1965 Highway 101 sniper attack

Sniper shooting on Highway 101 May 2025 January 2025 1965 Highway 101 sniper attack File:Highway 101 Sniper Vantage Point April 25 1965.jpg Three vehicles struck by the sniper's gunfire, pictured upon U.S. Highway 101 following the perpetrator's suicide Orcutt, California, U.S. Motorists traveling along U.S. Highway 101 34.832 -120.366 inline,title 1965 04 25 Mass shooting, triple murder, murder-suicide 4 (including the perpetrator) 10 Michael Andrew Clark *Scoped Swedish Mauser bolt-action rifle w/ Mannlicher stock (6.5×55mm) Pistol (not used) Early on the Sunday morning of April 25, 1965, 16-year-old Michael Andrew Clark opened fire on cars traveling along U.S. Highway 101 just south of Orcutt, California, United States, from a nearby hilltop. Three people were killed and ten were wounded before Clark committed suicide upon arrival of police. Shooting Late on the night of April 24, 1965, Michael Andrew Clark, who lived in Long Beach, California, left home in his parents' car, without their permission. In the back of the car, he had a Swedish Mauser military rifle equipped with telescopic sight and a pistol he had removed from his father's locked gun safe along with a large quantity of ammunition. Early the next morning, he climbed to the top of a hill overlooking a stretch of Highway 101 near Orcutt. As the sun came up, Clark began shooting at automobiles driving down the highway.Santa Maria Times, April 26, 1965Los Angeles Times April 26, 1965 Sniper Kills 2Ovid Demaris America the Violent Penguin Books 1971 344 Two men were killed and six more people were wounded as the shooting continued for hours before Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office deputies rushed the hill and Clark committed suicide as they closed in.Los Angeles Times April 26, 1965 Highway Sniper Dies After Killing Two, Wounding SixLos Angeles Times May 7, 1965 Michael Andrew Clark, 16, took his own life after killing two passers by and fatally wounding a third with a high-powered rifle on Highway 101 near here April 25, a coroner's jury ruled Thursday. A five-year-old boy wounded in the head died a day later, bringing the total to three dead for the rampage.Los Angeles Times April 27, 1965 Highway Sniper's Bullet Proves Fatal to Boy, 5 Reportedly the two men killed in the shooting were attempting to assist others who were trapped in a vehicle which had been hit by the gunfire.Los Angeles Times April 28, 1965 Part II, p. 1 Both men who were killed by a teen-age sniper on U.S. 101 may have been trying to aid victims in another auto, it was disclosed Tuesday. Victims Those killed were:The Press-Courier - Google News Archive Search https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MkBKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ByMNAAAAIBAJ&hl=de&pg=5611,3168189 2022-08-01 news.google.com Charles Christopher Hogan, 21 Joel W. Kocab, 28 Kevin Dean Reida, 5 Those wounded were:The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W3AQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LosDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4760,2178199&dq= 2022-08-01 news.google.com Doris Burson, 24, injured by glass fragments Alice Jones, 31, injured by glass fragments Marvine Jones, 12, injured by glass fragments Bill Reida, 42, shot in the neck Lucille Reida, 44, wife of Bill Reida, injured by glass fragments Kim Alan Reida, 3, son of Bill and Lucille Reida, graze wound Norbert Schuerman, 38, policeman, shot in the left arm Kathleen Smith, 22, injured by glass fragments Renee Terry, 15, shot in the right forearm Leona Weber, wrist injury from shrapnel Joy Ziomek, 39, arm injury from glass fragments Aftermath A lawsuit was eventually brought to the courts by victims William, Lucille, and Kim Reida, complaining that parents Forest and Joyce Clark were negligent in two counts: "failure of the Clarks to train, control, and supervise son Michael" and also, "failure of Forest Clark to keep the rifle out of Michael’s hands." The case was decided in favor of the Clarks and generally upheld on appeal, although the appeals court found negligence on the part of father Forest Clark for not adequately securing the weapons.Reida v. Lund 18 Cal.App.3d 698 http://www.lawlink.com/research/CaseLevel3/49081 https://archive.today/20260102011946/https://lawlink.com/research/cases/49081/reida-v-lund 2 January 2026 See also List of rampage killers in the United States List of homicides in California Targets 1960s Biography California Cited works and further reading Cawthorne Nigel Tibballs Geoff 1993 Killers Boxtree London 0-7522-0850-0 195-199, 316-322 https://archive.org/details/killerscontractk0000cawt/page/195 References [Category: Interview with survivors and relatives of survivors] Category:1965 murders in the United States Category:1965 in California Category:Mass murders in California Category:Murder committed by minors Category:U.S. Route 101 Category:History of Santa Barbara County, California Category:Deaths by firearm in California Category:1965 mass shootings in the United States Category:Murder–suicides in California Category:1960s crimes in California Category:April 1965 in the United States Category:Mass shootings in California Category:1960s mass murders in the United States Category:1965 mass murders Category:1965 road incidents Category:Road incidents in the United States Category:Sniper attacks in the United States