/09/06/april-3-1995-a-day-of-infamy-for-corpus-christi/ https://archive.today/20240404004600/https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/09/06/april-3-1995-a-day-of-infamy-for-corpus-christi/ April 4, 2024 2025-11-03 KSAT en Lisa Rossler-Duff, who was typing in one of the offices, reported seeing Simpson first go to Wendy Gilmore's office; once there, she heard James say "This is for you!", and then fired two or three shots, killing her. Shortly after shooting Gilmore, Simpson then walked across the small hallway and began shooting at both the owner Walter Rossler as well as his wife Joann Rossler along with employees Derek Harrison and Richard Tomlinson. After seeing her father Walter fall to the floor, Lisa took cover under a table with her eight-month-old son and called 911. While she was on the phone, Simpson entered her office; Lisa, who thought she had locked the door, yelled "no!" as her son cried, and Simpson left the office without harming them. Shortly after leaving Lisa's office, Simpson left the building through the back door and shot himself in the head; he was pronounced dead at the hospital about an hour later, along with one of the victims. The bodies of the other four remained at the crime scene for several hours. Afterwards, dozens of onlookers began to gather infront of the building, including several relatives of the victims, some of whom needed to lie on stretchers due to shock.https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/corpus-christi/northwest-side/30-years-later-a-look-back-at-the-1995-rossler-office-shooting 30 years later; A look back at the 1995 Rossler office shooting Liscano Andy kristv.com April 3, 2025 Victims Walter Rossler, 62 (owner) Joann Rossler, 62 (owner's wife) Derek Harrison, 35 Patty June "Wendy" Brunson Gilmore, 41 Richard Lee Tomlinson, 34https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/04/us/6-die-in-texas-office-shooting.html 6 Die in Texas Office Shooting nytimes.com April 4, 1995 Perpetrator James Daniel Simpson (February 16, 1967 − April 3, 1995) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Not much is known about his early life, but he was living in Corpus Christi at the time of the shooting. Approximately 7 months before the shooting, in September 1994, Simpson abruptly left his job as a metalworker at Walter Rossler Co. after working at the company for about a year; this was probably due to him suffering from paranoia and depression at the time, although police claim there were no details as to why he left. After Simpson had quit his job, Walter Rossler had Harrison and Tomlinson go to Simpson´s house to convince Simpson to go back to working for Walter Rossler co. Simpson was angry at the company for being assigned an assignment he did not want; according to Rhonda Rossler-Fowler, Walter and Joann's daughter, Simpson wanted to work exclusively in metallurgy and was reluctant to take on new assignments, including inspection duties. The company also subsequently attempted to get James to repay money he had been loaned for educational purposes. Aftermath News of the workplace shooting received very little media coverage and was virtually overshadowed by the murder, three days earlier, of singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, whose funeral was held on the same day as of the shooting.https://www.caller.com/story/entertainment/people/selena/2015/04/16/culture-clash-some-anglos-find-outpouring-of-grief-hard-to-understand/91946818/ Culture Clash: Some Anglos find outpouring of grief hard to understand Bernstein Ellen Caller Times April 3, 1995 April 16, 2015 The motive is still officially unknown. The refinery inspection company went out of business after the shooting and became a Petro Chem Inspection Services Inc., but nowadays, it has been permanently closed.Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/place/Petro+Chem+Inspection+Services+Inc/@27.8278444,-97.558508,15z/data=!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x8668646cee88407b:0x8b2bb68898f54117!2s2535+Rand+Morgan+Rd,+Corpus+Christi,+TX+78410!3b1!8m2!3d27.8278246!4d-97.5481733!10e5!16s/g/11c27xy36l!3m5!1s0x8668646ceef8bc6d:0xf5f1096353b70dbc!8m2!3d27.827824!4d-97.548247!16s/g/1tdb4qfj?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkzMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw== 2026-10-06 Google Maps en See also Gun violence in the United States List of shootings in Texas List of massacres in the United States List of mass shootings in the United States References Category:1995 mass shootings in the United States Category:1995 murders in the United States Category:1995 mass murders Category:Mass shootings in Texas Category:History of Corpus Christi, Texas Category:1990s crimes in Texas Category:April 1995 crimes in the United States Category:Deaths by firearm in Texas Category:Murder–suicides in Texas Category:Mass shootings involving semi-automatic pistols in the United States Category:Mass shootings involving revolvers Category:Mass murders in Texas Category:1990s mass murders in the United States