2011 Medford pharmacy shooting

Mass shooting in New York, U.S. December 2025 March 2024 2011 Medford pharmacy shootings Haven Drugs, Medford, New York, U.S. 2011 6 19 40.8011 -73.0037 type:event_region:US-NY it 10:20 a.m. Mass shooting mass murder .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol 4 0 David Saul Laffer Drug addiction, robbery On June 19, 2011, four people were killed at Haven Drugs, a pharmacy in Medford, New York, United States, during a robbery. The perpetrator, David Saul Laffer, committed the shooting after he had lost his job and was with his wife. Laffer was sentenced to life without parole, and his wife was sentenced to 25 years in prison. A doctor who had previously sold Laffer drugs, and was discovered in the aftermath to have been running a pill mill that led to the overdose deaths of several people, was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.Bismuth Charlotte Bad Medicine: Catching New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher 2021-01-19 Atria/One Signal Publishers 9781982116422 en-US Soft Targets Background Laffer and his wife both had an opioid addiction.2015-05-28 Only on PIX11: Pharmacy killer and wife shown at Queens ‘pill mill’ 8 days before murders https://pix11.com/news/only-on-pix11-pharmacy-killer-and-wife-shown-at-queens-pill-mill-8-days-before-murders/ 2024-03-04 PIX11 en-US Laffer and his wife were caught on security camera visiting an illegal pharmacy, later described as a "pill mill", the week before the shootings. The man operating the clinic, Stan Xuhui Li, had previously sold him drugs.McKinley James C. Jr. 2014-12-20 Pain Clinic Doctor Is Sentenced in Overdose Deaths of 2 Patients https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/nyregion/doctor-who-ran-queens-pain-clinic-is-sentenced-to-up-to-20-years-for-manslaughter.html 2024-03-04 The New York Times en-US James C. McKinley Jr.Grace Melissa 2011-11-21 Doc who prescribed pain meds to killer David Laffer accused of running drug mill https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/11/21/doc-who-prescribed-pain-meds-to-killer-david-laffer-accused-of-running-drug-mill/ 2024-03-04 New York Daily News en-USRosenblum Tara 2023-05-18 Convicted murderer David Laffer wishes he could take back 5 minutes of Medford massacre https://bronx.news12.com/triggered-convicted-murderer-david-laffer-wishes-he-could-take-back-5-minutes-of-li-shooting 2024-03-04 News 12 en-US Shooting Laffer entered the pharmacy with a backpack and set it down on the counter with his right hand in the bag holding his handgun.30 June 2011 Medford Pharmacy Massacre Suspect David Laffer Indicted on Additional Charges https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/david-laffer-medford-pharmacy-massacre-suspect-appearing-in-court-on-upgraded-charges/ 2023-03-03 CBS News en-US Laffer then asked 17-year-old employee Jennifer Mejia if he could speak privately with 45-year-old Raymond Ferguson who was also an employee at the pharmacy. She then walked a few feet away and Laffer continued to talk to the pharmacist about several medications. Laffer suddenly opened fire with his handgun and shot Ferguson in the abdomen. He then turned his attention to Mejia and fatally shot her two times. Laffer then walked back to Ferguson who was lying on his back and proceeded to fatally shoot him two times. Laffer then started looking for drugs behind the counter until he saw someone approaching the pharmacy. He then hurried to the front of the pharmacy and hid. When 71-year-old Bryon Sheffield walked in, Laffer shot and killed him execution style. Laffer then started filling his bag with pills but then got distracted when he saw 33-year-old Jaime Taccetta walking towards the pharmacy. When Taccetta walked into the pharmacy Laffer proceeded to fatally shoot her. After this, he walked back and forth from the pharmacy counter filling his bag with prescription pills.Harris Elizabeth A. 2011-06-20 Robber Kills 4 in L.I. Pharmacy; One Victim is a 17-Year-Old Girl https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/nyregion/gunman-kills-4-in-a-long-island-pharmacy.html 2024-03-03 The New York Times en-US2011-06-19 4 Killed in Medford Pharmacy Shooting https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/4-killed-in-medford-pharmacy-shooting/ 2024-03-03 CBS News en-US A .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol was used in the shooting.2017-06-16 Medford pharmacy shooting: Six years later https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/medford-pharmacy-shooting-six-years/ 2024-03-04 Newsday en-US He stole a bag's worth of painkillers, wiped the counter, and fled. Laffer stole over 11,000 hydrocodone pills.Jeffreys Derek S. Spirituality in Dark Places: The Ethics of Solitary Confinement 2013 Palgrave Macmillan 978-1-137-30861-0 Content and Context in Theological Ethics Basingstoke 104-105 en-US Should We Banish the Wicked? The Ethics of Solitary Confinement His wife was outside in a getaway car. He fired seven shots during the shooting; three hit the pharmacist, two hit his assistant, and each customer was shot one time. Perpetrator David Saul Laffer (born November 16, 1977) is a longtime resident of Medford, who graduated from Patchogue-Medford High School in 1995 before joining the U.S. Army afterward. In May 2023, while serving his time at Elmira Correctional Facility in Elmira, New York, Laffer broke a decade of silence in an interview with News 12 Networks about his regrets, prison life, gun violence, the accessibility of guns, and the five minutes he wishes he could take back.2023-05-22 The Medford pharmacy killer speaks for the first time https://bronx.news12.com/crime-files-the-medford-massacre 2023-05-22 News 12 Networks en-US Aftermath Laffer was arrested on June 22.2011-06-22 Arrests made in Long Island pharmacy killings https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43495854 2024-03-03 NBC News en-US The next day, he was booked in court, and pled not guilty.Eltman Frank 2011-06-23 NY pharmacy shooting suspect pleads not guilty https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43512610 https://web.archive.org/web/20210125085033/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43512610 dead January 25, 2021 2024-03-03 NBC News en-US2011-06-23 "No Remorse" from Accused Pharmacy Shooter: Police https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/pharmacy-shooting-suspects-wife-sorry-he-did-it/1921682/ 2024-03-03 NBC News en-USVilensky Mike 2011-06-23 Suspect in Long Island Drugstore Murders Pleads Not Guilty https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/06/guilty.html 2024-03-03 Intelligencer en-US According to Laffer, the motivation for the robbery/murders was because he had lost his job and his wife needed painkillers.2011-11-10 David Laffer, wife sentenced in Medford pharmacy massacre https://abc13.com/archive/8425899/ 2024-03-03 ABC13 Houston en-US On November 10, Laffer was sentenced to life without parole.2011-11-10 David Laffer Gets Life Without Parole, Wife Gets 25 Years in Medford Pharmacy Massacre https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/david-laffer-wife-melinda-brady-face-sentencing-in-medford-pharmacy-massacre/ 2024-03-03 CBS News en-USStelloh Tim 2011-11-11 Mercy Not Sought or Given, Killer of Four is Sentenced https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/nyregion/mercy-not-sought-or-given-killer-of-four-is-sentenced.html 2024-03-03 The New York Times en-US His wife was sentenced to 25 years on robbery charges, the maximum sentence allowed. During the trial, the judge described him as someone with "unnatural viciousness", and promised that he would have Laffer placed in solitary confinement for the rest of his life: corrections officials pointed out only they had the ability to decide this. Dr. Li, the operator of the illegal pharmacy, was later sentenced to up to 20 years in prison in December 2014, for selling illegal prescriptions to Laffer and manslaughter, as two of his patients had overdosed.Riley John 2014-12-12 Daughter of Medford massacre victim wants the max for convicted pain pill doctor https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/laura-bustamante-daughter-of-medford-massacre-victim-wants-the-max-for-convicted-pain-pill-doctor-x29868 2024-03-04 Newsday en-US References Category:2011 mass shootings in the United States Category:June 2011 crimes in the United States Category:2011 murders in the United States Category:2011 in New York (state) Category:Robberies in the United States Category:2011 mass murders Category:Mass murders in New York (state) Category:Mass shootings in New York (state) Category:Medford, New York Category:Attacks on shops in the United States Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in New York (state) Category:2010s mass murders in the United States Category:Mass shootings involving semi-automatic pistols in the United States Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2011