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John Felton Parish (July 4, 1933 – August 9, 1982) was an American mass murderer who shot dead six people and wounded three others at two warehouses in Grand Prairie, Texas, United States on August 9, 1982. Afterwards, while driving a hijacked semi-trailer truck, he led police on a high-speed chase through Grand Prairie downtown that ended only when he broke through a police barricade, injuring an officer, and crashed into a building. He was subsequently killed by police during a shootout.〔(Disgruntled driver slays six in Texas, dying in shootout ), ''The New York Times'' (August 10, 1982)〕 It was the worst shooting rampage in Dallas-Fort Worth history at that time.〔Assialant 'just tired of being messed around', brother says, ''The Galveston Daily News'' (August 11, 1982)〕 ==Life== Parish was born in Dallas County, Texas on July 4, 1933. He was married and had two children, though he was estranged from his wife and had lost a child custody-battle against her shortly before the shooting. Also the same year his brother needed his second kidney implant and his older sister died from cancer.〔〔Six slain in Texas shooting, ''Wisconsin State Journal'' (August 10, 1982)〕 Parish, who had no police-record and was described by his supervisors as an easy-going person, had been a trucker for 20 years and worked for Jewel T warehouse for eight months, before joining the Western Transportation Company in September 1980.〔〔Trucker goes on killing spree, ''Tyrone Daily Herald'' (August 10, 1982)〕 The people at Jewel T complained about him, calling him a troublemaker, and Jewel T supervisor Richard T. Svoboda demanded that Parish should be taken off a contract job Western Transportation had with Jewel T, whereupon he was banned from making deliveries for said company.〔〔 In the two weeks prior to the shooting Parish had a pay dispute with Western Transportation and had complained to supervisor Eddie Ulrich that he was owed $1,600 of outstanding pay.〔〔 Though Ulrich rejected his claims, explaining that he had earned less, because he had worked less. Nonetheless Parish felt, according to his brother and his friends, mistreated and was tired of it,〔Shooting spree - Disgruntled trucker kills boss, five others, ''New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung'' (August 10, 1982)〕 but also stated that they could work it out, if they talked to him like a man, and didn't treat him like a fool.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Felton Parish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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