2013 Shanghai shooting

2013 Shanghai shooting

Location of Baoshan District (red) within the city of Shanghai.
Location Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Date June 22, 2013
Attack type
 Spree shooting
Weapons
Deaths 6
Non-fatal injuries
 4
Suspected perpetrator
 Jieming Fan

On June 22, 2013, a man went on a killing spree in Shanghai, China. Six people died and four others were injured. The perpetrator allegedly beat to death a coworker at Guangyu fine chemical company in Shanghai's Baoshan District, and then shot to death one person in Pudong District. The perpetrator shot and killed one person in the Baoshan District, and then returned to the fine chemical company, where he shot to death three more people before being apprehended. The suspected perpetrator is 62-year-old Jieming Fan.[1][2]

Details

The attacker allegedly beat a colleague to death at the Guangyu fine chemical company in the Baoshan district of the city. He retrieved a hunting rifle that had been hidden in his dormitory, and then asked a taxi cab driver to take him to Pudong District. When the cab stopped in the Pudong District, the attacker shot the driver to death and drove the vehicle back to Baoshan. In Baoshan, he shot and killed a soldier who was guarding the entrance to a barracks and stole his gun. The suspect then returned to the factory and shot dead three more people, including a manager who may have also been one of the factory's owners.[1][2][3][4]

Suspect

The suspected perpetrator is 62-year-old Jieming Fan. According to Shanghai police, the rampage may have been motivated by an economic dispute.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 China shooting spree ends with six dead, The Guardian (June 23, 2013)
  2. 1 2 3 Police in China says man fatally shoots colleagues and soldier in rare case of gun violence, Associated Press via Fox News (June 22, 2013)
  3. ↑ Shanghai sees 6 dead in rare shooting spree, reports say, South China Morning Post (June 23, 2013)
  4. ↑ Man detained after allegedly killing 6 in Shanghai, Xinhua (June 23, 2013)
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