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Fiesta's Terror: Lessons from the San Antonio Battle of Flowers Parade Mass Shooting

Fiesta's Terror: Lessons from the San Antonio Battle of Flowers Parade Mass Shooting

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Benjamin Kahn
Apr 02, 2024
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Fiesta's Terror: Lessons from the San Antonio Battle of Flowers Parade Mass Shooting
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This April 27th will mark the 45th anniversary (1979) of the Battle of Flowers Parade and its aptly-named Fiesta Sniper shooting, a mass shooting that killed two, injured more than 50, and created parade mayhem for thousands of spectators as police attempted to locate and neutralize the barricaded suspect.

Important note: the perpetrator of this shooting…

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