Thursday marks 40 years since one of the country's first-ever mass shootings, which occurred at a San Ysidro McDonald's. On July 18, 1984, a gunman shot 40…
There's no sign of the McDonald's that once stood on San Ysidro Boulevard, just a memorial honoring the 40 victims who lost their lives on July 18, 1984Thursday marks 40 years since one of the country's first-ever mass shootings, which occurred at a San Ysidro McDonald's. On July 18, 1984, a gunman shot 40 people, killing 21 and injuring 19 others.
She didn’t immediately process that a gunman had walked into the dining room and began shooting just after 4 p.m. "I imagined I was running through rain. I felt like I was running through rain. And I heard bing, bing, bing, because I believed now he was shooting with the machine gun, and he was shooting at us, and the bullets were ricocheting all over,” Flanagan said. “And then Maggie got really heavy, and she was keeping me from running, so she slipped from my arm, and I ran down the stairs into a closet, and she never came.
Officers eventually shot and killed the shooter and found the group in the closet. Flanagan recounts how the officers led them out through the horrific scene in a single file. While holding on to the person in front of her, she realized how lucky she was.
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